maine28

Take out the objective and put instead overview and use that area to highlight your strengths. You can put it in there you have CPR and IV certs, if you know another language i would also put it in there. Take out the clinical experience part and elaborate a bit more on you actual work experience. Good luck!

I once read career fairs are the least likely place were you will get a job offer. I went to one while I was still a student nurse and sat there for 3 hours. I never got a chance to talk to anyone. So in my experience no, it's not worth it. But, as a new grad our options are limited. Try to make some connections before it and then you might have a better chance. Good luck.

You are absolutely right. And that's one of the first things the DON told me, but she said she was willing to give me a chance because of my experience. All the positions I applied for I found them on indeed.com I saw the job posting and applied, she contacted me about 30 mins after I submitted it. You just have to be patient, someone will give you a chance. Good luck!

I'm working at an outpatient surgery center doing PACU and pre-op. I absolutely love it. I'm still a bit shocked, it's a dream come true. I always knew I didn't want to do medsurg so I am very thankful it all worked out.

Thank you guys for your support! I am glad to say yesterday I landed my dream job!!!! I'm still in shock. I am soooo thankful!!!!

I would if I could!!!

Thank you guys for your support! and yes I have applied to anything I can find that's within an 1 to 1.30 form were I live, including new grad residencies. I sometimes wonder if in fact being a medic is playing against me. Lots of people think we are all cocky and feel superior to every RN. Which is sad, because it's not always true.

You are absolutely right. There are lots of medics out there with that attitude and believe me that's one of the reasons why I was very careful to tell anyone I was a medic while going though nursing school. What I said about I can intubate and work a code with my eyes closed wasn't meant to sound "I'm better than any ED nurse". Not at all were I was going. I'm not one of those medics. I'm very humble and I know there is A LOT for me to learn. I just meant, I have emergency medicine experience, that's all. Being a medic is completely different from being a nurse, but I do think my previous experience is valuable and will be helpful in any ED if someone would just give me a chance. Thank you for your support.

Not to sound negative, but I don't think you should list that. Like you said, every RN has to know how to do that. I would instead list skills such as IVs or EKGs, maybe wound care...

Anyone else out there having a hard time finding a job as a new grad?? I graduated in May and passed my boards right away. I have been looking for a job for over a month now and all I get are the automated rejection emails. I'm quickly loosing hope. I have been a paramedic for over 5 years and I thought that would help me secure a position, but apparently I was wrong. I have applied to med/surg, ER, PACU, New grad residency, you name it I have applied and yet all I get is "you don't have enough experience." Even with the ER positions when I have all the certs they ask for (BLS, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, RN)!!! I can intubate people, I can work a code with my eyes closed by myself, I can read EKGs, I can do IVs, I have experience with peds, but yet it's not enough because I don't have experience as a nurse other than school. I know it hasn't been that long, but I didn't think it would be this hard... frustration is starting to settle in and I'm loosing hope