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Trying to figure out which one is good? -great history, won't be bankrupt in 50 or so yrs -will provide help for events that occurred while under coverage -can allow own selection of lawyers what else makes a good insurance? Thanks in advance

Sorry for late update. I had only 3 interviews. One on the spot, 1 by recorded webcam, and 1 live for open house. 2 of them was due to connections i believed, it helped put me in front of an audience. Yes, I received an offer and I took it. I didn't use mrdearmas awesome strategy tho but it sounds awesome and it landed him alot of opportunities as he mentioned and revealed in the next post. So try to gather connections, no matter small or big....get in foot in door and get an audience for your well reheorificed performance LOL aka interview. good luck!!

Thanks for all the input guys.

Thank you for the warning. I rather play it safe than to attempt a bump. I do not want to be black listed since I do live in a big city. Thinking back on clinicals, there were plenty of security checks so you will be right about me not getting anywhere near a HR or recruiter ...Scary, I wonder if anyone ever experienced that first-hand?

My nursing resource advisor shared the contacts with me. I can give the bump into hiring manager a try. What do you suggest I should say to start a conversation and when to hand over my resume. Thank you for sharing tip

Thank you for sharing. What if one can't put "negotiable" in the application...like the system won't accept it, what should you recommend I put down? Average of the range you provided?

Thank you so much @JustBeachyNurse. That will be a good start for me.

WOW. sounds super serious. Let me give me details so maybe ppl can tell me if I am dealing with actual nursing recruiters. I do not want to ruin my chances before I even apply online to those hospitals. I have a list of contacts from my Nursing Student Resource Advisor and those contacts deals with externships for hospitals. She said they may also work with new grad recruitment. I just want to reach out to those contacts to see if they can help me or direct me to ppl that can help me. I want to increase my chance of my resume getting seen by actual ppl that does the hiring except getting trashed in the computer system.... :/ what to do?

So I am curious because I can't find anything on google. Sometimes on application, they will asked what amount in term of compensation one is looking for. I just want to know what number so I can stay competitive and not be discarded for being expensive and crazy to ask for that amount with no experience LOL. Anyone newly hired or starting working within the past 2 yrs? If comfortable, please share compensation, area of practice/unit, city please? If not, can you PM. Thank you so much for the help

Totally understand. I was like that in school. Nursing isn't cheap...surprisingly, noone informs you of hidden fees like that while as a nursing student. This is what I did: I became an Resident Assistant for my college. My services to the school gave me free housing and food expense. However, it is a real job with responsibilities. You will need to juggle that with nursing studies on top of clinical. While living on campus, I do no own a car so I carpool with students near me to clinical sites. Pay a small fee with them...but isnt cheap...gas + parking kills you. Better off taking public transportation to some the sites. So this is where talking to faculty will help. Inform them of your living situation so they may be able to put you at a clinical location easily accessed by you via public transportation. Also, some clinicals location was near enough that I biked there...about 4 miles I believe but had to endure the rain and dark sometimes. Just make sure go early and you bring a change of clothes and change into your uniform in the bathroom before checking in with your clinical instructor. Other recommendations: Live off-campus with some friends or students to cut cost. its so much cheaper than living in dorms. Again, carpool with fellow students to sites. Bike to campus from offcampus to save more money! In conclusion, There are ways around the living on campus method. But you must plan and speak up and take action. Good luck

Hello AN folks, I am a new nurse having a hard time getting that first job. So I am trying a different way to apply for jobs. Kinda tired of going through the computer system so I figure I will send my resume and stuff directly to a human person increasing my chance of get seen. Now, I have no idea where to begin with the email? This will be a cold contact, I had never interacted with the recruiters before. Should I also list what job I am interested in...but I do not want to limit my chances of other opportunities if I mention a certain position. Do make it like a cover letter? Any tips/advice would be great. It would definitely help to have an example to work with if you feel comfortable in sharing/posting here...if not please PM me. Truly appreciate the help and guidance. Thank you AN folks

Congratulations. you deserved it! You worked super hard and prepared so well. Thank you for the tips. I am looking forward to trying out your methods. So you did research and memorized it for each Hospital table you visit? or is it just one specific hospital? I am impressed, didnt know you can get jobs at career fair...leads but not an actual job. Thank you for the inspiration

Amazing. Things like miracles do exist in my opinion. I had something similar like your situation that happened to me and it worked out fine in the end too. Congrats!

Thank you everyone for their input. I definitely appreciate the guidance. From the info obtained, I will wait to get my ACLS since it doesnt really increase my likelihood of employment and I do not have the money or patience now to do it. Just have to hope that future hospital I will hire me will pay for it. I will keep on searching

I totally agree with the OP here. Personally I took Kaplan Review...throughout all those sessions I felt like I can do this on my own. They aren't really teaching you anything new except for the decision tree which they cover briefly I felt. Also, they give you a ton of work....work you can easily get for much cheaper from books or free from library. To tell you the truth, readers....I never finished Kaplan Review's modules or completed their couple thousands of questions. I dropped it because I was lazy...that was my own fault, wasted resources and ppl's money. Dumb of me. However, I can tell you I also passed my NCLEX the first try, and I never really quite went back to Kaplan's methods. To add, I waited 1 yr after graduation to take it too and did Kaplan in early post-grad. Check out a post that I made in the forum for details on how I pass and my story...should encourage those who are still struggling. So to conclude, believe in yourself, give yourself more credit!! You do not need Review Preps that cost $500. All you need is confidence, diligence to study, and most a free review book from the library with a CD. If not available, buy one used for less than $50. Good luck folks.