question about the Classifieds

Interesting question. I assume like KrisMac that it's in anticipation of the new grads. I actually have never gotten a job through the classifieds - always through networking or just dumb luck. And employers HATE having to run them.

Interesting question. I assume like KrisMac that it's in anticipation of the new grads. I actually have never gotten a job through the classifieds - always through networking or just dumb luck. And employers HATE having to run them.

I think the seasonality is like KrisMac said. Bait and Switch to catch graduating nurses.

The internship ads start at Christmas and the job ads about April 15.

There was a job yesterday at my dream hospital, doing myfavorite thing and paying about $5 more an hour than when I went on disability. Oh it also had a $5000 sign on bonus.

If wishes were horses, beggars could ride........ :\

I think the seasonality is like KrisMac said. Bait and Switch to catch graduating nurses.

The internship ads start at Christmas and the job ads about April 15.

There was a job yesterday at my dream hospital, doing myfavorite thing and paying about $5 more an hour than when I went on disability. Oh it also had a $5000 sign on bonus.

If wishes were horses, beggars could ride........ :\

Originally posted by jemb

I wouldn't think all the new grads would have jobs promised by now, so that could be a big part of it. But there are also those who graduated last year and are now coming up on their "mandatory one year at one place before moving on" date.

Also, people who want to relocate tend to do so in the spring/summer months. It correlates with real estate sales, too. Families with kids like to move when school is out.

I agree with jemb. Most of the "movement" in the job/hiring market happens in the summer. Most people are looking and thinking about getting jobs in the from about January on through the early summer. Fewer people switch jobs in the Fall or around the Christmas holidays -- though there always are a few.

As advertisments cost a surprising amount of money, hospitals prefer to spend the highest proportion of their advertising budget during the spring, when there is the highest potential of attracting candidates. It's not an accident: it's a conscious decision.

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