what is the ratio of new grads vs job availability?

eeyorelov · Feb 4, 2011

HA is all I have to say to them!! I don't know the exact numbers but there are more people then jobs out there. I have been searching for over a year! the "shortage" is a lie!! Yes school need more good educators, that is true if education over all, not just nursing. One job I applied to, was open for only 12 hours because they had almost 100 people apply, ask the recuiter how many would get the job, she said only 3!

SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN · Feb 5, 2011

do not listen to school recruiters, your peers who are nursing hopefuls, or lay people (people outside of nursing) talk about the nursing profession. to answer your questions, many nursing positions posted will receive 150 applicants per position. all nursing jobs i know of require at least two interviews and a screening process.

the screening process consists of hr's computer system, which has a filter. if you do not meet the prefered or direct requirements you will be rejected! read the job descriptions of jobs because this is something lay people do not do when they see so many nursing positions open.

pretend you are a new nurse. you will not have any experience because clinicals does not count when you graduate. while you are reading job descriptions ask yourself "do i qualify? will a computer system filter me out from this rn position based upon the job description?" now add up the number of positions you qualify for as a new rn. how many are they now???

if you get past the computer filter, you may need to take tests on personality and performance prior to a first interview. after that, you may need to have two to four interviews per position before you are given a job offer or rejection.

how does that sound to you? does that honestly sound like a nursing shortage???? do you really think 150 applicants per position is a shortage??? do you really think that the number of hoops nurses jump through to get a job cries of a shortage???

there is no nursing shortage. there was a so-called shortage when licensed nurses who did not want to work as nurses left for other things. those same nurses have no retirement savings any more so when the economy improves, they will not leave again. they cannot afford to do so again.

plus when the baby boomers retire at 69 or 70, there will still be a lot of nurses who are licensed to jump in to take his/her spot. at this time, there are too many schools graduating nurses today and opening up all over the country. there are also not enough (nor has there ever been enough) nursing positions to meet the supply of nurses (new or experienced) for there to ever be a nursing shortage in the future.

follow this thread for more information:

*unemployed nurses*

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/unemployed-nurses-530527.html

amichit · Feb 10, 2011

I graduated in May of 2010 and have applied to so many new grad positions that I have lost count after 89. Not a single interview. I have even gotten a Nevada license and have applied for Kansas and Arkansas licenses. I'm so discouraged. I have been a physical therapist for 17 years in the hospital setting. I couldn't even get a job at the hospital I was working for as an inpt rehab supervisor. Don't know what to do.

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · Feb 12, 2011

To answer your questions, many nursing positions posted will receive 150 applicants PER position.

One of the big hospital systems told us at a "recruiting" event that actually involved NO recruiting that when a new job goes up on their website for new grads that they get 200+ applications a DAY for the job. Yikes. I never got any calls from my applications there.

eeyorelov · Feb 13, 2011

I never got any calls from my applications there.

Story of my life:rolleyes: