After a LONG (8 month) search for a job, I finally have an offer.
To make a long story short:
June 4th, my condo burns down, I lost everything.
Insurance issues arise with the condo association, my choice:fight them in court or declare bankruptcy. I could not afford to fight them and was forced into chapter 7.
Turning lemons into lemonade, I thought to myself, well..atleast now I dont have ties to this horrible economy in Michigan..and I could relocate to get my dream job as a new grad, in NICU. (even if i decide to get the 1-2 years exp and come back)
Now with the offer in my hands..im terrifed. My boyfriend is NOT HAPPY with moving, but wants to be with me His misery makes it a lot harder. My parents are pretty supportive, but I am an only child and i will miss them alot. I will be leaving everything to start a new career in a new place, and on nights which i have never done.I have never really been this much "on my own". I want to take the opportunity but im scared right now...
any words of encouragement, has anyone done it? Thanks all, in advance. :heartbeat
I interviewed for a job half way across the country, packed everything in a Uhaul and left. I never lived outside my state and knew nothing about the area and no one from there. Basically I opened a map, closed my eyes and pointed then moved my finger to the nearest ski town.
Problem was when I arrived they said "what housing?" and fell through with nearly everything the recruiter said on the phone!! I thought WAIT! All my stuff is in a Uhaul and I'm in a hotel for a non-job? I quickly applied for another job (living in a hotel) and got it. That was the best job I'd ever had and it wasn't my original pick.
I rented a room in a neighborhood where the cars looked clean, the lawns mowed and yards cleaned for $350 a month and I thought "great"! It was a duplex, even! After a few weeks, I learned I was the only white person (except one) and my street was the line between the Crypts and the Bloods and the drive by shooting was constant and horrendous! Funny thing, it was so cheap I stayed another couple years right there (I was programmed to slide under the bed when they'd shoot up one of the houses...my neighbor got hit twice).
I still miss that job. I'll never forget my friends out there....an experience I'll never ever forget! I wish I had no commitments again! LOL!
I only wish my wife made more than me! That would be awesome! Wouldn't bug me a bit!
I cant express how helpful all the advice here on allnurses is, and thank you to everyone for posting!!!
I took the job in West Virginia at West Virginia University Hospital (6 1/2 hours from home). On Nov 30th, I start in the NICU and I am very excited (and nervous!!)
I'm hunting for apartments which is pretty hard because Morgantown is a college town and housing is hard to find and expensive!! But im crossing my fingers and planning to possibly make a trip down on Monday to see things in person!
If I didnt take this opportunity to work in NICU (at a University hospital with Magnet status none the less!) I would have regretted it, and resented my boyfriend for influencing me to stay....Im off to start this adventure! I just hope it goes ok
It is an adventure!!
I can't think of a better place to get started as a new person than a college town.
I just did the very same thing. Moved across the country for my dream job. I'm one of the few of my graduating class who is working. It's tough. I'm a new grad so everything is new, everything with work, home, and life. Sometimes I feel that everything is a chore. Which grocery store do I go to? Which restaurant? What's the back road? How do these pumps work? Ya'll document like that?
Then again, there are those great moments like when I see the tag on my car and say, whoa, I live here? I love the different weather, the different people. I left a big city and moved to a much, much smaller one and I am amazed how friendly people are. They wave. They do things out of the kindness of their hearts. I honestly didn't know people like this were still around.
It's very refreshing. It can be lonely. It is what you make it.
You'll be fine. Enjoy the job, the place, the newness. All of it is a package that you are ready for or the opportunities wouldn't have presented themselves. It's a journey. Sit back and enjoy the ride and then other times, take that wheel and steer where you want to go.
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I interviewed for a job half way across the country, packed everything in a Uhaul and left. I never lived outside my state and knew nothing about the area and no one from there. Basically I opened a map, closed my eyes and pointed then moved my finger to the nearest ski town.
Problem was when I arrived they said "what housing?" and fell through with nearly everything the recruiter said on the phone!! I thought WAIT! All my stuff is in a Uhaul and I'm in a hotel for a non-job? I quickly applied for another job (living in a hotel) and got it. That was the best job I'd ever had and it wasn't my original pick.
I rented a room in a neighborhood where the cars looked clean, the lawns mowed and yards cleaned for $350 a month and I thought "great"! It was a duplex, even! After a few weeks, I learned I was the only white person (except one) and my street was the line between the Crypts and the Bloods and the drive by shooting was constant and horrendous! Funny thing, it was so cheap I stayed another couple years right there (I was programmed to slide under the bed when they'd shoot up one of the houses...my neighbor got hit twice).
I still miss that job. I'll never forget my friends out there....an experience I'll never ever forget! I wish I had no commitments again! LOL!
I only wish my wife made more than me! That would be awesome! Wouldn't bug me a bit!