searching for work in Ontario

[fickle]

I am an RPN from Toronto I graduated 5 years ago and have only worked for a camp for 2 months the staff were horrible and accommodation was difficult.

I am getting depressed applying to online jobs because I've graduated so long ago ,spent thousands of dollars in education and still unemployed with little experience. I am doing my RN education currently and am wondering if anyone has current information on places that hire without much experience, or any advice at all. I'm beginning to think I will never find work. Why has it become so difficult to find work when there are tons of job postings everyday?

- A desperate call for help

[loriangel14, RN]

Have you considered relocating?Have you applied to everything that is out there? You may have better luck outside of the city. Toronto is saturated with nurses looking for work.

[vintage_RN, BSN, RN]

Hamilton is only an hour away from Toronto and pretty much all my classmates have jobs and I graduated last December. I found a job within a month. I've heard Toronto is impossible...you will have to relocate, and I'm surprised that you have waited that long!

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

If it's been 5 years, you're looking at a refresher. Even if the CNO would not require you to take a refresher, many employers will because if you've worked only a few months in a 5 year period, your skills aren't current. At least you're in school.

Consider all of the surrounding areas. Many people have commuted 90 minutes for work.

[kingstongirl17]

I am in the same situation, same as my classmates. I graduated august 2013 and up until now I cannot find jobs here in Toronto. I have a friend who lives in hamilton and she was able to find a job a month after her graduation. I think we just need to relocate if we are really desperate for a job.