Several questions

[DonnaD143]

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting so bear with me :)

I graduated in May 2014 and passed NCLEX in Sept 2014. I am now starting to look for work!

I have a few questions...

1- If I am applying at a hospital, and there are 50+ RN jobs throughout the entire company (spanning 4 different hospitals), should I apply for every one I am interested in?

I spent a good amount of time today applying to 30+ jobs within one healthcare system. I read every job posting and if I met the minimum requirements, then I applied.

I also noticed some of the positions had several different postings for different hours for the same floor. I applied for each one of them also.

I was later told that I would look crazy to HR for flooding their mailboxes with the same resume so many times! :/

Should I have relaxed a little?

2- As far as minimum requirements... if a job posting reads "BSN preferred", I am seeing this as not required but will consider... Yes??

[scaredsilly, BSN, RN]

I think that everyone applies for all jobs they are qualified for, I know I did! You aren't crazy, you just want to work...HR should understand that!

If they say BSN preferred, then it just depends on the competition. If a lot of BSNs apply, they probably will not look at ADNs, where I am ADNs do not get hired at hospitals, but easily find jobs at clinics. Most of the ones I applied for said 1 year experience preferred so I thought the same way-that preferred didn't mean the same thing as required- but my application went in the trash before any human actually saw it.

Don't just look at hospitals, look into SNFs and LTCs, and clinics. Also, if you have any contacts, like preceptors from your clinicals, contact them. That's how I got hired, one of them made sure my application got where it needed to go. The online application process weeds out applications and humans never see them.

[DonnaD143]

How would you suggest applying to places like clinics and LTC? I am planning on doing some foot work but I feel really awkward walking in to some places. Where do I go? Do I just hand it to the receptionist?

I saw one on a job board today that says to apply in person which makes me feel like they are expecting me. Its the places that I am not seeing that I feel uncomfortable about. Like its an unexpected visit.