Should a new grad apply for jobs that require one year experience?

[DABDA]

I live in Buffalo and am dying to move. My sights are set on the DMV area. However, I am a graduate nurse and won't be able to take my boards til around august sometime. I've been online applying for jobs and am discouraged as they all require one year experience. Nursing school clinical doesn't count as experience, does it? Should I apply for jobs that require one year experience anyway to get my name out there? I'm going to visit next week and am trying to get my applications in before putting a face to the resume. Is that expected for grad nurses, or will that just **** the recruiters off? Any insight?

[Work in Progress]

I have been applying for only things that say "experience preferred." When I tried applying for a couple that said "required," I got a rejection email within minutes. They just hit delete when they see that. Now, that leaves me with very few opportunities to apply

I would say apply to things that say "preferred" for now, and when you go visit the area bring your resume in person to places that you are interested in. I think the general consensus is that online applications are completely ******* worthless for us new grads.

[goodstudentnowRN]

I agree work in progress...Apply to the preferred ones..oh boy..:mad:

[happy2learn]

It may get your name out there, however, not in a good way. What if they remember you as the person who applied for the job that stated "experience required" yet they have no experience? They may think that you don't pay attention or you don't care about their time.

I read an article somewhere about job hunting and a recruiter said to never apply to a job where you do not meet the requirements. That will just make the recruiter angry that they wasted their time looking at your resume to see that you have no experience.

Stick to "preferred."

[Multicollinearity, BSN, RN]

I agree about applying for the experience preferred jobs, no matter how much experience is preferred. As a new grad, I got a job that "preferred" 3-5 years of hospital experience.

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Echoing everyone else--stick with applying to the "preferred" jobs. The last thing you want is to make yourself a nuisance to the recruiters.

And you're right: nursing school clinicals do not count as experience--otherwise there'd be no problem for new grads getting jobs :)