States hiring New RN Grads?

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hello all,

just curious, what states are hiring new rn grads?

nh, ma and ny want at least 1 year experience and prefer bsn. :no:

thanks

Specializes in Psychiatric Nurse.

hiring freeze....okay....whatever you and others think.

my facility has a hiring freeze yet "low and behold" there were at least 15 nurses (all new grads...yes, i asked/made inquiries...) sitting in new employee orientation 2 weeks ago. but there's a hiring freeze at the facility---(no online job postings for new grads)---that's what the nurse recruiter said to me!!! when i told the nurse recruiter that i was aware of 15 new grads sitting in new employee orientation...she looked dumbfounded!!...shocked!!...because i wasn't "supposed to know!?"

new grads are coming into facilities all the time. please believe that. the facility may not be hiring 10-20 new grads at a time (calling the process a hiring freeze); but they are hiring new grads.

you can sit back and believe the nurse recruiters if you want to. your best bet is to take the extra steps needed to get your foot in the door, like the 15 new grads sitting in the new orientation program!!!

be patient. calm your frustrations. if there is a job out there for you...you will get it. :up:

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Thanks for the great advice. I needed to hear what you had to say. Think I will start trying some of things you suggest. Your the second person this week who told me to go directly to the source in my job search, the hiring managers. Was feeling defeated but you gave me new hope. :idea: Thanks

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Specializes in Cardiac Care, Palliative Care.

i have to totally agree with you! my facility have a hiring freeze every year around the same time, but still manage to hire valor students, grad students, and newly licensed lpn's and rn's, all while claiming to have a hiring freeze. i was even told, after i finished my practical nursing program, that they can't hire me as a graduate practical nurse because they had a hiring freeze. i still applied and spoke to my manager and the nurse recruiter. a couple of weeks before graduation, i was offered a position. in orientation, there were at least 10 more newly hires there, who all said they applied during the "hiring freeze." and the hiring freeze was still in effect from the time we applied to the time we was sitting in orientation! :confused:

hiring freeze....okay....whatever you and others think.

my facility has a hiring freeze yet "low and behold" there were at least 15 nurses (all new grads...yes, i asked/made inquiries...) sitting in new employee orientation 2 weeks ago. but there's a hiring freeze at the facility---(no online job postings for new grads)---that's what the nurse recruiter said to me!!! when i told the nurse recruiter that i was aware of 15 new grads sitting in new employee orientation...she looked dumbfounded!!...shocked!!...because i wasn't "supposed to know!?"

new grads are coming into facilities all the time. please believe that. the facility may not be hiring 10-20 new grads at a time (calling the process a hiring freeze); but they are hiring new grads.

you can sit back and believe the nurse recruiters if you want to. your best bet is to take the extra steps needed to get your foot in the door, like the 15 new grads sitting in the new orientation program!!!

be patient. calm your frustrations. if there is a job out there for you...you will get it. :up:

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Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.

If getting a job as a new grad had NOTHING to do with luck and only has to do with hard work that must mean that us jobless new grads aren't working hard enough. Being lucky enough to have nurses in your family to help get you "in" to a hospital has nothing to do with it. Or being at the right place at the right time has nothing to do with it. I'm not saying that RNs with jobs only got them because of luck. I'm sure they worked their butts off to get that job. But some of us unemployed nurses have also worked our butts off. We just don't have anything to show for it. I guess I "deserve" to be broke and underemployed.

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Specializes in Trauma Med-Surg.

A lot of new grad hiring at least where I am in the country has to do with WHO YOU KNOW. All of my cohort classmates who have found employment as a new grad all got jobs through their preceptors or through connections with family/friends. Experience only accounted for with those individuals had to say about my classmates. Networking is apart of all businesses, but with nursing i think it goes even further.

So when applying to new grad programs within the state/out of state, chances of even slimmer.

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nurse.

prinsessa...

so, i take it that when you finally get a job...you will "walk the earth" and tell others how "lucky" you are to have gotten a job!!?? doesn't make much sense since, you too have also worked your butt off; but getting a job as you say, "is all about luck and who you know."

per your own comment "...being lucky enough to have nurses in your family to help get you "in" to a hospital has nothing to do with it. or being at the right place at the right time has nothing to do with it...." well, it is your perrogative to feel this way. maybe you are aware of classmates or other new grads that have found jobs in the manner you referenced; but so what!. you seem to have hatred towards those who have found jobs. call it the way you see it, "luck", "deserving", "who you know" etc., etc. you are angry and you don't even know how to deal with it.

as for being "broke and underemployed" well, only you can get yourself out of that situation....

as long as you hold anomosity towards others who have found employment, you will remain in the dark, without a job. put your frustrations aside...good things come to those who wait...patiently, holding their tongue!!!....

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Specializes in Medical ICU, Orthopedics.

SMN, it seems to be angering you when others are lumping those who got jobs together as "lucky". But on the other side you are doing the same thing by lumping them together as "hard-working". I know 2 new grads who recently got jobs. One applied to many hospitals, kept on HR, and worked for 2 months to land the spot she now has. Another friend waited around to take her NCLEX, ended up applying to only one position (she knew a nurse in the unit), interviewed and landed the job.

I'm sure we all know people who have gotten jobs by working hard and those who have gotten positions by luck. To say that it is without exception either way would be foolish. Not everyone who got a job did so by working hard. And not everyone who got a job did so by being lucky.

There are people working hard to find a job and cannot catch a break. To tell them they are not working hard enough belittles the effort they are putting in.

Let's build each other up, especially those struggling to find a job in this economy.

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Specializes in LTC/Skilled Care/Rehab.

Thank you LoriNJ! That is exactly what i was trying to say. Saying that people who have jobs only got those by working hard is also saying that people who don't have jobs don't have them because they didn't work hard enough. I have worked extremely hard over these last 6 months to find a job. I am willing to work LTC or even flu clinics. Yes I may be a little angry about not finding a job. Who wants to work for minimum wage when you have a bachelor's in nursing? If I would have graduated last year I probably wouldn't be in the position I am currently in. I just want to work as a nurse and not being able to is very frustrating and depressing. And if I do get a job I will consider myself VERY lucky!!!! :)

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I know this is a very sensitive topic, and it's easy to get emotional or upset about it. I really feel for you folks out there who are bustin' your tails to find work. It's a difficult time for a lot of people, and I for one applaud those of you who refuse to give up!

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Binghamton NY is hiring! Wilson Memorial Hospital (UHS) and Lourdes Hospital. It's pretty much a small college town, but experience is worth it.

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I just want to thank u all for making me realize that I could b doing something very wrong with my job search! It is safe to say that we all should apply for any and every position available to us, for the ones we really want make any and every effort to contact recruiters and unit managers to land the job. I agree that for some it comes easily but for others u may have to work harder. So let's fight for that position!

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IHS.gov is also hiring !

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