Thank You!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting all your suggestions and encouragement to those of us looking for jobs in this rough economy. I just found out yesterday that after 11 months of looking for my first nursing job my search is over!

I got hired to work in a local clinic 15 min from my house with decent pay and benefits. Best of all I won't have to relocate my family! I applied to many positions all over the country. Many times I wondered if I had made a huge mistake going back to school but all the hard work and putting myself out there paid off and I am sure I am going to be happy in my new position.

I hope I can give hope to all of you out there still looking for your first job. If I can get a job with no job experience outside of volunteer work so can you. Try clinics and other out of hospital options. Go directly to the websites of medical providers in your area. Talk to anyone you know in the health care field. I would not have even thought I could qualify for a position where I got hired except a friend of mine who is an RN suggested I check out their website. The position didn't show up on any of my searches online on job boards. Also I used several books to prepare since I had little experience working or interviewing (my last paid job was 20 yrs ago!). The best ones were the Career Coward series. The interviewing book was invaluable.