This made me mad when I saw it.

[netglow]

full time employee for specialty office

(the ad describes expanded tech type/office job, i abbreviated to disguise it but it deals with rooming patients, explaining treatment/education, assisting docs, lab work, cleaning equipment, returning patient calls, insurance claims, billing, etc.)

if we interview, you will bring documentation that you completed a 4 year college and your gpa above 3.5/4.0.

• compensation: $10.00/hour. may increase if skill increases.
  

thinking of sending them a nasty gram. all you people who just graduated college with 50 thousand + debt, this is what your industry thinks you are worth. pimping you out! that is what it is.

[NurseCard, ADN]

This really does not surprise me all that much. Also fairly typical

in my part of the country.

[Twinmom06, ASN, APN]

someone who's unemployment has run out (or doesn't get unemployment) and absolutely has to feed themselves will apply and they know that...sucks!

[Autymn]

naw, to the hells, no.

i will work another non-healthcare job at the same or better rate if i need to for however long i need to. my nursing training will never be a waste; i will use it in other capacities volunteering to help those who are in need. i will have spent four years plus learning, growing, making friends, stretching myself in ways i didn't plan. education is never a waste. achieving a dream in a career is an important and i know eventually i still can use my license if i'm creative and look for the right opportunity.

these ditch scum are trying to breed. brain [color=#333333]prophylactics to the rescue.

[netglow, ASN, RN]

someone who's unemployment has run out (or doesn't get unemployment) and absolutely has to feed themselves will apply and they know that...sucks!

This is what they are thinking, I am absolutely sure of it.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

I would be very afraid of whoever actually accepted the job

[Hygiene Queen]

I wouldn't be afraid of who accepted the job.

It would most likely be a decent person who needs a job NOW.

I am more afraid of the employer.

[leenak]

Sadly, this has been a reality for quite a while.

I have known many people that think that a BS/BA is a magical degree that will grant you a good paying job the instant you graduate. Even before the economy was horrible, I knew people graduating from college being offered jobs that paid the same or less than the jobs they had prior to school or while in school. I've also read recent figures that indicate that only 20% of new college grads obtain a job within the first year. I imagine this number is higher for people with certain types of degrees (science based) and lower for others (liberal arts based).

So will someone who has been searching for a job and just wants to get experience/foot in the door take a $10/hour job? I'm sure they will.

[BlueDevil,DNP, DNP, RN]

The pay is a little low, but I see nothing wrong with requiring proof of completion of a degree program and reasonable grades. :shrug:

[lockheart678]

Why do all of that for $10 an hour when you can go somewhere else that requires much less responsibility and only a high school diploma for more money.

[linnaete, ASN, BSN, MSN]

I interviewed once for an RN position in an office setting. The employer loved the interview and wanted to hire me on the spot, said something along the lines of, "you ask all the right questions and understand about patient education!" Once we got to the end of the interview I found out it wasn't specifically an RN position and "since it's not actually an RN position, we can't offer the same pay." The listing was for separate positions for RN and MA, I was pretty insulted and upset that I wasted my time and energy. Last I heard they were having problems keeping staff due to ethics.

[BundokSaint]

someone who's unemployment has run out (or doesn't get unemployment) and absolutely has to feed themselves will apply and they know that...sucks!

Yep. Lots of people with degrees are out of work right now. Companies can afford to be picky and post crazy ads like in the original post.

That said, can we get a link to the actual job listing? I'd like to post it to a few other message boards I belong too.

[nursetabitha]

Wow, that's just crazy! So we're supposed to pay off our loans for that 4 year degree on $10 an hour? I'd like to know what the cost of living is in the area where this job is located. The only way I can see that being a possibility is in a very low income, rural area.

Like everyone said, employers can afford to be picky and pay less because there are so many new grads that are desperate for a job, and not just in healthcare.