I am a new grad, just graduated on May 16th. I've been looking for RN jobs since February and been on 4 interviews and have not been job offered. After hearing "we are not hiring any new grads" time and time again, I became very discourged and tried to apply for tech jobs, and heard I was "too qualified" for those positions. I have just about given up.
In the meantime, I'm a single mother with a mortgage and a car payment. My savings ran out mid May and I am almost 2 months behind on my mortgage.
I will sit for boards in early July, as I am waiting on my ATT. Hopefully, I'll get it via e-mail by tomorrow. The BON had an issue with my name and I had to get it corrected. In the meantime, I've been looking for jobs in nursing as well as outside of nursing. My main concern was trying to keep a roof over my head.
I left a very stable career to attend nursing school full time. I have a good work ethic and a corporate background, so I was applying for jobs in the corporate setting as well.
Here is the issue: I've been granted an interview with a prestigous Railroad company and the pay is damn good, possibly more than starting off as a new grad. This is a very hard company to get hired on, and it's usually by word of mouth. The good thing was this railroad was advertising to the public for the first time in a long time and I submitted my resume not thinking much of it. Low and behold, they are VERY interested in my corporate skills and it didnt hurt that I have a BSN. One side of me see this as an opportunity to get my financial house back in order, but the other side of me is torn, since I know the corporate world is NOT my passion. I'm basically doing what I have to to, to get where I need to be. But this is once in a lifetime chance, and I'm scared it may not come around again. Then I'm afraid if a new grad position does come up, I will probably be too "comfortable" in the money I'll be possibly making with the Railroad, which is the main reason why I stayed in corporate for so long in the first place, but not fufilled.
If I do take this job, how can I keep my license current? Would taking an ACLS class or getting other certifications help? Or should I turn this job down and "wait" on nursing to come back around? In the meantime, I may be on the verge of losing my home.
It's clear what I NEED to do, but I guess I need confirmation that I'm doing the right thing.
I was thinking the same thing as Morte. Getting that job might be a door into occupational health eventually. Keep your eyes open for something like that as well. It's often a M-F job with weekends, nights, and holidays off. Not always the most exciting, adrenaline-pumping job, but good stability especially with young children at home.
]I was thinking the same thing as Morte[/b]. Getting that job might be a door into occupational health eventually. Keep your eyes open for something like that as well. It's often a M-F job with weekends nights, and holidays off. Not always the most exciting, adrenaline-pumping job, but good stability especially with young children at home.[/quote']
I was thinking the same thing as Morte. Getting that job might be a door into occupational health eventually. Keep your eyes open for something like that as well. It's often a M-F job with weekends, nights, and holidays off. Not always the most exciting, adrenaline-pumping job, but good stability especially with young children at home.
This EXACTLY what I was thinking, occupational nursing. I would LOVE to do that! The best of BOTH worlds.
However, most occupational nursing jobs require you to have atleast 5 years clinical experience. This is what I've been told. There was an occupational nursing job being advertised at Ford Motor Company. This was one of their requirements.
This is not always the norm, but two home health agencies that I worked for provided the occupational health services to major companies through a contract. If you continue to look around sometimes you can find these unusual opportunities.
morte, LPN, LVN
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you mentioned that they were interested in your BSN.......it might be interesting to find out why.....