Unemployed After Graduation: Remaining Employable

[Multicollinearity]

In my area, many new graduates are unemployed after graduation. Due to the economy, most of our hospitals have hiring freezes and new graduates are not being hired. Here's my question: what can we do to remain employable, and for how long? I've read on this board that many are taking jobs like waitressing, etc. How long can this go on with the new grad RN remaining employable in a clinical setting? Six months? A year? How long until the new RN needs to take a refresher course? How long is a new grad considered a new grad, post-graduation?

If I cannot get a job after graduation, I'm considering furthering my education for two semesters while I expand my job search nationwide. Will going two semesters, or one year, beyond graduation without working as an RN make me unemployable in the clinical setting?

[9livesRN, BSN, RN]

i'm getting scared...

well i won't think about it until i graduate

[new1nursebabyea]

make sure you do a nurse externship program, this is a good way to get your foot in the door, or atleast get real world paid experience

[bella65]

I know how you feel. I graduate in a year, and it is such a downer that in my area as well, they are only hiring nurses with experience!