Hello, so I am getting worried. I am a new RN grad and I have been applying for jobs all over the Lower Mainland. I know that a few of my classmates have already secured jobs, and many of them were ESN's for the past year+. I was not an ESN unfortunately.
Vancouver Coastal Health:
I wanted to know if anyone has been applying at Vancouver Coastal Health? I have applied to several positions at a few of the hospitals via their website and in person.
If you log into their careers website and you look at all of the positions applied to, under the "submittal status" are there options other than "received submission"? One of them says "candidate withdrawn", but it still allows me to press the "withdraw" button
Any of you that got jobs, did anything change on past job submittals?
Fraser Health:
I applied online, got an email with a package to fill out, filled out package, submitted reference, then received package about hours, skills for different types of nursing. Filled those out and sent back, received confirmation that all documents have been received, but have not heard back from them since. It has been about two weeks now.
How long does this usually take? Will they call me or email me?
Providence health:
Website is straightforward, have not noticed any application status etc. I have applied for a few jobs, again have not heard back from any of them.
Any other areas I could explore? Unfortunately I am not willing to move out of the Lower Mainland.
Any free or cheap courses I could take to improve my resume? (online certificates etc)
I noticed that some places mention ACLS (advanced cardiovascular/cardiac life support), it is expensive, around $450. Do most employers provide this for employees or is BLS sufficient?
I been there. When I graduated it was difficult to secure a job in Vancouver especially since I did not work as an ESN. I tried to apply to all the health authorities but it was a very slow process. Sometimes, you do not hear anything at all. Instead, I end up applying for a private company working at a long term care facility. I worked with them for approximate one year, and then reapplied to VCH. Since I had previous experience working with the geriatric, they hired me for their long term care facility. Once you have some experience working as a nurse in Canada, finding a job is much easier. I hope this helped.
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Hi BCnewgrad,
I been there. When I graduated it was difficult to secure a job in Vancouver especially since I did not work as an ESN. I tried to apply to all the health authorities but it was a very slow process. Sometimes, you do not hear anything at all. Instead, I end up applying for a private company working at a long term care facility. I worked with them for approximate one year, and then reapplied to VCH. Since I had previous experience working with the geriatric, they hired me for their long term care facility. Once you have some experience working as a nurse in Canada, finding a job is much easier. I hope this helped.