We don't hire new nurses.

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I feel like I wasted my time, every place I go it's the same story. I even got hired pier diem and then told the week after we can't bring you on because you are a new nurse. I seriously don't get this at all i have hit the grown running every nursing home every rehab or ltc and it's the same thing no experience we can't hire you. Can someone explain where do they expect you to get this experience they o so desire. So ****** off right now. This is so discouraging.

Yes I dressed up several times resume in hand spoke to dOn's and adon's and I get ur impressive we just don't have room for new nurse.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Hospice, Disease Management.
Yes I dressed up several times resume in hand spoke to dOn's and adon's and I get ur impressive we just don't have room for new nurse.

I see ur in NJ- try the VA hospitala or nsg homes or Davita dialysis..

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That would be so helpful. I am in new jersey the jersey shore area . Willing to relocate to north Carolina Charlotte or Dallas Texas.

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If you're willing to move I would suggest looking into the indian reservations in Northern Arizona and Dakota's. Got to IHS.gov or USAJOBS.gov. I worked on a Navajo reservation for a year and it was an awesome experience. Will go back one day when my kids are older. Just something to consider. There are also tribal run facilities that are no longer under IHS that hire as well. I can give you some connections if you like.

P.S. I am not a recruiter. I just loved working on the rez.

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Thank you so much I will check it out and I am grateful for the connections.

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Wait it gets worse. Pretty soon you will be an old grad! and then really never find a job. At least that's what it feels like for so many of us! Welcome to our world. Ya, i am depressed....waiting for a job to call. Trying to stay optomistic on this journey.

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Ps i check all those connections almost daily. Also, I refuse to move my teenagers again, we moved Twice in one year after their Father died, for jobs that didn't work out. It put them through too much. I agree I have a bad attitude about the whole nursing experience right now. Sorry

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

the market is very tight. there is no nursing shortage. the jobs maybe posted but there are hiring freezes due to the economy. nurses have returned to the workforce because their s.o. is unemployed and nurses who planned to retire cannot because we lost our butts in 401k when everything crashed. there are nursing schools churning out grads at an alarming rate to take advantage of the economy and the flocking of society to the "recession proof" healthcare field...with no positions to fulfill. there are hospitals that offer "internships" or "residencies" that you pay them to train you available but they are few and far between and don't guarantee employment. right now it just stinks out there :sniff: hospitals are "short staffed" but they want it that way......due to budget cuts and hospitals are still laying off.

https://allnurses.com/nursing-news/jo...ds-662139.html

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the big lie?

without a doubt, the main source of frustration experienced by recently graduated and licensed but still unemployed nurses is what could be called "the big lie."in other words, the television commercials that encourage young people to become nurses -- and then abandon them for months (or years) without employment; and the educators who tell them that the associate's degree is perfectly adequate to guarantee employment, that they will have their pick of jobs when they graduate, and that there is plenty of time to get a bsn later on. who knows whether it is greed, ignorance, or wishful thinking that underlies the fairy tales told to nursing students about their future job prospects? whatever the motivation, the disillusionment of our new grads is palpable. the jobs they expected after all of their hard work just haven't materialized, and some grads are getting pretty desperate.

this too shall pass....eventually. i wish you luck:heartbeat

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

I had the same issue in 1998 with getting a job out of college. Out of the roughly 60 people in my class only 1 was hired full time at the local hospital and several at local LTC's. 13 others were hired part time at the hospital and more at the LTC's. All of the new RN's hired had already worked for the facilities. I had to move out of state to obtain my 1st nursing job; several years later the same hospital could not get enough new grads. So hang in there nursing jobs run in cycles.

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Specializes in ED.

I am in the Raleigh, NC area. There are jobs here if you are open-minded. If you are an RN try not to get sucked into an LTC if you can at all help it. If you are willing to relocate that would be a better option. We have several hospitals in the area as well as tons of physician's offices and clinics. You can't throw a rock and not hit a peds office or an urgent care, seriously.

:up:

I do have to say this is a pretty great place to live. It's January and a nice 65degrees outside! :D Come down here and check it out!

T

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I remember my job hunt as a new grad...responses ranged from the polite ("sorry, but we're not taking on any more new graduates right now") to the rude ("*SIGH*"). So yes, it's incredibly frustrating.

All you can do is keep plugging away at it. There are lots of excellent job hunting tips in the career section of the forum--if you haven't been there already, check it out. Be prepared to get creative and very flexible...and for it to take time. It seems the average time for a new grad to get hired is 3-6 months (or more).

And the threads you read on here about a new grad landing a job immediately are the exception and not the norm, so don't let that make you think you are doing something wrong...because you really might not be. Job market blows for everyone right now. You could be the perfect applicant and be doing everything right and still not land it for a variety of reasons, a lot of which won't have to do with you.

Best of luck as you keep searching!

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I am in the exact same position as you, and its terrible! I have an LPN license and I live in New York City. This is not an easy city to be unemployeed in. I even went ahead and got my CNA license, as a way to protect myself in case what I feared came true. But its turing out to be the same situation with CNA positions.

Every single position that I have applied to is advertised through an agency. So I have contacted all of them, Competent Nursing, Town nursing, Quest Staff etc. On the phone its the same conversation. "Do you have experience as a CNA" I explained to them that I have a year of clinical expereince from nursing school. What I want to say is that I am over qualified because I am also a nurse. They tell me that the expereince is applicable, and that I can come in with my documents.

So I had to go to the doctor, without health insurance, and get a head-toe assesment. This is something that I am qualified to do, but I have to pay to have someone else tell me I'm healthy. I had to get TB tested again, and the list goes on. It was very expensive.

I was running all over the city trying to get these documents together, only to find out when I got to the agency that I had no experience. I explained to them that I had already explained my situation to one of their staff members over the phone, and they had assured me that they could place me. They used the word "place you immediately".

I asked them how LPn were supposed to find jobs as noone will hire new graduates. The girl interviewing me was useless. She just shrugged her shoulders and literally said "I don't know". I was so irrritated. Thankfully one of her coworkers, stepped in. She told me that a lot of nursing homes will let you do volunteer experience, and then hire you. She also said that its a good idea to get a job as a CNA, work hard, and many nursing homes will hire you when an LPn job opens up. Basically get in any way you can, and work your way up. So now I am signed on with two staffing agencies, and just hoping that something comes out of it. But its so aggrevating. Its so unfair, and nothing will change it. They just don't care! I just wish nursing school will do a better job of informing students what the job market is really like so we don't waste out money and time. If companies will not hire new graduates they should tell us that if we want to be nurses we will have to get used to the idea of waiting in a long line after we graduate. All I know is that the next person who tells me that there is a nursing shortage and that there is an abundance of jobs, is getting smacked. Sorry that last remark was unprofessional but I sick of being so scared and stressed out about how I'm going to eat. I have two degrees and nothing but debt. Good Luck

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