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I wonder where everyone is from that they are having so much trouble locating nursing jobs. I moved from a small town where I had full time employment and they had many open positions, to a large city. I found a job quickly (even before moving) and see multiple jobs listed at all hospitals. Is it the hours, the place, or really no jobs?
Your profile indicates that you have more than 14 years of healthcare experience, and this gives you a major advantage in the nursing job market. You would definitely have the edge over a brand new nurse with no experience since many workplaces regard new grads as too expensive to train. The experienced nurse can usually hit the floor running with minimal orientation to the facility, which is more cost effective to companies.Also, your geographic location plays a major role in whether or not you'll land a job. A new grad with no experience will have a very rough time finding a hospital job in New York City, most parts of California, Atlanta, New Jersey, Las Vegas, and other places. The same new grad might have a slightly easier time finding work in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and other specific states.

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I'm in Illinois and it's hard to find a job as a new grad, I know I'm having a hard time finding one.

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As the previous poster mentioned - geographic location is a big determinant for jobs right now. Most of the major city hospitals are still in budget crunches and crisis, and are off and on hiring freezes - particularly on the East Coast, but it is a nationwide problem. If the big teaching hospitals can't afford to hiring, the community hospitals are facing even graver financial struggles.Of course, Timing is everything. As is experience. I graduated nursing school a year and a half ago, and had to move clear across to get hired as a new grad in pediatrics. But I got the job, in the field I wanted - not without sacrifice. The bulk of my other classmates had to take jobs in schools and home care because the hospitals were not hiring and they could not move - and even then found those jobs hard to come by. The only postings were for those with a plethora of experience. And of course, as I mentioned, timing is everything. Only a few months after my hiring with zero experience, the hospital went on a freeze. A nurse with 10 yrs in the specialty could not even get on our unit. Even now, the only jobs circulating there are internal. I have since move back to the East Coast and hit the same dilemma a year later. Only internal candidates are being considered for the rare positions even available. Every nurse manager and recruiter tells me the same thing ... we wish we could hire you but - we aren't hiring at all. I finally found a job, in home care, and that took me over 6 months. It was not an easy process at all, and surely was not for my lack of excellent references, educations and now experience. There simply are not jobs right now. You have to great creative and look beyond the standard idea of nursing that is certain. But mind you, the competition is very stiff now. There are far more people vying for the same positions than there are jobs to go around. And far less people retiring or reducing their hours as they may want to at this stage in their career. A nurse at my new employment told me today that she truly believes, while the freezes will lift with minimal opportunities available, that the East Coast may take 10 yrs to recover to where it once was with an abundance of nursing jobs. I hope she is gravely overestimating ... but lately I am not so sure.

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Quote from Redhead28I wonder where everyone is from that they are having so much trouble locating nursing jobs. I moved from a small town where I had full time employment and they had many open positions, to a large city. I found a job quickly (even before moving) and see multiple jobs listed at all hospitals. Is it the hours, the place, or really no jobs?

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It must have alot to do with location as a previous writer intimated. I moved from a small town in NM where there are multiple jobs listed, and they take all new grads that the local ADN program can put out. Now living in a major city in Texas, the market here has tightened since 2002 when I lived here the first time and hospitals were begging and offering large sign on bonuses. When I first graduated there were very few jobs available then about 5 years later it was a nurse's pick of jobs. Now back to fewer jobs. It seems very cyclical (sp) and I would say just hang in there.

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Do you guys find that this general lack of jobs is prevalent across all nursing specialties? Including, but not limited to, RNs, master's level nurses, etc? Who do you think has been affected the most (aside from new grads)?Thanks for your input!

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Based on what ive been reading on the posts, South Texas and Southern New Mexico are the only areas of the country hiring or with moderate job prospects. This probably has much to do with the fact that real estate prices didnt bubble like they did in many other areas of the country and hence the economic downturn was not as steep as just about any other state with major cities (greater than 1 million).This is especially true for new grads. I know here in Chicago, hospitals are very tight these days. The only thing available here is home health and LTC. Like the previous poster said the East Coast-- Philly, NYC, Boston has a terrible job market. Dont even start with Florida. Not much better on the west coast, LA and SD are bad but the bay area is ridiculously bad.Unfortunate for me that I would like to move to NYC or SF but due to the job situation Im stuck here for now althought Im thinking of heading to Texas RGV for some ER experience. I hear the RGV is very grimy, but, Im a single guy, fluent in spanish, and having traveled quite a bit im familiar with third world country problemsA quesiton for any one reading this post:I speak spanish, other than moving South Texas, does anyone have suggestions on how I could leverage that ability for career development given todays hiring environment?

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Quote from soxyDo you guys find that this general lack of jobs is prevalent across all nursing specialties? Including, but not limited to, RNs, master's level nurses, etc? Who do you think has been affected the most (aside from new grads)?Thanks for your input!

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Quote from SPower82Based on what ive been reading on the posts, South Texas and Southern New Mexico are the only areas of the country hiring or with moderate job prospects. This probably has much to do with the fact that real estate prices didnt bubble like they did in many other areas of the country and hence the economic downturn was not as steep as just about any other state with major cities (greater than 1 million).This is especially true for new grads. I know here in Chicago, hospitals are very tight these days. The only thing available here is home health and LTC. Like the previous poster said the East Coast-- Philly, NYC, Boston has a terrible job market. Dont even start with Florida. Not much better on the west coast, LA and SD are bad but the bay area is ridiculously bad.Unfortunate for me that I would like to move to NYC or SF but due to the job situation Im stuck here for now althought Im thinking of heading to Texas RGV for some ER experience. I hear the RGV is very grimy, but, Im a single guy, fluent in spanish, and having traveled quite a bit im familiar with third world country problemsA quesiton for any one reading this post:I speak spanish, other than moving South Texas, does anyone have suggestions on how I could leverage that ability for career development given todays hiring environment?

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I'm a new grad with an ADN & 3.9 GPA in nursing and a BA in social sciences. There are virtually no positions on Long Island for new grads - I've sent out dozens of resumes and only 2 interviews. Even the hospital I was working at a clerical job during school has no jobs and laid off a bunch of people including me. Nurse recruiter said there were 18 of us new grads and they had to take the people who they paid tuition first if any jobs opened. Doesn't matter how good the grades or other experiences outside of nursing you had that add value, they don't want to train new people. Hiring freezes at nursing homes. All I need is one stinkin' year of experience!I've had to get super creative and look for oddball nursing jobs, including an outpatient mental health clinic, home health care for children in foster care, onsite positions for nursing homes and home health care, etc. I keep plugging and expect the cycle to swing back eventually as the economy improves and the baby boomers age, but better have a backup plan for employment...

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Yes, Chicago and entire metro is DEAD. Only new grads getting jobs that I know have serious connections that seem to not be professional for the most part (hey it's Illinois, ). There are several schools of nursing in my area now with 2 full classes of graduates that for the most part are unemployed -- Both Community College and University. Literally 100's of new grads.

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Quote from Redhead28I wonder where everyone is from that they are having so much trouble locating nursing jobs. I moved from a small town where I had full time employment and they had many open positions, to a large city. I found a job quickly (even before moving) and see multiple jobs listed at all hospitals. Is it the hours, the place, or really no jobs?
Author: peter  3-06-2015, 16:33   Views: 1282   
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