Who’s Getting Hired Right Now

Interviewer: "Are you working?" Job Applicant: "No, but that just makes me more available for interviews, right?" Interviewer: "Sorry but we can't hire you because you're not working."

Most of the truck driver postings are more like ads for the truck-driving schools that they're running.

Most HR people are incompetent #$%$ who went to college on mom and dads dime and studied Some useless major such as liberal arts etc oh partied all those 4 years and they tell me a CHEMISTRY major with 4.00 GPA at a top Jesuit college how I don't qualify for a janitor/warehouse job as science is not a priority in USA any way the incompetent #$%$ in HR probably cant do the job in question themselves let alone getting ANY real job If I was running a business the the useless people in HR I will ditch in a new york minute as I want QUALITY people not a beer buddy working for me

Almost without exception, the nurses that have served me over the years have been true professionals.

I often wonder why these folks aren't rewarded better for their service, and why others in the industry (medical devices, insurance, administration) are making out like bandits, raising the costs to all of us, when nurses are the heart and soul of the industry.

I doubt I'd have the fortitude and patience to put up with it, frankly, so I just want to give a holler to you fine people.

I am a licensed private investigator in California. California private investigator License #: PI25963. Business is very jurisdictional. PI's in Texas, Florida, and Georgia report to have more work than they can handle. How fortunate they are but then you don't know the real truth unless you are in the same area. Individuals who boast to have a large PI firm are really a one man operation using sub-contractors throughout the country. Don't be fooled. It's the way business is conducted today.

I am a RN recently graduated with BSN.Unemployed until recently. Unless you have experience, getting a job is difficult.

My daughter graduated in May with a BSN, passed her NCLEX in July. She has completed about 10-15 applications a week since August and has only been on two interviews. If she's fortunately enough to even get some kind of response from the hospitals, its telling her that they've selected someone with more experiene. Unfortunately hospitals only want you if hou have experience! I know there are many very talented people out there with much to offer... Too bad these companies/hospitals are not willing to give these people a chance. I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone in the Chicago area bother going into nursing... The market is saturated.

That list is the same one predicted years ago because of technology and the aging baby-boomers. Actually, anyone in the sciences has a pretty good chance of getting a job--IF they have experience. And nurses who are hired are being, literally, worked to death. In sales? Commissions. Not too reliable. Not enough sales, you're out of there. Customer service? What hell, with angry people all day. High, high overturn. And the companies know it and expect it because of burn-out. Computer techs? A dime a dozen, way too much competition. Truck drivers? Make a mistake and that folds. Tell us something useful. Like how to get the experience that is demanded when all employers want are experienced applicants. Or what will happen when there are no more English teachers, or humanities professors. Or history teachers. In this case, I blame the employers more than anyone. They outsourced jobs. They are taking advantage of an employer's market. They have chosen to forgo apprenticeships, internships, and training for the "bottom line". They are as much to blame as anyone.

I don't believe the registered nurses one, my cousin is a new grad and can't find ANY jobs. I bet it's only to those with prior experience. Nobody wants to hire new grads. She applied to over 1000 places in and out of state, and was top in her class.

yes the numbers are flawed i too am a nurse and can not find work new grads are not being hired you have to volunteer some where for a year before hospitals will hire you and if you have student loans that is not an option.

I'm a nurse and it's not really all that great out there. I'm a bit curious what will happen to all the new grads in the years to come. Employers are trying to squeeze more and more work out of each RN now to cut costs. We are taking more patients......and they are getting sicker and sicker. The workload is not manageable. Patients and their dear families are getting more and more demanding. It's a tough place to be and if you don't have thick skin you better get it. I hate to say it.....but unless you are passionate about nursing don't get into it.:(

What a load of crap. Jobs are becoming peoples lives now and you're made to feel "lucky" they grace you with working 10 hr days. We're quickly becoming a 3rd world nation.

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Don't you just love these inane articles about what's hot now. So yesterday.

I applied for a great job. All I have to do is learn a few words - "Would you like fries with that?" :)

stupid companies doesn't want to hire anybody without any experience.....how will they have any experience if that's how it goes?!?!?!?!?

Honda of Alabama wouldn't hire me because I was too old at 55, wouldn't even give me an interview. They told me I wasn't qualified, but when I ask what I needed to do to become qualified, the lady got mad. Told me that was an "inproper question". Finally got a job teaching at the High School. Age discrimination is alive and well, just well hidden under a load of #$%$

They are only hiring for experienced RNs. Good luck if you're a new grad, jobs are hard to come by :(

I'm an RN and have never had a hard time finding a job. My neice is a new grad and is being told that experience is necessary. Christina is right. Patients are getting sicker and sicker. Acuities are high, nurse/patient ratio is high, and room for errors are also high. If you don't have the experience you could be setting yourself up for trouble.

I just quit my nursing job, but not before I tried to find another one to no avail. I had a 60:1 patient ratio, it was all I could do push about 10 meds onto each patient, never mind all the regulations that go with it. Many nurses would punch out, then come back and chart because boss was so tight, he'd give us hard time. Hard to admit this, but some nurses didn't even give out meds or they wouldn't have time to eat or go to the bathroom. When my own doctor doubled my HTN meds, I said that's it. I knew I would die on the job trying to do it right, and there was no way I could without cutting corners that I knew were against State Regs.

I'm an RN and I count my blessings every day. I have more opportunity than I sometimes have the time for.