Best states to get licensed

[rsynthesis]

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New grad, looking for a hospital position. No luck for past 4 months. Licensed in TX and been looking on indeed everyday. Friends got jobs through favors/connections I guess without any hospital experience. Thinking of moving anywhere in US, rural is OK. Can't decide which states to move. How is rural IL, MI, PA ? or missouri, kansas ? Not metro areas of course.

 

[Amicable Angora]

New grad, looking for a hospital position. No luck for past 4 months. Licensed in TX and been looking on indeed everyday. Friends got jobs through favors/connections I guess without any hospital experience. Thinking of moving anywhere in US, rural is OK. Can't decide which states to move. How is rural IL, MI, PA ? or missouri, kansas ? Not metro areas of course.

It's going to get expensive and tiring real fast if you're proactively getting licensed in supposedly favorable states. I would pursue the license after conditional acceptance of a job opportunity.

 

[rsynthesis]

I thought the same way but reading from this forum that I need to get licensed first else my application be tossed, that the employer won't wait for me to get licensed etc. made me questions this.

 

[rsynthesis]

It's going to get expensive and tiring real fast if you're proactively getting licensed in supposedly favorable states. I would pursue the license after conditional acceptance of a job opportunity.

I thought the same way but reading from this forum that I need to get licensed first else my application be tossed, that the employer won't wait for me to get licensed etc. made me questions this.

 

[Amicable Angora]

I thought the same way but reading from this forum that I need to get licensed first else my application be tossed, that the employer won't wait for me to get licensed etc. made me questions this.

I would change your strategy: stop looking by applying purely online, and start following up on those advertisements with a phone call. Tell the person on the phone you are ready to get licensed immediately if the green light is given that you will be hired contingent on that fact. Trust me you do not want to be licensed in 5+ states with student loans hanging over you.

 

[npage148]

I've had hiring managers tell me I was so far a head To a job I applied for because I already was licensed when I applied. It was a state that took 4-5 months to get licensed by reciprocity. That kind of wait would kill most chances if you were being reactive with your licenses

 

[Saiyo]

Are you unable to find anything in tx? It's a big state with lots of undesirable rural areas and border towns.

 

[rsynthesis]

Are you unable to find anything in tx? It's a big state with lots of undesirable rural areas and border towns.

Not any hospital. Might have to take retail in the meanwhile. Plenty of that.

 

[Truthspeaker]

Get some warm clothes and try Alaska, Maine or Montana.

 

[GrapePropel]

It's going to get expensive and tiring real fast if you're proactively getting licensed in supposedly favorable states. I would pursue the license after conditional acceptance of a job opportunity.

it's a catch 22. many corps won't even look at your resume if your not licensed. There are tons of new grads hungry for work.

 

[GrapePropel]

New grad, looking for a hospital position. No luck for past 4 months. Licensed in TX and been looking on indeed everyday. Friends got jobs through favors/connections I guess without any hospital experience. Thinking of moving anywhere in US, rural is OK. Can't decide which states to move. How is rural IL, MI, PA ? or missouri, kansas ? Not metro areas of course.

Rural Alaska should still be good.

 

[PharmtoCS]

Rural Alaska should still be good.

I remember someone here that had to move to Barrow, Alaska to land a job.

Barrow is a town with a population of 4000-5000 at the northern tip of Alaska on the shore of the Arctic Ocean.

 

[rsynthesis]

I don't think moving to Alaska would be necessary. That's an exaggeration.

 

[gwarm01]

I remember someone here that had to move to Barrow, Alaska to land a job.

Barrow is a town with a population of 4000-5000 at the northern tip of Alaska on the shore of the Arctic Ocean.

Damn if that doesn't sound like a cool escape from reality though.

I once saw a job in Juneau and spent the afternoon daydreaming about working there for a few years. Plenty of fishing for sure.. but maybe that was better left to fantasy.

 

[GrapePropel]

I remember someone here that had to move to Barrow, Alaska to land a job.

Barrow is a town with a population of 4000-5000 at the northern tip of Alaska on the shore of the Arctic Ocean.

I would rather just move back home and live the NEET life and default on my loans rathers than move to Alaska. But that's just me.

 

[Zynx]

If no full time available, I would consider looking at a location that had some part time or PRN available.
Could work PRN at a couple hospitals in an area to get a feel for them both until a full time position opens up.

The downside to this though is I believe potentially the lack of benefits.

 

[Kevin.Mero]

Maine was a hot job market (we have 50+ jobs for Pharmacists and Techs there today, PharmacyWeek) but it's cooled in the last several months. The hottest job market is the West, worst is the NE!!

 

[Digsbe]

When I couldn't land a job in the state I graduated from I added 2 new licenses and got hired within a month.

 

[kmldx4]

Missouri does not have good job prospects ATM. However, Kansas seems to have a lot. I would go towards Kansas.

 

[Saiyo]

Damn if that doesn't sound like a cool escape from reality though.

I once saw a job in Juneau and spent the afternoon daydreaming about working there for a few years. Plenty of fishing for sure.. but maybe that was better left to fantasy.

I totally had dreams of moving to anchorage for a while, heard it was saturated there though. I dunno, if the pay is good enough I think it would be a cool adventure for a new grad who isn't tied down......would rather move to Juneau than come to BFE again though....