Phoenix #9..on top 10 cities to find a Job

[ImAPepper]

Originally Posted by sh9730

ImAPepper,

No expert on your field to be sure, but your post surprises me. We constantly hear about all the health field requirements cannot be filled.

A suggestion would be to try some of the rehab facilities etc.....not as great of jobs, but a foot in the door!

Thanks for your response - I appreciate your input! You'll be surprised to know that even rehab facilities, nursing homes, and long term care require experience there. I'm coming from Philadelphia and new grad RN's get a really tough shake here, but it's not nearly as bad as in Phoenix. I know how surprising it is because everyone is always talking about the "nursing shortage". I think the problem is that the hospitals don't have the time or money to train new graduates and so they're sticking to nurses who are experienced. The other challenge I've run into is that, when new graduate nursing residencies take into account that I'm not from the area, they reject my application. I've gotten rejection letters to the effect of, "We have many new graduate nurses from our area and are sorry to say that we can't accommodate the newcomers." Understandable that they'd rather offer the few new grad opportunities they have to the people who have been involved in the community longer than I have. But it's such a bummer. I'm a good candidate and I'll be an excellent nurse because I love my career and I really care about my patients. But it looks like it'll take a while before I'll get to prove that to any health care facilities in the Phoenix area

[ReadyFreddy]

Are you in Narberth now? I wonder if they won't interview you because they don't want to consider someone who might choose not to relocate, when push comes to shove. Asking someone to fly in on their own dime is a lot, too. I'm not sure if they ever pay travel costs for interviews. Most industries don't, unless you're pretty high up the food chain.

[Potential_Landlord]

Overall, Phoenix has come out of the Great Recession better than other heavy-RE dependent metros. If you think how much our local economy depends on RE and that RE was the center stage of the crisis it could have been worse. Actually, I should say EVEN worse, because it was already bad enough. I lost my job in the IT field but found another local one after two months. So it was not all bad.

[AZJ0SH]

I have to agree with that article, there are a ton of jobs out there, you just need to know where to look. I know the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, casinos) is always hiring, especially hotels.

I lost my job a few months ago, and found a new, higher paying job within 3 days. Makes me wish I would have quit while I was ahead at my other job.

There is also a lot of opportunity to make money online, more than half my income comes from online sales and services I offer, the taxes are a little steep but I work half the amount to make twice as much as I do at my current job.

[ImAPepper]

Originally Posted by ReadyFreddy

Are you in Narberth now? I wonder if they won't interview you because they don't want to consider someone who might choose not to relocate, when push comes to shove. Asking someone to fly in on their own dime is a lot, too. I'm not sure if they ever pay travel costs for interviews. Most industries don't, unless you're pretty high up the food chain.

I'm in the Philly area now, but the relocation is imminent. I think the not-interviewing me is because there are many just as qualified nurses who went to school in the Phoenix area, volunteered there, worked there, and were active in their community. And the nursing field is so saturated with new graduates these days that the competition is fierce and many of your local new nurses aren't even getting jobs. They're applying to hospitals in more rural areas of Arizona and even going out of state. There are nursing boards just like this one and the boards are overwhelmed with posts about new grads who just can't get jobs. What a shame - the nursing shortage is real and it's going to keep getting worse. And it's understood that, as a new graduate in this field, you don't get any relocation assistance… I think you're lucky to get a pay check, lol

[ReadyFreddy]

That's too bad. Depending on your situation my advice is wait it out. As the stock market improves, people will again be able to afford retirement and they'll need new bodies to fill their jobs. Phx health care isn't going anywhere but up, it's just a matter of can you wait for it to grow enough to outgrow the current oversupply of nurses. Can you move out here and do something else for income while you wait for the right nursing job? (Oh, I just noticed you said the job shortage is going to keep getting worse. Never mind my advice then!)

I like Narberth.

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

Absolutely right. Phoenix also needs to diversify its economy in order for it to grow and keep growing. No longer can we rely on what worked when this was a small resort city. Real estate, home construction, snowbirds, retirees, and the sunny climate cannot be chief economic indicators any longer. The region needs an increasing presence of national & global corporate HQs. Many large cities our size house the HQs of many Fortune 500 companies, and those cities became prosperous largely because of those reputable firms ... whereas Phoenix only has a small handful of these corporate HQs.

But the reality is corporate headquarters rarely just pick up and move to a different city and if they do, it won't be Phoenix. We have to be realistic with our expectations. Expecting a corporate headquarters to be relocated here isn't realistic BUT we can draw more corporate subsidiaries and branches. That is realistic and will bring white collar jobs albeit not as many as a headquarters.

And to aquire those types of companies, we need to be more aggressive and competitive with our tax benefits. While they are good, they could be better.

I'm not surprised by the report. You can see the growth. Previously empty office suites, strip malls etc have just recently been occupied after being vacant for so long.

[ImAPepper]

Originally Posted by ReadyFreddy

That's too bad. Depending on your situation my advice is wait it out. As the stock market improves, people will again be able to afford retirement and they'll need new bodies to fill their jobs. Phx health care isn't going anywhere but up, it's just a matter of can you wait for it to grow enough to outgrow the current oversupply of nurses. Can you move out here and do something else for income while you wait for the right nursing job? (Oh, I just noticed you said the job shortage is going to keep getting worse. Never mind my advice then!)

I like Narberth.

Luckily my husband landed a decent job out there so I will continuing my volunteering when I get there. I'm going to volunteer in the local hospitals so I can start networking and will hope to be considered a "local" to HR recruiters sooner rather than later, lol. Have you spent time in Narberth? It's a tiny town, but I'll miss it!
And, sorry for the confusion, I meant the nursing shortage will keep getting worse (they'll continue to need more experienced nurses than they have). I'd like to think they'll have no choice soon but to hire a bunch of new graduates as the seasoned nurses retire and move on. But then I'm scared for the nursing profession… hospitals full of new nurses. Yikes.