subject: Getting A Jump Start In The Medical Field [print this page] The medical field is one that attracts many individuals, not only out of a desire to help other people who need help but also because it can give you the opportunity for employment, regardless of what the economy happens to be doing. Many people that choose to be a nurse are going to do something that is very specific and they may specialize in one field or another. Unfortunately, the competition is rather heavy and some of those fields and if you don't look into this in advance, you can find it difficult to get a job, even within the nursing field. Here are some things for you to consider.
First of all, you need to make sure that you have your resume ready when it is time for you to enter into the workforce. The unfortunate thing is, many nursing jobs will require that you have at least a little bit of experience but it is difficult to get that experience, when you're fresh out of college. One way for you to be able to get beyond this problem is to make sure that you are building your resume before your college career has ended. Don't wait until your education is completed to begin talking to the hospitals where you want to work. Become familiar with the staff and in particular, the head nurse in that position. This will give you a much better opportunity to work your way into a position when your career has ended.
Along those same lines, it is not just the head nurse that you should become familiar with, it's also the rest of the staff. The people who are familiar with the staff have a better opportunity to be introduced and spoken well of when it comes time to getting the job. This can really make a difference in your rate of success when applying for work as a nurse. Of course, nursing jobs do tend to be available but you also need to consider the fact that because of the economy, fewer people are leaving their career as a reach retirement age. This makes it more difficult for people to enter into the nursing workforce but if you have a friend in the workforce, it is more likely for you to be hired immediately after school.
If I could give you one other piece of advice, it would be to choose your nursing degrees very carefully. If you are getting into the nursing field in order to find suitable employment, you may not want to be so specific in the type of nursing that you want to do. It is also true that you need to be a little bit cautious about the amount of education that you are getting. Although more education would seem to be a better idea, you also don't want to find yourself in a position where you have large student loans but are unable to get a job. A nursing degree is important but you need to make sure that you strike a balance so that you benefit fully.
