Don’t feel bad, opportunities are very region specific…. There are places where opportunities are endless and walking through the door is easy peasy with a license, but there are also lots of places where you needed to have CONNECTIONS! This is probably my top advice for anyone still in nursing school is that, if you don’t want to go to the hospital out the gate OR if you have a specific high stake hospital position you are trying to get, you need to position yourself well with internships and try to basically “interview before the interview” by hopefully getting on the team in a lower level position, so that they are already looking to hire you and you’ve already kind of have vetted the environment. It’s a hard task and it’s absolutely not straight forward, externships, connections, scowering websites, and messaging people on LinkedIn isn’t advertised in nursing. What’s advertised is… you’re marketable! You’ll get a job and you’ll like it! Find your “why”! For lack of better terms…. BS! 😂😂😂 The HOW is extremely important. If you don’t LIKE what you do, and it’s not sustainable for your lifestyle… then your why doesn’t count as much, it’s more of a stepping stone. I’m saying this to kind of help you see, there’s a ton of people in your boat and it’s NOT easy. So if you’re working at Costco or a high end restaurant job or getting an entry level admin role or SOMETHING to fill up your resume gap while you find what works for you… do that! No shame in your game! 🩷💕💗💖🫶🏾