The Nurse’s Ultimate Online Job Hunting Toolbox

In a down economy many people are looking for a new job, including health workers. If you haven’t been out hunting for a job in a few years, thankfully the internet has in some ways made the process a lot less painful. In fact, the Internet is full of incredibly useful career resources for nurses and other health care workers, if you only know where to look. To that end, in this article we’ve combined 100 of the best online job sites, advice, and networking tools for nurses who are looking for a job.

Organizations

Join or seek out help from these nursing organizations to get connected with networking and job opportunities.

1. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Become certified and advance your career as a nurse anesthetist through this organization.
2. American Academy of Nursing: Learn about conference information, policies, and more from the AAN.
3. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses: This professional organization offers resources for employment, continuing education, and more.
4. National League for Nursing: The National League for Nursing supports those who want to choose nursing as a career, and provides information about financial aid and finding a job.
5. American Nephrology Nursing Association: Through the American Nephrology Nursing Association, nephrology transplantation nurses can find professional resources.
6. American Association of Colleges of Nursing: Through the AACN, you can find career network programs and more.
7. National Student Nurses’ Association: The NSNA provides lots of resources to student nurses, including lots of information and advice for nursing careers.
8. American Assembly for Men in Nursing: Male nurses can turn to this group for career support.
9. National Black Nurses Association: Visit the National Black Nurses Association, and you’ll find lots of job listings and career resources.
10. American Nurses Association: The American Nurses Association can help you get connected and find a nursing job.
11. National Association of Hispanic Nurses: The NAHN offers a comprehensive career center with a useful job search.
12. American Association of Critical Care Nurses: Through this organization, you can get connected as a critical care nurse.
13. Emergency Nurses Association: This emergency nursing organization offers listings for job opportunities.
14. US Public Health Service: Through this organization, you can find work as a nursing student, and be able to serve as a public health worker while in school.
15. National League for Nursing: The National League for Nursing supports quality nursing education and works to help prepare the nursing workforce.
16. American Association of Neuroscience Nurses: The American Association of Neuroscience Nurses offers a career advancement program.

Communities

Join these communities so that you can learn about new jobs and network with others in the industry.

1. NurseConnect: You can stay on top of nursing, make friends, and find jobs on this website.
2. Ryze: Ryze will help you make contacts and network with nurses and other professionals that can help you boost your career.
3. Nursing Voices: Nursing Voices is a forum created by nurses, for nurses.
4. Meetup: Through Meetup, you can make friends and contacts in person with people who can help you advance your career.
5. Tribe: Use Tribe to find nurses and other people with similar interests.
6. Peekface: Peekface will allow you to learn about employers from their current and former employees.
7. NurseLinkUp: NurseLinkUp is a social network just for nurses.
8. Whototalkto: Get the real scoop on a nursing position through this community.
9. : Twitter will help you get connected with other nurses and people who may be important to your career.
10. Allnurses: Allnurses offers forums, career resources, and more.
11. : Build your professional network through this social network.

Job Listing Sites

These general job listing sites offer a broad way to look for a nursing job.

1. AfterCollege School of Nursing Job Resource: You can find plenty of job listings with high profile health organizations through this website.
2. 411Jobs: This career directory will help you find jobs through job banks, classifieds, and more.
3. All Health Jobs: Check out this website to find a variety of different healthcare jobs in all 50 states.
4. iHispano: iHispano is a job board made specifically for Hispanic job seekers and potential employers.
5. Monster: On this popular job listing site, you’ll find positions, advice, and career tools.
6. Nursing Spectrum: Use Nursing Spectrum to find nursing jobs by location, specialty, or keyword.
7. Idealist: If you’d like to find nonprofit work as a nurse, be sure to check out this website.
8. CampusRN: On CampusRN, you can find nursing jobs and scholarships.
9. America’s Job Bank: America’s Job Bank will help you find a nursing job through the government, utilities, education, and more.
10. CareerBuilder: This very large career site is a great resource for finding nursing jobs.
11. Nurse Job Shop: Find your dream job through this job shop.
12. Care.com: Care.com will help you find work as a caregiver.
13. Nurse Town: Nurse Town is home to career information, discussion forums, and plenty of job listings.
14. Jobster: Using Jobster, you can find jobs all over the Internet.
15. Access Employment: On Access Employment, you can find travel nursing jobs, per diem, and permanent positions.
16. Travel Nurse Depot: Visit Travel Nurse Depot, and you can ind resources for a career in travel nursing.
17. LinkUp: Find the jobs that are buried on hospital and medical group sites through LinkUp.
18. Yahoo! HotJobs: Search through HotJobs, and you’ll find plenty of job listings and resources.
19. ICU Nursing Jobs: Check out this website to find a job working as a critical care nurse.
20. Job Science: Job Science lists nursing positions by job channel, industry, location, and more. The site also offers salary and career information.
21. Travel Nursing Jobs: This travel nursing staffing company is a great career resource.
22. Climber.com: Climber.com will help you get connected with a job based on your interests.
23. Hound: With Hound, you can find jobs straight off of an employer’s web page.
24. Nurse.com: Nurse.com is full of useful resources, with job listings, employer profiles, career advice, and more.
25. MedHunters: Use MedHunters to find some of the best nursing jobs out there.
26. JustPosted: Get the scoop on the latest job postings through this website.
27. MDJobSite: Nurse Practitioners and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists can find a job through this website.
28. Nursing Times: This job site offers alerts and lots of news headlines.
29. Nurse Recruiter: Find information, resources, and services for your nursing career through this website.
30. Medzilla: Search Medzilla to find nursing jobs in just about every industry.
31. Nursing Jobs Online: Through Nursing Jobs Online, you can find nursing jobs, travel nurse opportunities, and post your resume.
32. NursingWork: NursingWork helps you get matched up with your ideal nursing job.
33. RN Demand: RN Demand is a national health care staffing firm that will help you find a temporary job as a traveling nurse.

Articles & Advice

Here’ll you’ll find lots of information about job hunting and creating a successful career as a nurse.

1. 8 Top Tips to Make the Most of Your Health Career: Make your career stronger with these 8 tips.
2. Ask the Headhunter: You can find job hunting answers through this website.
3. How to Choose the Right First Job: This article will help you find a job that will help you start your nursing career off right.
4. Resume and CV Writing Tips for Medical Jobs: Find out how to make a good first impression with your resume through this resource.
5. US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Through this commission, you can educate yourself about discrimination.
6. What Nursing Grads Should Consider When Seeking Employment: This brochure from the AACN will help you prepare for your job search and interviews.
7. Interview for a Medical Job: Job Interview Tips for Medical Job Seekers: This resource will help you get prepared for job interviews.
8. Damn Good Resumes: Get your resume off to a damn good start using this site’s templates and samples.
9. Travel Nursing 101: Get the Facts: Learn all about travel nursing from this article.
10. Career Planning for Nurses: Read this book to learn everything you need to know about laying the foundation for your nursing career.
11. Job Hunter’s Bible: On this site, you’ll find lots of useful advice and links.
12. How to Impress Nursing Recruiters: Read this article to learn how to make yourself stand out to nursing recruiters.
13. Top 3 Nursing Careers: Highest Pay, Greatest Industry Demand: This article will tell you all about the top three clinical nursing roles.
14. InterviewBest: Visit InterviewBest to get information on nailing your interview.
15. The Successful Interview: Learn how to prepare and execute a successful interview as a nursing candidate.
16. Interview with a Hiring Manager: How to Succeed in a Medical Office Environment: This article will tell you how to make working in a medical office environment successful for you.
17. The Riley Guide: The Riley Guide will give you the lowdown on online job searching, with both resources and advice.
18. How to Create a Job Winning Resume: Check out this resource to learn how to polish your resume.
19. Healthcare Networking: Advance Your Career Through Networking Contacts: Find out how you can make networking a valuable tool in your job hunting arsenal.
20. AceTheInterview: Through this website, you can learn all about making your job interviews perfect.
21. Nursing Student to Nursing Leader, The Critical Path to Leadership Development: This book will help you learn how to become a leader in the field of nursing.
22. About.com Job Searching: Find loads of resources and information through About’s guide to job hunting.
23. Tips on Getting the Job You Want: Paul Walden offers helpful information for finding a job that’s perfect for you.
24. Dos and Don’ts for Working with a Professional Recruiter: This article explains how you can maximize your results when working with recruiters.
25. JobStar: JobStar is useful for finding information about job hunting and finding unadvertised jobs.

Tools & Resources

These resources offer advice, links, and more.

1. Bureau of Labor Statistics: On the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, you can find career outlook, pay, and other information for nurses.
2. CareerShift: Using CareerShift’s tools, you can get all of your job hunting information organized online.
3. Salary.com: Learn about your potential earnings through Salary.com.
4. Choose Nursing: Visit Choose Nursing to explore your career opportunities in the field.
5. Resolio: With Resolio, you can create an online-ready professional resume.
6. Payscale: You can get a salary report on this website to find out how much you should be earning.
7. Nursing Jobs Information Resource: You can learn about interview preparation, benefits, and more from this website.
8. Emurse: Using Emurse, you can get your resume converted into the hResume format for online use.
9. SalaryExpert: Through compensation data and comparison tools, you can find out how much your work is worth on this site.
10. Discover Nursing: You can learn about nursing benefits and salaries, find out about nursing careers, and more on Discover Nursing.
11. Resume Calculator: This quiz makes it easy to build a perfect resume.
12. America’s Career InfoNet: Through the InfoNet, you can learn all about career profiles and salaries.
13. Explore Health Careers: This resource will help you learn about different nursing careers that are available.
14. Isabont: Isabont will make it easy to get your job search organized.
15. SalaryScout: SalaryScout will help you find out how much others are getting paid.

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