Employment for new graduate nurses is scarce in your locale. What action might help the new graduate find out about job openings before others know about them?
a. Attend job fairs.
b. Read the newspaper employment section.
c. Read bulletin boards in health care agency personnel offices.
d. Send resumes and cover letters to all health care agencies within the region.
C
The bulletin board at the health care agency will have positions posted before they are formally advertised. Anyone can walk into an institution and review the bulletin board in the human re-sources office for positions currently available. Job fairs and newspapers advertise employment opportunities to the public. Sending resumes and cover letters to health care agencies does not help the new graduate find out about job openings before the public.
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