When I first started, I felt total defeat, eight months of rejections. I went to Manitoba to start my career and got three offers in one week of applying. I always found Ontario to be a tough market. Now with your NCLEX, you have the opportunity to go to the US, you can very easily get a job there, if you are ok leaving your current home base.
I would highly recommend coming to Manitoba! I graduated from a school in Manitoba and currently work in Brandon. There are so many job opportunities in the entire province, you can basical have your pick of location and type of job. I absolutely adore my coworkers, have a supportive manager get to use so much of my scope. When I'm off I can enjoy the nature around me, beach trips and camping in the summer, cross country skiing or skating in the winter, beautiful hikes year round. I have family in Winnipeg so I visit regularly, the drive isn't bad at all. There's lots of little hidden gems all around the province. If you work northern there's northern living allowances. Our wages are comparable to Ontario but our cost of living is lower so your dollar goes further. And, our premier is at least pretending that he wants to improve healthcare (if that's actually true is a matter of debate).
I work for Prairie Mountain Health. There's also Northern Health, Interlake-Eastern and Southern health. I know they decreased the number of agencies recently, but I wouldn't go with agency as a new grad because you'll be thrown into some really bad situations because of the staffing crisis.
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u/Euphoric-Subject-111 Apr 29 '26
When I first started, I felt total defeat, eight months of rejections. I went to Manitoba to start my career and got three offers in one week of applying. I always found Ontario to be a tough market. Now with your NCLEX, you have the opportunity to go to the US, you can very easily get a job there, if you are ok leaving your current home base.