We nurses are still in demand....and the demand is expected to go up as the “boomers” retire. The joke amongst my peers is that they’ll get us all wheel chairs to work from as opposed to letting us retire!
Yes, I’ve heard that....and I’ve also heard that straight-A students are having to wait two or more years before they can even get into RN programs now because there is such a huge backlog of applicants and not enough seats in the RN programs.
I’m only saying that if you’re among the ‘first wave’ of graduates who enters the workforce after these apoplectic calls is made for new workers in a given field then you’ll probably land a plum spot. If you’re a couple of years behind the first wave, you may not.
Also, the dynamics of different occupations varies dramatically, and I have a feeling that an aging airline fleet won’t require a huge number of extra controllers to look after them.....they tend to go to the airline graveyards in the desert :-)