CENTRAL BAPTIST VILLAGE

Hiring organization · Based in Norridge, IL

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Before you choose a unit

Ask the unit manager

How often is overtime required? Who covers a short shift? Can I meet my preceptor or shadow the team?

Prepare for a manager conversation

Your six-month RN application plan

Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.

Graduation month

6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies
4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs
2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions
Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license

Why start this early?

Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.

On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Shifts hiring now: Days 1

The city

Living in Norridge, IL

Norridge is a quiet residential suburb tucked just inside Chicago's northwest edge, surrounded by the city on nearly all sides. It offers a small-town feel with convenient access to O'Hare Airport and downtown Chicago via nearby highways. A practical home base for nurses seeking suburban calm close to urban amenities.

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State price level · Illinois: about the national average; State index 100.0 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $1,433/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $87,807/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

The reality check

Before you decide

Weighing a first job here?

The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.

See your windows →Residency fine print