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Nurse_Jaydee

109 Posts

Specializes in Med/Surg.

Volunteerpioneer, welcome and congrats! Unfortunately I found another thread on here where a girl was hired on November 2010 and I think she responded in March or April 2011 and had not started yet. Due to extensive background checks and the budget problems, it's taking longer to receive a start date. Hang in there, hopefully you get word soon! :)

Q4queen

9 Posts

Hi everyone--

Sorry for butting into this thread, but I got excited when I found this thread today and meeting other newbies at LAC USC. I actually interviewed a looong time ago for ICU-- interviewed and was offered the position same day August 6. I passed medical and background check a looong time ago-- but the recruiters told me they're still waiting for the positions to be passed, and have been reluctant to even give me a start date, so I've been holding my breath since mid august to even get a start date :p

Anyway, nice meeting all of you and hope to do so in person really soon ;)

Hi Volunteer! Thank you for the head's up! :o I'm waiting to get call re. livescan then onto the health check part. Did that part take long for you? I hope we get start dates soon! I'm looking forward to it! But yes, I was told about the budget being the last hurdle, so hope they get $ approval quick. Nice to meet you too :nurse:

pat.w

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I had two interviewers who were both really nice! Good luck!!

are you done with all the processing(live scan and physical)?

jelly221,RN

306 Posts

Specializes in Neurosciences, cardiac, critical care.

Hey guys! I'm butting in too I guess.... Had my 1st HR interview at HUCLA on Thursday. The security guy told me that they've been hiring tons of nurses, so hopefully it'll continue. Good luck to everyone!!! =D

nihaojailan

79 Posts

I'm butting in three I guess. hehe. I interviewed Thursday morning (service exam) and there were a handful of people going in to sign their papers. Mostly from Peds, I overheard from Mike (?) that they're going to formally start on October. Looks like they're swamped with applicants eh? hoping new jobs for everyone! :nurse:

CrisNICURN

10 Posts

Specializes in NICU.

Hi!!

I had an interview with LAC+USC back in March and passed. They called me to interview for the NICU in July and I got hired. Tomorrow is my start date! I am a new grad. They are hiring a lot of new grads right now so good luck!!

jelly221,RN

306 Posts

Specializes in Neurosciences, cardiac, critical care.
Hi!!

I had an interview with LAC+USC back in March and passed. They called me to interview for the NICU in July and I got hired. Tomorrow is my start date! I am a new grad. They are hiring a lot of new grads right now so good luck!!

Oh wow!! So it sounds like the hiring process is going much more quickly for county hospitals than it used to. Congratulations, and good luck!!

CrisNICURN

10 Posts

Specializes in NICU.

Here was my experience with LAC+USC: I filled out the online app in February and got a letter in March saying to call them to set up an interview. The first interview was in March and I was told I would find out if I passed within 4 weeks. The questions were situational and behavioral type questions. I actually found out I passed about 8 weeks later (they told me they were behind or something so it was taking awhile). Anyway, I called them every week after I found out I passed to see if they were hiring. They ended up calling me in July for a NICU interview. I interviewed for the NICU on July 26th and got hired that same day. I then went through the fingerscan and physical and now my start date is tomorrow!!! Good luck to everyone. I'm a new grad. They are hiring a lot of RNs right now!

CrisNICURN

10 Posts

Specializes in NICU.
Hi!!

I had an interview with LAC+USC back in March and passed. They called me to interview for the NICU in July and I got hired. Tomorrow is my start date! I am a new grad. They are hiring a lot of new grads right now so good luck!!

Oh wow!! So it sounds like the hiring process is going much more quickly for county hospitals than it used to. Congratulations, and good luck!!

Thanks!! I appreciate it. Very exciting.

Specializes in CT ICU, Med Surg.
volunteer pioneer, did u interview for regular icu or was it for some other department?

sevrn 13: it was for icu. what happened was they called me at 5pm one day and asked if i wanted to interview for the icus, the catch was it was the next day! so i interviewed the next morning at 8am! i interviewed with 3 nurse managers from 3 diff. icus and the last question they asked me was which icu (out of the 3) i would like to go to-- i picked one, and they offered me a position at that icu that night.. all 7 icus are hiring though, and my friend got interviewed from different icu managers and got into a diff. icu than me.

rntriathlete : yes icu was the only position i could interview for because they offered me a position a couple hours after i interviewed. i would, up to now, love the opportunity to interview for other departments ( i don't have a real affinity for one area or another), but no other county hospitals have called me.

amoreterno: it didn't take long at all, well, the "2 part" tb took awhile, but the whole process from the beginning of the hr background check to final medical clearance was 3 weeks. some people even got done faster because they had done their tb/titers ahead of time.

i had not heard from nurse recruitment in over 3 weeks, so i called yesterday to see if they still even wanted me :( they said they're still in the process of having it approved but they are very hopeful and assured me there's nothing to worry about. i have heard speculation that the "icu new hires" will start sometime between now and november, but they're aiming for early october.. hopefully this is correct, i'm so anxious to begin, i was offered the job aug 6!! soo long ago :)

SEVRN 13

7 Posts

OK so I interviewed Sept. 1. I only interviewed for ICU. N the recruiter I spoke to was on Vacation and Just got back in on Wednesday. It's been two weeks I haven't heard anything. At this point Im thinking I wasn't even picked for the position. I have followed up with the recruiter and left a message for her to call me at this time, i'm giving up all hope that I will be picked for the position. :(

Specializes in CT ICU, Med Surg.
OK so I interviewed Sept. 1. I only interviewed for ICU. N the recruiter I spoke to was on Vacation and Just got back in on Wednesday. It's been two weeks I haven't heard anything. At this point Im thinking I wasn't even picked for the position. I have followed up with the recruiter and left a message for her to call me at this time, i'm giving up all hope that I will be picked for the position. :(

I wouldn't give up hope. I swear I was the first group, if not the first person they interviewed for the ICUs. My peer didn't hear back right away and she was the week after me. And if it was Sept 1 for you, I am sure they're back-logged in their work. It makes total sense that they may be waiting to give offers at this point since they don't even know the start date. don't give up hope until you get a final say (esp with county), I wouldn't :)

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