CNA Bootcamp?

[gymnut]

So today when I went to class the administrator of the course said that she went to a local job fair and talked to a rep from Genesis Healthcare. The rep told her that she was ALWAYS looking to hire CNA's and even though we didn't graduate yet to just send her an E-Mail and if they were interested they would get the hiring process rolling so that when the person graduated they could start work right away.

Now the thing is a red flag goes up in my head whenever I hear an employer say "We're always hiring!" To me it just shows that nobody wants to work there for whatever reason. When I looked them up on Medicare.gov one of their facilities only had a 2 out of 5 stars for staffing. However I am thinking of applying anyways because the more I talk to people and the more I search online it seems the only way to find a job in my area is:

1. You have to know someone

2. You need at least a year experience

3. A combination of both.

So it's that wonderful catch 22 about experience. No one wants to hire you because you don't have it and you don't have it because no one wants to hire wants you. I was thinking of applying and treating it like a boot camp and taking my lumps just to gain the required experience so many of these jobs want. Has anyone ever done this type of approach and did it benefit you in some way?

I just really don't know if I should do this or use my strong customer service skills, many years as a certified massage therapist and volunteer work as a nurse assistant in a cancer center to build a resume and just cross fingers and hope to land a good job right out.

Life gives me a headache at times.

[Hygiene Queen]

I started out in a hell hole that I would not have placed a dead dog.

Was it worth it?

Yes.

Why?

Because:

I learned what lackadaisical management meant.

I learn what lack of empathy and ethics meant.

I learned what lack of team work meant.

I learned what lack of proper physical care and emotional care... and all the above mentioned things lent itself to...

Depressed, sickly, sore-ridden, smelly patients who suffered at the hands of lazy, abusive, dishonest staff,that run amok, unchecked by equally lazy and apathetic management.

I stuck it out two weeks and then told the ADON I was walking out, with all the dignity an 18-year old could muster.

I, from then on, took the care of my patients very seriously, because I had seen, with my own eyes, what would happen if didn't.

It was a huge huge huge learning experience.

So, yes, not only will you get your feet wet, but you will learn the same things I did... and it can only benefit you.

Cheers.