[Marie_LPN]

I've never heard of a hospital wanting to know your GPA.

Mine wanted to know. That affected whether i got the job or not.

[Jessy_RN]

Originally Posted by Marie_LPN

Mine wanted to know. That affected whether i got the job or not.

Some of the recent grads from my school said the same thing when they were interviewing at a job fair. I am assuming they have x number of spots and their GPA will be one of the determining factors too. Makes perfect sense to me although I may not totally agree with it.

[Animaniacs]

Originally Posted by llg

Do NOT pad your resume or try to make school experiences look like employee experiences. I've seen a lot of that -- and it makes a very bad impression. It makes me think the applicant is sneaky, someone I can't completely trust. No one wants to hire a person they can't trust.

llg

Student here, I Just applied for a nurse extern position.

On the application, I put down my hospital school clinical experience under employment history/experience, job description, and what my qualifications are. I put down the name of the hospital I've had clinicals in as the name of the employer. It is not my intention to be sneaky, it is just that I dont have any previous work experience. I have not worked anywhere before, yes you better believe it.

My question is, I am doing another application for another hospital; Should I take down the name of the hospitals I had clinicals in, and my clinical job duties out of the Employment experience/history? If so, where should I put student work experience?

I'm still a student, who wants to do student nurse externship, and it is very difficult to write a resume without any prior paid job experience.

On the application I am trying to apply for, (it is an online application) I have the oppurtunity to skip the resume, and instead, write down what am I "qualified" for the job as a nurse extern. Should I just put down my school clinical experience under qualification and leave employment history completely blank? Or Should I just make a resume base on school experience, the hospital I had clinicals in, and my primary duties, completely leaving the employment history blank.

Under employment history, it says this:

You currently have no employment history listed in our system. You MUST complete at least one employment record in order to apply for jobs.

I need one employment history, but I dont have any. It really annoys me, because as you said, I shouldn't try to put down my hospital clinical school experience. But I cant do anything else with it.

If anyone here is willing to answer my questions I would really appreciate it.

[Paula7]

Great advice.
Thanks!

[pearls33]

Hi, just wanted to add a comment. Where I used to work, whenver I called HR about a job opening to ask who the manager is, they refuse to tell me, even if I was an employee. The only way to find out was by word of mouth, asking the nurses who go to the different campuses such as IV team nurses, etc. In general, from my experience, the last thing you want to do is to involve HR in anything!

[kadokin]

Originally Posted by Animaniacs

Student here, I Just applied for a nurse extern position.

On the application, I put down my hospital school clinical experience under employment history/experience, job description, and what my qualifications are. I put down the name of the hospital I've had clinicals in as the name of the employer. It is not my intention to be sneaky, it is just that I dont have any previous work experience. I have not worked anywhere before, yes you better believe it.

My question is, I am doing another application for another hospital; Should I take down the name of the hospitals I had clinicals in, and my clinical job duties out of the Employment experience/history? If so, where should I put student work experience?

I'm still a student, who wants to do student nurse externship, and it is very difficult to write a resume without any prior paid job experience.

On the application I am trying to apply for, (it is an online application) I have the oppurtunity to skip the resume, and instead, write down what am I "qualified" for the job as a nurse extern. Should I just put down my school clinical experience under qualification and leave employment history completely blank? Or Should I just make a resume base on school experience, the hospital I had clinicals in, and my primary duties, completely leaving the employment history blank.

Under employment history, it says this:

You currently have no employment history listed in our system. You MUST complete at least one employment record in order to apply for jobs.

I need one employment history, but I dont have any. It really annoys me, because as you said, I shouldn't try to put down my hospital clinical school experience. But I cant do anything else with it.

If anyone here is willing to answer my questions I would really appreciate it.

Would volunteer experience be accepted? Do you have any? Just a thought

[jsteine1]

Originally Posted by Animaniacs

Student here, I Just applied for a nurse extern position.

On the application, I put down my hospital school clinical experience under employment history/experience, job description, and what my qualifications are. I put down the name of the hospital I've had clinicals in as the name of the employer. It is not my intention to be sneaky, it is just that I dont have any previous work experience. I have not worked anywhere before, yes you better believe it.

here is willing to answer my questions I would really appreciate it.

I am an employer who hires nurses and here's my advice. Your clinical experience in school is supervised closely and unpaid. Thats not to say it wasnt valuable, but in some settings, their are reimbursement and regulatory reasons for requiring at least a year of experience. For those pursuing their first professional job, I would suggest focusing on other skills you may have acquired that are valuable! Most important, dont fudge that resume. All new hires will be reference checked, if this prospective employer contacts the HR dept of where you did your clinicals, you are not in the records as an employee. We know that if you graduated in '05 and your stated experience was in 03 and 04 it was student clinicals.
Did you do any part time work involving people skills? Have you volunteered which demonstrates committment and generosity? Have you sought out time management or other life skills courses which shows initiative? In settings where new grads are welcomed, these are also important considerations. Best of luck to you.

[geekgolightly]

Originally Posted by jsteine1

We know that if you graduated in '05 and your stated experience was in 03 and 04 it was student clinicals.

This is not true. I was hired outside of school as a student nurse at a level one trauma facility in Neurotrauma. I worked there, earning my way through nursing school caring for patients with an RN signing off on my work.

[rstewart]

Originally Posted by Future_RN_Jess

Some of the recent grads from my school said the same thing when they were interviewing at a job fair. I am assuming they have x number of spots and their GPA will be one of the determining factors too. Makes perfect sense to me although I may not totally agree with it.

As a manager I tried to use GPAs as a major factor in my hiring decisions for new grads-------our nurse recruiters had a fit and said that I couldn't.

Nursing is a second career for me. Previously I was an accountant and I will tell you grade point averages and even the school from which you graduated determined whether or not there was even an interview granted, let alone a job offer.

Now of course I realize that GPAs don't tell the whole story. Students who didn't have to work, for example had a huge advantage over those who did. And good grades do not necessarily translate to common sense. And then there are interpersonel skills. (lolol...Yes, even accountants needed those).

But my argument remained: Absent an employment history, what is the best single indicator that the applicant learned the material/was serious about their studies and future career, etc etc.......my answer was good grades from a good program.

[jsteine1]

Originally Posted by geekgolightly

This is not true. I was hired outside of school as a student nurse at a level one trauma facility in Neurotrauma. I worked there, earning my way through nursing school caring for patients with an RN signing off on my work.

As many posters before me,I was just saying that if you dont specify that this experience was as a student nurse, it could make you look bad and not trustworthy, which is not the case. The whole hiring process is 50% hard qualifications and 50% gut and intuition about a candidate.