[jsteine1]

Originally Posted by 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!

Sad to say, but the reason HR wont be specific about job openings is that there is a plan in place to terminate someone who doesnt yet know it.

[lvn2bsoon]

Originally Posted by RainDreamer

llg, thank you so much for this post!! I am working on a resume to get into a NICU at a children's hospital for a position in their new grad NICU program. I did a 144-hour preceptorship just a couple months ago for my practicum, in a NICU. I am planning on putting this experience in my resume. If I understand you correctly, it would be good to include this in my resume, but I don't need to include all my other clinical experiences ... correct?

Thanks so much for all the info, it is greatly appreciated!

Hmm, we were told to list our clinical experience on our resume, and only put jobs down if they were relevant to nursing. Do employers want to know that I worked childcare from 1997-2000 and then at Albertson's in the deli for 2 months then got laid off? It's all confusing. And I think my resume is good, and being a new grad I interviewed for a clinic position, sent a thank you letter and got a letter saying they hired someone more qualified. And I just graduated in may. So what good was my resume? And I settled now as a new grad for a job in LTC where I'd rather not work until I find a position where I DO want to work...and they didn't interview me, they told me about the job, gave me a tour of the facility, explained wages and benefits, and said "You have the job if you want it." Is that professional?

[Kim O'Therapy]

Thanks for the great tips.

[nursemelani]

Originally Posted by lvn2bsoon

Hmm, we were told to list our clinical experience on our resume, and only put jobs down if they were relevant to nursing. Do employers want to know that I worked childcare from 1997-2000 and then at Albertson's in the deli for 2 months then got laid off? It's all confusing. And I think my resume is good, and being a new grad I interviewed for a clinic position, sent a thank you letter and got a letter saying they hired someone more qualified. And I just graduated in may. So what good was my resume? And I settled now as a new grad for a job in LTC where I'd rather not work until I find a position where I DO want to work...and they didn't interview me, they told me about the job, gave me a tour of the facility, explained wages and benefits, and said "You have the job if you want it." Is that professional?

That is pretty much how all of my jobs have been since getting my LVN. My references are good, so there is sometimes a medication test, or a background check or drug screen, and then I am hired. I haven't really had a formal interview.

[sarasidnic]

Originally Posted by mattsmom81

With a nursing shortage that is 'real', wouldn't one would think recruitors would be less picky? Just another reason to doubt the hoopla about a 'nursing shortage', and see it for what it really is: an excuse for understaffing.

I'm not sure about other states but mine offers all kinds of resource information/labor stats through the department of labor and training
It's very interesting.

[edchunt]

I think my biggest hinderance is my license is on probation. I only need four more months of work to work that off. I am finding it very hard to get in anyehere. I could use some advice on that problem.

[edchunt]

My LPN license is on probation.

[spidermonkey]

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[kadokin]

Originally Posted by lvn2bsoon

Hmm, we were told to list our clinical experience on our resume, and only put jobs down if they were relevant to nursing. Do employers want to know that I worked childcare from 1997-2000 and then at Albertson's in the deli for 2 months then got laid off? It's all confusing. And I think my resume is good, and being a new grad I interviewed for a clinic position, sent a thank you letter and got a letter saying they hired someone more qualified. And I just graduated in may. So what good was my resume? And I settled now as a new grad for a job in LTC where I'd rather not work until I find a position where I DO want to work...and they didn't interview me, they told me about the job, gave me a tour of the facility, explained wages and benefits, and said "You have the job if you want it." Is that professional?

Professional? Dunno. It's certainly scary. Let us know what that job is like. I fear the worst. Keep looking for something better. In all of your spare time. I'm serious.

[kadokin]

Originally Posted by spidermonkey

What are they teaching in college these days? It is not restricted to nurses. My sister works in a non-medical field, & one of the top administrative persons, a woman of 22, signs ALL her business correspondence with "love" !! This is a large nationwide company, and the "bigwigs" think this person is some kind of "prodigy" & have given her free reign!

Quick question. How big are her breasts? I had to ask.