interview yesterday at peds office!

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I graduated LPN school (June 17th) &a job posting came up at school for a peds office near my area. A grad from my school has worked there since 04 and suggested the office send a posting there. I sent a resume immediately. I had the interview yesterday and it went amazing. It is a very busy office with 4 docs. It's just what I was looking for. They are filling one FT position w/2 PT. one 4 hr. sat. a month, no late eves

It was great until pay came up. When I was asked what pay I was expecting I said I was negotiable and would probably be willing to agree on something in their range. There are 4 people interviewing for 2 jobs and the turnover rate is low. She told me that new grads would probably start around $11 and I did not react knowing it would hurt my chances of getting the 2nd interview. I would like to get the job offer and then negotiate pay. I know I am new and lack nursing experience but I just went to school 2 years and 1300 clinical hours, waitressing &balancing a husband and 3 kids. I am mortified! I can't even justify driving 30 min. each way or even pay my loans off with that.

I'm thinking more in the $14 range & I thought I was being realistic. How do I really go about getting that if the offer is $11. we seem way off and I admit I am a bit offended. Should I be or is this normal? I have been offered a job at a nursing home where I did my preceptorship. I can have it the day after I pass state boards. It is close (5 min.) away, the pay is $16 but 2nd shift PT. They offered me $10 to work as an aide until I passed and I declined.

anyhow after a long story, how do I address this pay or are we too far off and I should cut my losses now and keep looking? thanks for listening to me vent and pout .....Amanda

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Oh man are you by any chance in San Antonio? I just had the exact same experience and so did another peer from school. I don't have much experience in the med field so I've been worried. First 2-3 weeks no body responded to me resume then yesterday I set up like 4 interviews. One started at 13.00 and I left so offended cuz it was a specialist in asthma, then another at 14.50 but negotiated him to 14.90 only for him to send me to an interview at the wrong office that was far far away and they had me wait for an hour, then this vascular office finally made an offer of 16.00 after calling me in to "talk" 4 times at 3 different locations and asked me to shadow first during interviewing process, I hope tomorrow is my last interview/shadowing for a whole shift for free experience. This last one is also a peds office which I prefer but very small office, I'm expecting the pay also very small!

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You do know that working in a clinic is probably the lowest paying job for nurses, don't you? Eleven sounds low but they can offer that knowing that there are nurses who are willing to trade pay for the hours & the less stressful work.

I live in Iowa. We are the lowest paying state as far as nurses go. I started at just under $12 in a clinic. It's way too low but I didn't want to work in a hospital or LTC & really love this job. It's 2/3 what I made at my last job, before nursing school, but I wouldn't trade for anything.

Dixie

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I graduated LPN school (June 17th) &a job posting came up at school for a peds office near my area. A grad from my school has worked there since 04 and suggested the office send a posting there. I sent a resume immediately. I had the interview yesterday and it went amazing. It is a very busy office with 4 docs. It's just what I was looking for. They are filling one FT position w/2 PT. one 4 hr. sat. a month, no late eves

It was great until pay came up. When I was asked what pay I was expecting I said I was negotiable and would probably be willing to agree on something in their range. There are 4 people interviewing for 2 jobs and the turnover rate is low. She told me that new grads would probably start around $11 and I did not react knowing it would hurt my chances of getting the 2nd interview. I would like to get the job offer and then negotiate pay. I know I am new and lack nursing experience but I just went to school 2 years and 1300 clinical hours, waitressing &balancing a husband and 3 kids. I am mortified! I can't even justify driving 30 min. each way or even pay my loans off with that.

I'm thinking more in the $14 range & I thought I was being realistic. How do I really go about getting that if the offer is $11. we seem way off and I admit I am a bit offended. Should I be or is this normal? I have been offered a job at a nursing home where I did my preceptorship. I can have it the day after I pass state boards. It is close (5 min.) away, the pay is $16 but 2nd shift PT. They offered me $10 to work as an aide until I passed and I declined.

anyhow after a long story, how do I address this pay or are we too far off and I should cut my losses now and keep looking? thanks for listening to me vent and pout .....Amanda

:no:Don't undersell yourself. You deserve only the best !

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How do I go about counter offering once offered the job. Do I say I would like $14 (I would accept $13 and that is pushing it, but I figure pay goes up with experience) or do I just tell them that is not enough and ask them to offer me something else higher. I don't know this process that well. thanks again, amanda

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how do i go about counter offering once offered the job. do i say i would like $14 (i would accept $13 and that is pushing it, but i figure pay goes up with experience) or do i just tell them that is not enough and ask them to offer me something else higher. i don't know this process that well. thanks again, amanda

hi i went to my last interview today for the peds office and the doc said based on my 2 years experience she could only give me 12.00, and asked how much i'd been offered elsewhere. when i told her 16.00 she said ok i can do 13.00. so be honest because once you accept it you will be treated like the rest who have been there for years. they must stick around for a reason. also remember you are interviewing them as well as they are you. this doc was different because she paid me to "on the job interview", this means i worked and interviewed today. i had never heard of this but i didn't get paid at the other job i interviewed and actually accepted. she also said to make a decision based on the work and not the pay because if i worked out she would end up giving me what i wanted later cuz she claimed to be generous like that. i won't find out because it is such a small private practice i need more growth opportunites. maybe after gaining more experience and back strain i'll go back there.:chuckle

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