Getting Your Desired Position 101 - page 4

Thankyou for this very helpful information! Do you have any specific advice for re-entry nurses? I know there are many of us who would love to return to acute care. I have taken an RN refresher course.

Okay, so I have a question for the OP about contacting a human resources (HR) manager for a non-nursing clinical job that I'd applied to. It's at a Texas clinic where I live, but unfortunately I don't know anyone who works there so I don't have a networking reference to state, "Oh such-and-such works at X Clinic".

However, due to the powers of Google, I ended up finding out who the HR manager is at that clinic, as well as her email address. I feel half-tempted to email her to get my application looked at, since I really want this job. But at the same time I don't want to come off as a nuisance.

To email or not to email?

This was so incredibly helpful!! Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you so much, your information is extremely helpful and I will be using it this morning when I go for an interview

This is a really good post. I was laid off (from a non-nursing job, but medical related) five months ago, and shy of two and a half weeks from taking my boards I have used that time to study for my boards, take my boards, successfully passed my boards, and taking the last few pre-requisite classes needed to enter the BSN. On some online applications, some institutions ask to explain any gaps over 2 months, and I put what I have stated above. Is this correct? Should I put something else?
I have been actively looking since September and well...nothing is happening . Then again my area has about 13 nursing schools, graduating nurses twice a year. I have only gotten 2 interviews, and only because of networking, but not given the position.
I have done a telemetry course, and now I am thinking of taking a basic EKG and 12 lead course to help my resume. The reason that I want to add these is because on my last interview it was for a Telemetry Internship, and the person interviewing me stated that my telemetry course will not be comparable to their expectations.
I wanted to go to another county, but I am afraid to not even get considered because I do not live there.