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I am graduating NS in June. I just received a call from one of the nurse recruiters from Presby to schedule an interview on one of the medical units over on the Montifiore side. Two of my friends just got hired on 10 east and south floors at Montifiore. There are still a ton of GN positions (or RN) posted on the UPMC website (most are for Presbyterian Hosp. I have actually applied for 10 different floors including Medical, General Surgical, ICU, cardiac ICU, trauma, PACU, DEM and I can't remember what other ones. I was worried about getting a job but I think I'll be O.K.
I'm interviewing for the 11th floor at Montifiore on Tuesday. Two of my friends just got hired on the 10th and the 12th floor. They are still offering incentives such as chatham college online at half price with $3500 in tuition reimbursement, (that's a savings of close to $12,000) flexable scheduling and free pitt tuition. If there was a freeze you would think they wouldn't offer that anymore.
I'm interviewing for the 11th floor at Montifiore on Tuesday. Two of my friends just got hired on the 10th and the 12th floor. They are still offering incentives such as chatham college online at half price with $3500 in tuition reimbursement, (that's a savings of close to $12,000) flexable scheduling and free pitt tuition. If there was a freeze you would think they wouldn't offer that anymore.
You cannot go to Pitt for free. They pay 100% of $3500, meaning you don't start to pay out of pocket until your tuition bill reaches $3501...it's all semantics
At WPAHS you get 3500.00 in tuition assistance anywhere you choose to go for additional education. The key word being "tuition". The system pays only the tuition portion of your classes, none of the fees (which can be substantial). All classes must be approved BEFORE you start the class. Woe to the nurse who takes a course and then applies for reimbursement. They are pretty quick at reimbursing you if your paperwork is correct.
Jean1313
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On your unit, do you hear rumors increasing about hiring freezes? Are you already on a freeze? Or, are any of them letting up yet?
Obviously we have to wait out the economy to some extent, but just curious...
Thanks for any response!