Advice when handing in my resume in person

DoGoodThenGo · Mar 21, 2015

Hi I am a new grad RN and was thinking I'd start going in person to hand in my resume, since I've been applying online and have not had any luck so far. However , I'm wondering if when I do this should I just hand in my resume to the front desk lady in the HR office letting her know I'm a new grad RN or ask to speak to a nurse recruiter to hand it to her personally so I can introduce myself to her? The first hospital I am going to is a hospital where I volunteered at

Am here to tell you that for every major NYC hospital you won't get a foot past security. Things were tight before 9/11/01 and due to a few major instances of persons getting in places they shouldn't, post that event and modern times *everyone* is stopped at security and asked about their business. If you say you have an appointment a telephone call will be placed to verify before you are given a pass/permission. Otherwise security will give you the standard response as directed.

Should by some chance or luck you do reach HR/nurse recruitment your chances of meeting anyone besides a receptionist are nil to none. She or he may take your resume and forward, but chances are they will direct you to the system's online application site.

Know also HR/nurse recruitment may not even be in the same building as the main hospital. Now that all hospitals in NYC (except NYU) are part of large networks much HR has been centralized to serve the entire system. When considered for a position you may or will obviously get to interview at a location, but the initial application, screening and perhaps even testing may take place somewhere else before you even reach that stage.

RescueNinjaKy · Mar 21, 2015

Not that I'm telling you to do it because I personally don't think it's a good idea in New York, but when I did clinicals, I could walk just about anywhere with my scrubs and no one would stop me.

DoGoodThenGo · Mar 21, 2015

Not that I'm telling you to do it because I personally don't think it's a good idea in New York, but when I did clinicals, I could walk just about anywhere with my scrubs and no one would stop me.

Hence the tighter security controls many hospitals have today. In some facilities regardless of who you are and what you are wearing being in an area you shouldn't without reason/authorization can lead to problems.

No end of bad things happened including crimes such as rape, kidnapping and or murder when anyone dressed in a nurse's uniform or scrubs was allowed free access to all areas of a hospital. This was true back in the starched whites & cap days as well as modern times.

Infants have been taken from maternity floors because someone who looked like/dressed as a nurse waltzed in and was handed or took the baby.

Finally should add to this conversation not all nurse managers or HR officials take kindly to those barging into their offices or floors to drop off resumes. Yes, they understand how difficult it is to find work but procedures and systems are set up for a reason. If you won't follow them before hire what guarantee is there you will afterwards?