I am moving from a big city to a little city. I applied for a position in my new city and they have put me through the ringer. Four interviews and counting! I have 3 graduate degrees and two undergraduate degrees and can run rings around anyone in their facility and feel they are treating me badly. I am to the point of telling them where to put their process.
However, I am trying t be a grownup! When can I tell them to kiss my !!!!!
I am ready to change plans and move to another city as I feel they are being mean and nasty! Am I being stupid? I worked dang hard for everything and they are treating me like a diploma nurse!
An application and interview process can be lengthy and I am sure that is frustrating. That being said your response is way over the top. Insulting an entire group of nurses that you feel superior to because you happen to hold a few degrees, not cool. Assuming you can run circles around the nurses that work there, also not cool. Not to mention if by some miracle you are hired for this job that attitude will certainly not help you make friends or foster any kind of healthy working relationship with the current staff.
If I were to assume your post is not simple trolling, the likely explanation for your problems is simple: the hospital you're applying to likes all those letters after your name, but your former employers are telling them you don't play well with others when called for a report.
Degrees are a dime a dozen. They don't truly highlight your work ethic, ability to work with others, communicate, or critical thinking skills.
If you're patient enough to go through a basic interview process, you might have a job.
When I interviewed for my assistant trainer position on the racetrack, i had:
-2 interviews, one with each assistant.
-1 scenario based interview with the trainer.
-drug, background, basic spanish test. basic barn skills test.
-had to pass the racetrack written, and clinical tests on medication administration, state and federal laws, horsecare skills, to get my state license.
-2 weeks of shadowing.
I was then handed 20 horses, 24 employees, and "here ya go".
..either you suck it up, do what you have to do, or you can kiss a job goodbye. Simple.
It sounds like you have a big ego that feels attacked because nobody bows to you and your multiple degrees. They ought to put you through the ringer and hopefully they see whether your attitude and thought that you can run circles around them is fit for this position.
kbrn2002, ADN, RN
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An application and interview process can be lengthy and I am sure that is frustrating. That being said your response is way over the top. Insulting an entire group of nurses that you feel superior to because you happen to hold a few degrees, not cool. Assuming you can run circles around the nurses that work there, also not cool. Not to mention if by some miracle you are hired for this job that attitude will certainly not help you make friends or foster any kind of healthy working relationship with the current staff.