Apply for same company who fired me

[berhaelee]

Hi guys! I am currently looking for a job for more than 2 months. I could not land a single interview and I was thinking to apply for the same company who fired me last August. I worked there for a month and got fired for self reported med error and other internal issues as well. I was thinking about this since I am so desperate to land a nursing job and that same company is always hiring and it is so tempting to apply and I finally I GAVE IN. I will apply for the same company but different location. How can I fill out my application? Will I place my last job in past employment section? They are also asking if I ever work for any of their facility. What should I place there? I am so confused right now and I am desperate to land a job. Do you have the same experience too? Please can you share it with me. Thank you.

[NickiLaughs, ADN, BSN, RN]

You should be honest, they will likely figure it out anyway.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Chances are, if you were terminated you will be considered not eligible for rehire, and your application would end up in the "circular file". Best to be honest if you decide to put an application in anyway, as there are many ways an employer can learn a potential employee's employment history, whether it's on the application or not.

[caliotter3]

Or you could be halfway considered, until they talk to the administration at the other facility, then decide not to hire you. This is a waste of your time and effort.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Sorry, but this is SO a dead end. Do not file an application; you are not going to be hired there again.

[caliotter3]

Now, as an outlier example, if you were the male CNA who used to smoke pot while on duty, you could be fired, then rehired, by the same facility, at least three times (that I knew of). He never even worked, he was just a body who snuck off to open rooms to smoke pot. You could smell it in the hallway in front of the door where he hid. The reputation of that facility says a lot of how he got to be hired multiple times.

I don't think you fit into that category. Were this facility to hire you again, would you like going to work each day wondering what someone has planned for your employment demise? At least at a new employer, you would have the same chance as anyone else walking through the door.

[RunBabyRN]

I agree that this is a waste of your time. I have never heard of someone being rehireable after being fired.

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

It never hurts to try. The worse that can happen is that they say no. Anything is possible.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Most organizations have a 'statute of limitations' - so the 'not eligible for rehire' tags disappear after a period of time - usually 5-7 years unless the termination was associated with a "do not ever ever hire for any reason until the end of time" category. OP's time period has been much shorter. But it never hurts to try.