Can't break in!

[morningmom]

Just a little vent, and maybe someone can give me some insight.

I can not get a job in HH to save my life! I have put my resume out everywhere...including Maxim.

I had a phone interview with Gentiva, and that turned out to be for only one job...so I'm sure that went to someone with HH experience. Maxim sent me an email from their corporate saying that I am qualified and they would forward my application to the local office. I have cold called but noone seems to be hiring HH RNs.

I'm short of considering relocating, but kind of hard when you are a single mom and all your family support is here. I have experience in LTC, and rehab/skilled nursing. I have experience with Pegs, trachs, IVs, colostomy, caths (foley and suprapubic) and other things I can't think of off hand, and I recently got my ACLS, and am going to take PALS soon as it is available. What else can I do to make myself marketable?

Also, what does one say in an interview about a job that you resigned from d/t practices that were ethically, legally, and morally wrong (ie. requesting falsifying an incident report to how an unknown source skin tear came from, plus other things)? I made the mistake, I think, of telling the phone interviewer that I left the job on good grounds with a 2 weeks notice, because I felt that I was being asked to do things that may jeopardize my license.

What do you think? Any advice on how to crack the door to get in??

Thanks

[caliotter3]

Maxim will be more likely to hire you if you take your resume and work info and visit the local office in person.

[morningmom]

Maxim will be more likely to hire you if you take your resume and work info and visit the local office in person.

Funny you should say that...3 hours after I posted that, I got a call from Maxim for an interview Wednesday. From everything I read, it isnt the best place to work, but I will be able to get my foot in the door into the HH world.

I REALLY want to work in HH, the pain that it is with all the paperwork etc, will be worth it so I can be home with my daughter more and awake, instead of working night shift.

Thanks for the help.

Dawn

[Isabelle49]

Go for it! Best of luck to you.

[caliotter3]

I sensed some desperation in your post so I did not give my usual admonition to stay away from Maxim unless, desperate. Work for them to get the work experience, but continue your job search. And don't bring up, or dwell on, or go into inordinate detail, about the bad experience. Just say something inocuous, like "There were differences in professional opinions so I decided it was better to leave", or something likewise vapid, and redirect the conversation toward what you can bring to the new employer. You never want to let them know that you are a person that plays strictly by the book, because many hh agencies or hh nurses, bend this rule or that rule, and they don't want perceived troublemakers around.

[morningmom]

Thanks caliotter. I get the whole bending rules thing, I am ok with it...But what I was being asked to do was way beyond bending rules and the like. I like what you suggested and I will probably use that.

I knew how you felt about Maxim, I have read all your posts about it. lol Though I am not TOTALLY desperate, but I can not wait too much longer to start working again...so my plan was to do what you suggest and keep looking while working.

Thanks for your constructive suggestions.

and thank you Isabelle.

[caliotter3]

Please keep in mind that I worked for Maxim for years and brought them business as well as new employees, so they had to do something pretty lowdown and rotten to me to get me to change my recommendations about the company.