Continuously Reapplying to Departments You've Been Rejected From

purplegal · Dec 25, 2017

I haven't heard any feedback from the jobs I recently applied to, but am almost tempted to withdraw from all of them. At this point, more applications probably show a lack in judgment and not a sincere interest in any position. It does make sense to not hire someone who repeatedly applies to job after job, with no regards as to whether or not they are qualified or a good fit for a position. If someone cannot critically think about what jobs may be a good fit, or lacks the judgment to stop applying once they are told the answer is "no," it may be a sign they would not be able to critically think in order to provide good, competent patient care. I'm just wondering if withdrawing from these jobs would be a good or bad sign.

elkpark · Dec 25, 2017

I'm just wondering if withdrawing from these jobs would be a good or bad sign.

I would guess that, at this point, it wouldn't make any difference -- it couldn't make your situation any worse. The train has already left the station on the question of your critical thinking skills. You are correct that applying over and over again to a wide range of positions with an organization that has made it painfully clear that they are unwilling to employ you just makes you look worse to them than you already do. Please, for the love of all that's holy, stop sabotaging the career you say that you want.

It's a shame that you're not able to find a way to find any satisfaction in your current position (in the v. limited amount of time you've held it), but the reality is that many, many people throughout history have had jobs they don't particularly enjoy, or that they even hate, but they have shown up and put forth a good effort in those jobs, either because they don't really have any other options and need that job to survive (which is true in your case) or because they can recognize that the current position is a means to an end that they do want (also true in your case). Please, as you've been advised here a kazillion times by a kazillion different people, buckle down and work hard at your current position, put in some serious amount of time there, at least a year, preferably two, and make yourself their best employee. At that point, you will be in a position to try again to get a job that you want (although I'm pretty sure that, if you ever get your "dream" job, you'll find reasons to be dissatisfied and unhappy about that job in pretty short order).

Best wishes.

allnurses Guide · Dec 26, 2017

Would you please....Please....PLEASE...get some therapy? Your "goals" are a prison to your mind and have nothing to do with reality at this point. You will not be in an ICU by 2019...or if you are, you will not be successful. You seem to think all you have to do is GET there and then ta-da! No more problems! Except you were already let go from a position like that. You spend zero time, from your posts here, working on what got you fired and a TON of time comparing yourself to others in an unfavorable light. You aren't where you want to be. Got it. Instead of figuring out how to get where you want to be, you just project yourself there, apply a bajillion times and click your heels three times and chant "There's no place like ICU" or something.

Nothing happens simply because you want to will it into existence. If you want to manifest your goals you have a ton of work to do. Until you stop berating yourself and seeing life as some kind of stupid competition, you are never going to get there. Never. And by work, I don't mean turn in more applications. You don't like your job but you don't seem to realize that until you become exceptionally competent and reliable at it, you will not be qualified to move on to even sicker patients and more complex nursing situations. You have been there. Done that. Got the Tshirt, the beanie hat, the scarf, the boots, the mittens and the stress ball. Seriously. You don't have the baseline needed to succeed yet. You need TIME. Time to work as a nurse, prove yourself, stop applying, etc etc.

Good grief, I am tired of your internal rhetoric...I can only imagine how beaten down your own psyche is over this crap. Would you please get to a psychiatrist and psychologist and get some help?

Munch · Dec 28, 2017

My goodness ruminating much? Over and over its the same thing beating the same dead horse. As I posted in your other 31 rejections thread I worked a job I absolutely hated. The hospital had a bad reputation, terrible staff morale, antiquated equipment and it looked like a crackhouse from the outside. I hated that job so much every time I woke up I would pray when I got to the parking lot that the place burned down(with no patients in it of course). The hospital finally closed a few years ago.

This hospital out of all of the hospitals in the NYC and surrounding suburbs(which is quite numerous) was the only hospital that would employ me. Well I needed a paycheck and the experience so gave it my all even though I hated being there. Most of my co-workers were unhelpful(with the exception of a few) and it was obvious they hated the hospital as much as I did. Long story short I stayed there a couple of years and since that job have worked in a cancer hospital which I loved and now I am working the job I plan to retire from. You know what purplegal? No way would I be where I am today if it wasn't for that first job I worked and hated so much.

Having a poor attitude isn't going to help either. I work with a couple of LTC nurses and they are excellent..they can run circles around my time management and charting skills. You are still so young and so what if you aren't where you want to be by the time you are 30? My moms best friends daughter is a new grad and she is 29 years old...nothing wrong with that. Stop comparing yourself to others and get that chip off your shoulder. At least you get a paycheck every week.many cannot say the same.

Agatha12 · Sep 27, 2018

Have you received your dream job?