Does anyone ever get hired in the future?

tyvin, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2011

I do think it's part of the game but I know many places will keep the resumes on file for a year. What you do during that time to bring attention to yourself is up to you.

Marshall1 · Aug 10, 2011

Only once in over 20 yrs as a nurse has anyone who has said that to me called..and I think then it was basically because no one wanted the particular position that came open - including me.

loriangel14, RN · Aug 10, 2011

It happened to a friend of mine.We both applied to the same job (as new grads) and we both got interviews but I got the job. Two months later there was another opening and she got that position.

ChristineN, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2011

I did have a place call me 6 months or so later to interview for a different unit, but by that time I had already found a job.

noahsmama · Aug 10, 2011

I think that 99.9% of the time they're saying it just to be polite. But you never know -- you could be that 1 in 1000! :)

barbamatt · Aug 11, 2011

A good idea would be to maintain contact with the HR recruiter or hiring manager. Send a thank you and a follow up email and save it.

Then continue to look and see if they re-post the same job or simular job position (sometimes the new hire doesn't work out). If you call again and say, that you noticed that the job was posted again and you had the previous interview. They may call you back.

That is how I got my current job, but I am a CNA/PCT, but the hiring process at the hospital is the same for all of us.

Crux1024 · Aug 11, 2011

An RN I used to work with got her current job in couplet care that way.

She interviewd and the manager liked her but had a candidate a little more qualified. When a spot became available 6 months later, the manager called her and asked if she was still interested b/c she wanted her to reinterview. She interviewed again and was offered the job.

Rare, in my eyes. I guess it depends on whether or not the manager had a good memory.

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 11, 2011

I've had a recruiter call me back over 6 months after I'd applied. I was just going on disability, but was very thankful she called. And surprised :) I've worked in LTCs where the DON would keep applications and go through them periodically if people left (surprisingly to many- LTC nurses are often pretty good at sticking around LTC!! Those are THEIR patients/residents )... sometimes it paid off :)

Blackcat99 · Aug 11, 2011

Thanks to all for your opinions and comments. I will definately keep in touch with this job. I am going to send them a reminder card every 6 months to let them know I am still interested. I will also check frequently to see if they post any future ads.

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Aug 12, 2011

"No one will ever be hired in the future.

The entire concept of nursing will be forever changed.

And all nursing books will be banned."

...Nostradamus