Does volunteering at kaiser help u get a job?

[Jeremy390]

I wouldn't mind getting hired as a janitor.

the volunteer application states at least 6 months and 4 hours a week.

[brownbook]

I don't think they take volunteer janitors, ...but any generic volunteer position, the gift shop, "candy striper" (if any hospital still has those?), greet visitors at the front desk, taking stable patient to their car in a wheelchair. All of this will get you an idea of what a health care providers does, and may get your foot in the door.

What education or experience do you have? What type of job are you looking for? Janitorial? Or something in the nursing profession?

If you plan to go into nursing working as a CNA, or MA, or PCT, will help you get through nursing school and help you get a job in any hospital.

[Jeremy390]

I don't think they take volunteer janitors, ...but any generic volunteer position, the gift shop, "candy striper" (if any hospital still has those?), greet visitors at the front desk, taking stable patient to their car in a wheelchair. All of this will get you an idea of what a health care providers does, and may get your foot in the door.

What education or experience do you have? What type of job are you looking for? Janitorial? Or something in the nursing profession?

If you plan to go into nursing working as a CNA, or MA, or PCT, will help you get through nursing school and help you get a job in any hospital.

Lol.

What I meant is I just want to get in the company, even if it's being a janitor.

I'm a LPN, I would like to get hired as one. I have a couple of years of experience.

I've "heard" stories of people volunteering and getting in, I'm not sure if that's just an urban legend.

[ILoveHorsesRN, ADN]

It would be a good idea to volunteer first to get your foot in the door. But, I agree I don't think they would take a volunteer janitor. It would be more like greeting people when they come in and helping them find the place they're looking for.

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

The one thing that volunteering has for it is that it could be an opportunity to network and make your name and face known.

That being said, if you decide to volunteer, the volunteer work is your priority, and you need to actually--and cheerfully--do the volunteer work assigned. You'll be found out pretty fast if you spend all of your volunteer time schmoozing in the hopes of getting a job.

Kaiser has many medical offices which hire LVNs--perhaps start by getting in there and then work our way over to the hospital (if that's your main goal).