Following up on interview: Advice Needed

I would leave it alone and let them call you now. You've already shown your enthusiasm and did the correct follow up. Now its up to them. you don't want to go into stalker mode and call them every other day, they also have jobs to do as well. If you have their email, follow up in another week to see if they will be sending out a rejection letter for candidates who were not hired.

I agree with the previous poster. Now that you have done everything you can, wait for them to contact you. Hopefully they call you soon with good news. If not good news (and it sounds like the reason would be inexperienced > experienced nurses), that's when you can make your plug for another position there. Explain how enthusiastic you are about working at that hospital (not just the ER), how you believe you would be a good fit there (if it's a small community hospital, you love the tight-knit feeling! If it's a large teaching hospital, you look forward to educational opps! lol) reinforce your good qualities and experience, etc (how well you handle stress having working in the ER, etc). Good luck!! I hope you get some good news! Even if it's not the ER, there has to be another open position on the floor....you can get it, sounds like they want you there!

I also agree. They know you want the job, leave well enough alone.

I also agree. They know you want the job, leave well enough alone.

This, plus start looking at your other options so you don't feel "optionless" if you don't get the position you want.

I would not call the ER manager again, however, I would call the HR person and ask her if there are any other positions you may be considered for in another area or unit of the hospital. For now it looks as though the ER is not the opening. So, you may have to/need to, look at something else to get your foot in the door.

I hate to say this, but it sounds like they're giving you the polite brush-off. Talk to HR again, but start looking outside your hospital, too.

Congratulations on entering the nursing discipline! My first nursing position was in the ER, so I feel that connection to you. Continue to show interest, not by contacting the ER Manager, but by communicating with the recruiter. Express your willingness to work in any other dept/unit that they have. There's always units that are hard to fill, but if you want to get into the hospital that is what you have to do. After a year in that department, your clinical skills will be stronger, then make your way into the ER. Have a heart-to-heart, yet professional talk with that recruiter. Mention you enjoyed the med/surg, psych, peds, clinics, mother/baby unit during your rotations, but the ER was fast-paced, kind of exciting, and you're a problem solver, so that's how come you were initially drawn to that department. Also, don't worry with those bullies in the ER, the saying of nurses eating their young holds true. However, there are more good than bad in this beautiful profession. Enjoy the ride, Newcomer:nurse: Lastly, don't ever be afraid of the first "no", they will come.