I need to vent. I have been applying for jobs since early October. No calls back really for all of Oct, Nov, & Dec. I also have a current job, in which I am not happy. I have been applying to everything near and far in hopes of finding something/anything else. I got almost no calls back for months. During these months I would call to follow up, almost always got voicemail to leave a messsage and never got any calls back. Got a general feeling of apathy from most HR departments and recruiters which is fine, I am certain they get a lot of calls and are probably busy.
Since the first of the year I have noticed a new trend. Its an "urgent" message from HR calling me to schedule an interview "tomorrow" like its an emergency. And sometimes if at work or sleeping (I work nights) and I dont get the message almost immediately I get several more messages like this. Why would you try to schedule last minute interviews for tomorrow? Am I a second string candidate after someone else cancels? lol At the last interview for a residency program, while speaking to the other candidates, we all realized we had all been scheduled the day before!
This is the fourth call just like this since the first of the year. And then when I call back to tell them I am working tomorrow they seem so shocked and annoyed. Like I should just have my whole schedule totally free in case they call. A HR actually person just asked me if I could call in sick tomorrow to come interview with her, she said my current job will never find out. Um NO, would you want me to do that while working for you?! So pushy. And they are over an hour away. And I applied early Oct for this position. It took them this long just to start interviewing? I am trying to get a swap for my shift, but well so annoying to keep doing this week after week. And she is so angry that I have to wait on someone to call me back regarding a swap.
Why does their poor planning mean a schedule emergency for me? I have been scrambling and begging coworkers to swap with me to make these interviews work and it is so annoying! And I am trying SO hard to make it work cuz I want a new job!!!! Why do they wait until the day before? It is obvious to me that job searching IS a full time job and they expect you to have a completely clean schedule open for them in case they call.
I am thankful they are calling, dont get me wrong. I just hate that its a huge emergency for me to call them back immediately and always for an interview with NO notice at all. I bend over backwards and jump through their hoops to make this work. I really am trying! But after the interview it goes back to waiting on them to never call me back.
Athough I don't agree with them trying to schedule for interviews at the last minute, I can understand why they might do it. They probably want someone who they can call at any time to come in to work, someone who can work on their schedule. Maybe they think if you are able to make it to the interview then you will be able to make it in whenever they feel like calling you to work.
Seems like if that were the case, they would not want someone who makes phony sick calls to a job.
Do not know if there are any CNA's/PCT's out there but has anyone had a really weird unprofessional experience when being interviewed by a HR 'Specalist' in a hospital?
One of the statements she made was that she did not know what CNA's did in nursing homes so I had to go to the trouble of explaining that.
She also wanted to know what I had found wrong with the nursing home I had previously worked in. To me that is the last thing one should be asked I was extremly uncomfortable and evasive with my answer as I enjoyed my previous workpace.
I was also under the impression that she had not looked at my resume until I was sitting before her.
I left that office a nervous wreck , should I contact the HR Mgr or something to complain?
missladyrn
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Seems like if that were the case, they would not want someone who makes phony sick calls to a job.