Get Hired Today! What to say at a job interview.

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We all know the job market is TIGHT! So, we all put our best foot forward when we go for that all important interview. Working weekends? Yep, I can do that. Work night? Yep, I can do that? Only a 2 week orientation? Yep, I can do that. So, what have you agreed to in order to get the job offer? What have you regretted?

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But there's a nursing shortage and jobs are plentiful! LOL

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What clinched the job for me (so I was told) was that I was willing to go anywhere (Home Health).

Previous RN applicants with more experience would not go to the South Side of Chicago.

I told them I would go anywhere EXCEPT Indiana and Wisconsin..... Because I did not currently have a license to practice there.

They laughed. I got the job.

As for orientation: I had a two DAY orientation (short days too) UNPAID. The ride-alongs I was supposed to be part of never happened. I just dove in and began to swim.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

When I got my job offer from HR, I said, "I figured this number would be you guys offering me a position!" We both laughed and I hit it off real well with HR after that (seriously! Its kinda cool).

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Specializes in Psych.

Honestly I did not agree to anything that I did not know going into the job. I knew I was going to have to work weekends, I knew I was going to have to work 3-11/11-7, I knew I was going to have to work holidays. It always amazes me that people working in healthcare think they will start out on a 6-2, m-f job with holidays off.

What did I say during my interview that got me hired... Most likely this " I never blame the patient for their actions, but the disease" working psych this is an important concept. And yes I live it. Joe may have thrown a chair at me last night, but that does not mean I will treat joe any different today ( though I do make the patient approach me first if we have had an altercation)

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I agree with Mandychelle79. The only thing I am really praying for is getting a job that isn't 11-7 but even then I know I'm kinda wishing for a miracle. Hospitals don't shut down at 5pm or for national holidays.

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Specializes in retired LTC.
It always amazes me that people working in healthcare think they will start out on a 6-2, m-f job with holidays off.
And if it's snowing, they can just roll over in bed!
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Good question...

What have you agreed to in order to get the job offer? What do you regret?

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