Getting recommended for a job..

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I am a new RN...graduated in December, just passed NCLEX yesterday, and just found out today that I now have my license! I am very excited about my future as a nurse.

That being said, last week I had a job interview for a new graduate position at a large teaching hospital in my area for an oncology position. The interview with the nurse recruiter and the manager of the floor went great, I feel that I had great references, and I left feeling like I had the job. I sent the nurse manager a "thank you" e-mail that night and went to sleep smiling. The next day she called & said she really enjoyed meeting me & said I interviewed very well..unfortunately she interviewed several excellent candidates and she was not going to offer me the position. I feel that it may be because I have an ADN and this hospital is BSN preferred but I don't know. She did go on to say that she liked me and did not want to lose me at the cancer center and she "highly recommended" me to nurse recruitment and the nurse manager for a position in the Bone Marrow Transplant at the cancer center. She said that I should be called very soon for an interview. I was disappointed about the new grad position but was ecstatic she recommended me for something else. I waited all week and did not hear from nurse recruitment so today I called them and explained what I had been told. They scheduled me an interview next week for the BMT position!

I was just wondering...what do you think my chances are for getting this job? Because I was recommended for it by another manager does that increase my chances? Has anyone else been in a similar situation? I have been applying and looking for jobs for several months..I am starting to get discouraged. I want this to be THE job.I feel in my heart it could be the one!

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Being recommended can help you get noticed (as you saw) and may give you a couple of brownie points in the hiring process (since the interviewer can always contact the other manager and get the scoop on you). However don't expect a recommendation to secure you the job--be sure you bring your A game to the interview and be prepared to sell yourself the best that you can.

Best of luck!

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I think it sounds like you made a great impression on the NM! Congratulations! That should give you some confidence. At least her counterpart will know that your first impression was excellent. In the end, someone else may still get the job, but you should feel great that the NM thought enough of you to call you and express her regrets and recommend you to the recruiter. That is miles ahead of what other new grads (and experienced nurses, including myself) are getting! Good Job!

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I got the job! Almost 2 months after the interview :)

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