go and volunteer people...

smiley28 · Mar 30, 2015

Thank you very much for your post! I have been volunteering at one of my dream hospitals for quite a while now, over 6 months. However, even though I even went in person to HR to hand in my resume and emphasize that I've been working there as a volunteer, they still have not even given me a chance to have an interview with them

However, I do agree that my volunteering experience has given me a lot of opportunities to make my resume and cover letter more attractive and more ways for me to sell myself during the interviews at other hospitals that I've had the honor to attend.

toERortonot · Mar 31, 2015

Thank you very much for your post! I have been volunteering at one of my dream hospitals for quite a while now, over 6 months. However, even though I even went in person to HR to hand in my resume and emphasize that I've been working there as a volunteer, they still have not even given me a chance to have an interview with them
However, I do agree that my volunteering experience has given me a lot of opportunities to make my resume and cover letter more attractive and more ways for me to sell myself during the interviews at other hospitals that I've had the honor to attend.

try the charge nurse, doctors, directors... basically, anybody with a manager title. socialize... don't be afraid to tell them you need a job, also. stay away from human resources.

toERortonot · Mar 31, 2015

and an old friend of mine got a job a month after the NCLEX at the hospital she volunteers at. the position required a BSN and at least a year of experience on the Med/Surg floor. she has an associates with no other credentials/certifications. i think this was in california, also. or new york.

smiley28 · Mar 31, 2015

and an old friend of mine got a job a month after the NCLEX at the hospital she volunteers at. the position required a BSN and at least a year of experience on the Med/Surg floor. she has an associates with no other credentials/certifications. i think this was in california, also. or new york.

thank you you very much for your advises!!! I've recently transferred to volunteer in another unit, postpartum unit, where I have had the chance to work closely with the nurse manager, assisting her in certain clerical tasks, and I've heard this nurse manager has hired three volunteers recently, so this means I might have a chance here. My previous unit was the ER, and the nurse manager was never on the floor and the charge nurse was always very busy so I really understood and did not want to bother her so much, instead I volunteered helping other staff members on that floor.

However, I recently got a job offer at another hospital for a telemetry position. Not my ideal job, due to long commute. I'm really torn between waiting for my dream hospital where I volunteer at to give me a chance since they do seem to hire a lot of internal applicants as I don't see any jobs being posted for new grads but I keep hearing new grads getting hired somehow, some of them who were volunteers. Or maybe I should just take the job I'm being offered, even though it's not my ideal job. What do you think you'd do? Thank you in advance

Wrench Party · Mar 31, 2015

Paid position >> volunteering, for sure. If I ever go back to the floor, I'd work tele- mostly stable patients without too many

other comorbidities or needs. These patients are more often than not walkie/talkie, A & O x 4. Lets you focus on the dysrhythmias and meds.

toERortonot · Mar 31, 2015

thank you you very much for your advises!!! I've recently transferred to volunteer in another unit, postpartum unit, where I have had the chance to work closely with the nurse manager, assisting her in certain clerical tasks, and I've heard this nurse manager has hired three volunteers recently, so this means I might have a chance here. My previous unit was the ER, and the nurse manager was never on the floor and the charge nurse was always very busy so I really understood and did not want to bother her so much, instead I volunteered helping other staff members on that floor.
However, I recently got a job offer at another hospital for a telemetry position. Not my ideal job, due to long commute. I'm really torn between waiting for my dream hospital where I volunteer at to give me a chance since they do seem to hire a lot of internal applicants as I don't see any jobs being posted for new grads but I keep hearing new grads getting hired somehow, some of them who were volunteers. Or maybe I should just take the job I'm being offered, even though it's not my ideal job. What do you think you'd do? Thank you in advance

as a new graduate, i'd take whatever comes my way. you can also keep volunteering (minimum amount of hours) at this hospital you want to work at. that way, you will not be forgotten.

i was considering an ER nurse position but one of the PCPs at the hospital i volunteer at made a phone call for me to another connection at a different hospital. long story short, i am now employed. i don't have anything on my resume but my RN license (ASN) and BLS. i live in california (my friend just confirmed she's still in ca). i have been volunteering there before i decided to become a nurse.