how did you guys find your CNA jobs?

mvm2 · Nov 26, 2013

I heard that this Home Care agency had CNA classes in the spring and fall. So I called them asking about their CNA class. The man I talked to asked if I had an aide experiance. The only thing I did was help my mother in law after a knee replacement. He asked if I'd come in for an interview. I first thought we were going to just talk about the CNA classes. But after the interview he basically said that if I was intressted that I could start then and there as an aide, and then in the the fall take my CNA classes. I did not even know you could be an aide without taking the classes. After talking with my husband about it I thought it was a great idea because then I had a 1/2 a year to be able to work and make the money I need for the class. I now am still working for the same Home Care Agency as a CNA, and the company is wonderful and I am so glad I was able to find this place and feel blessed with the job I have.

crunchymama91 · Nov 26, 2013

wow that is amazing to get that opportunity, do you live in california? i would really love to apply to nice places, im really trying to avoid messy crazy facilities if i can you know lol

mvm2 · Nov 26, 2013

I am afraid not I live in MI. But try Home Care around yur area. It is amazing in my opinion. You set your own hours and shift that you want to work. You only have to take care of one person at once. Of course there is down sides to Home Care, but so far I have had more possitive experiances then negative.

crunchymama91 · Nov 26, 2013

i will definitely look into home care, what would you say the down sides are? i would honestly love to work with just one person

mvm2 · Nov 26, 2013

I am afraid not I live in MI. But try Home Care around yur area. It is amazing in my opinion. You set your own hours and shift that you want to work. You only have to take care of one person at once. Of course there is down sides to Home Care, but so far I have had more possitive experiances then negative. Oh I also would like to add that I did not have to work for the company to take the CNA course. Many people that took the class went somewhere else to work. But our agency did talk to people about the opertunity that our agency had to offer the graduates.

mvm2 · Nov 26, 2013

Down sides for me:

-You get called quite a bit to take on extra shifts. Sometimes within hours of the shift starting because someone got sick or in a car accident. They need people to go there. There is no oh well you just work short. They have to do what they have to to get someone over there for that client.

-Sometimes Clients and or their family can be hard to work with at times. Sometimes you have to know that you could work with a client for a long time, and then you do one thing wrong and they let you go off the case. That can be kind of tough to take smetimes and not take it personally

-your times and shifts are not always consistant. Sometimes clients cancel shifts, or all the sudden they are in the hospital for a time and your shifts are canceled. A Clients death comes. The agency will always try to fill those voids in your schedule the best they can, but it sometimes takes time to find those replacement clients

-And of course there is the travel aspect. Sometimes you get a client that lives only 2 miles from you then other times they can be 40 miles away.

Missingyou, CNA · Nov 26, 2013

I heard the place I work in now paid better than average and team work was excellent so, I applied several times. I knew my application was kept on file for 45 days. I reapplied every 30 days or so. Even tho it wasn't required, I attached a resume and I got creative with my cover letter.

I applied about 6 times before I finally got an interview for a part time position. I accepted the part time job and shortly after was able to transfer into full time.

I worked home care until I was able to get into this nursing home.

mstearns09 · Nov 26, 2013

I applied to the very facility where I did my clinicals. They hired me a month after I finished the class. I worked there for two years until I applied at our local hospital and took a position there. I dearly loved my residents at the nursing home but the demands of management, the way things are managed there, along with some personal circumstances necessitated a change despite the pay cut I had to take.

CNACJ · Nov 27, 2013

I found my job on indeed.com... I went in person to apply... got a call back 2 weeks later and was hired on

leonard_huh, BSN, MSN, RN, APN · Nov 28, 2013

I started off in the gift shop at my hospital then transferred over to medical records and from there after gaining my CNA license got a job up on the floors. Its all about networking applying and hoping for the best. takes time though.

kenya1005 · Dec 1, 2013

I applied to every facility I could find even if they didn't have a job posted--I either faxed or hand delivered my resume to every place remotely close to me. I seriously probably applied to 100 jobs. I got ONE call back from a hospital. I interviewed in late October and started the next week. I'm still here 2 years later and I love it. I've been promised a nursing position after I finish the program as long as I'm in good standing as an employee (not written up for calling in, etc). I think the key is to cast your net wide.