HELP!!!!

mvm2 · May 2, 2015

Maybe have someone look at your resume. Maybe there is something that can be changed. Sometimes even as simple as mis spelled words may have people turned off from your resume.

How far are you looking for a job. Some people will try to look at places that are an hour or more away from where they are now to get a job.

Try having some people you know that is working at these hospitals to try and put in a good word for you. Sometimes it can make a difference when you know the right people.

I'm sorry that you are struggling so but just keep trying. Sometimes when you are in a heavily populated area it is hard to land a hospital job.

caseyuptonurse · May 2, 2015

I'm in a similar situation in the same area so I understand you. It's upsetting when the people around you are landing these awesome jobs when you have been working your orifice off and watching on the sidelines.

I currently enjoy my job but like you I want a hospital job as well. I applied to 5 positions total and landed 3 interviews. Don't let your experience in LTC rehab let you down. I found that applying for the job the day the position is posted has gotten me the interview each time. Stalk the job sites. Our area is competitive so you want to be who HR sees first. Also make sure your resume contains keywords for each position you apply for. Good luck and don't give up hope!

scaredsilly, BSN, RN · May 2, 2015

Networking is sometimes everything! As a PP said, get people you know to put in a word with a NM, or better yet, see if they will give you some insight on when an NM is around on a hiring unit and take in your resume to the NM (bypassing HR works very well where I am, not so sure about PA-but what do you have to lose). Get in touch with preceptors from when you did clinicals, ask them for help!

Best of luck

Melfldrn · May 3, 2015

Thanks for your responses. I have gone over my resume about 100 times and had others look over it as well. I had a girl I know actually contact me saying her floor was understaffed and they needed nurses desperately. I applied for that job, she emailed her NM and about a month or more went by, I hadn't heard anything , I contacted her and she told me that hospital hired about a dozen people! I hadn't even gotten a call! I was dumbfounded. She said her NM sort of blew her off when she tried to put in a good word. Ugh. So yes, I have networked my little butt off to no avail. That's just one example of my dead ends. Just venting. I'm frustrated but I guess it will happen eventually?!

mvm2 · May 3, 2015

Im so sorry.....sometimes nothing makes sence as to why things don't come together for some people.

how many different hospitals have you been trying to get into. Sometimes just putting in your app at a different hospital might give you better results.

I can see you have a drive to get a job I will hope that someone soon will give you that chance.

Melfldrn · May 3, 2015

Thank you, I appreciate it. I've applied everywhere within about a 40 mile radius or so. I'm limited how far I can travel with my little ones right now. I will keep trying that's for sure! â˜º

mvm2 · May 3, 2015

The only thing I can see maybe that would help is try to contact them a few days or week after you hand in your app. By email or maybe phone. That might get you noticed. I say this only because it seems with each job you wait patiently for the phone call and never get it and then by that time the postion has been filled.

It might be that he who does the squeaking gets the oil in this case

Melfldrn · May 3, 2015

Yeah. I think at this point I'm going to just go into HR offices directly. Whenever I have called, I get a series of prompts until a message tells me they cannot check status of apps due to high volume. Once I ignored that little fact and pushed through to get a person's voice mail and left a message anyway...never got a call back anyway. They make it seem like we are a nuisance to them because we're trying to work for their company!! I'm just gonna have to go all Erin Brockovich on these HR people and just demand they hire me and that they won't regret it! Lol!

mvm2 · May 3, 2015

Lol

Well I can't say you haven't been doing everything humanly possible to get the job

Hopefully soon

eggyweggy, MSN, RN · May 4, 2015

How frustrating! I've been working subacute rehab for the past year and I have learned a ton. I'm not doing a ton of technical skills other than the occasional catheter insertion, PICC line management, and a boatload of dressing changes but I have learned so so much about chronic disease as well as time management. It's a really tough place to work, though.

I finally landed a hospital job after a year of putting in application after application after application. The hardest part, IMO, was getting past the HR department and actually getting a manager to look at my resume. The nurse recruiter at the hospital I accepted a job at was very helpful -- can you see what you can do to get in touch with an actual person? In my case, the recruiter gave me some excellent tips for what I could do to make my application get to the top of the pile, including being very specific about my skills and attaching letters of reference to my application. I think it also helped that she had a voice to go with the name when my application finally made it to her desk to forward on to the nurse managers. Really, though, persistence is what finally paid off.

Sostuckrn · May 16, 2015

I understand. Completely. I have been looking for new employment for over 5 years. I have gone over my resume many times. I have applied for jobs in many different specialties. I get interviews every now and then, but there's always too much competition.