Hiring freezes? Hired on unit you volunteered at/did clinicals at? Coincedence on time?

[Summers3]

Hi everyone,

I know there are several people that have been offered jobs by the same unit they volunteer at, did clinicals at, have some type of related job at, etc etc.

I would think that once a position becomes open, that said person/volunteer/student on your unit would apply for it. But that open position can be weeks/months/years. Some people told me that they were offered a job maybe say, few months after they graduated.

So I'm wondering if these open positions just happen to open at the right place at the right time (coincidence)?

Or did the unit just open up positions for those specific people to hire? Cause several people told me they got hired on their unit severals month before/after their graduation and I feel this is such a short time span for "coincidence" open positions to pop up?

Or were they also lucky in something similar opposite a hiring phrase?

And I have also heard of hiring freezes where some places hire a bunch of people then stop for a while then repeat. What controls hiring freezes and are they predictable?

THanks!

[NicuGal, MSN, RN]

I wish we could just open up a spot! We have to wait for HR to open positions, so where I work it would be coincidence.

Hiring freezes are usually budget dependent.

[anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP]

Managers sometimes know a few months in advance when someone may be leaving (say having a baby, moving to a new area, etc). I don't see where they could just make an extra spot because a full time employee costs a lot of money to hire. They have budgets.

Several of my classmates and I were affected by hiring freeze. We were all student nurse techs and around graduation time a hiring freeze began. Not a single one of us got hired to the facility. A few wound up going back after waiting a few months after graduation. But they couldn't just open up any spot for us who were already trained to the facility.

[Summers3]

Hello, anh06005!

Thank you for replying and I'm sorry you and your classmates were affected by the bad luck freeze. But since a freeze is temporary for the time being, you can ask when it would be over and apply then? Sounds like a few of your classmates did after going back a few months after graduation, why not you nor anyone else? (unless you guys already got jobs elsewhere)

[Summers3]

Thanks for your reply, nicugal! :)

By budget dependent, meaning not every place goes through this? At first I got the impression that hiring freezes are usually once or so a year at almost every place since the economy is not that great.

But if a place is doing well, then there's no reason for a freeze, right?

Sorry I got confused about the whole thing.

Thanks for replying. :)

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Ditto to PPs responses. In addition, many organizations (like mine) require managers to go through a 'justification' process to fill any position, even it is just to replace someone who just left. There are very few 'auto-approvals' any longer *sigh*.