Hiring Managers can you explain this to me...

Unfortunately, this is likely an HR issue. Those wheels roll slowly, when they move at all. A valid scenario would be that there was a spot to be filled and the DON knew it. He got ahead of himself and is now waiting for HR to dot all the i's and cross all the t's of the offer of employment. HR doesn't know speed or efficiency.

I don't think the scenario has anything to do with nursing. It wounds like an administrative struggle to me. I suspect it is exactly what it appears to be, a DON hamstrung by the bean counters. He needs a nurse, wants a nurse, has identified a candidate he wants and administration keeps telling him "a week or two." They can keep that up indefinitely, so tell her to take a different job.

This happened to my boyfriend at a non-nursing job. They interviewed, got copies of a license, made an appointment to do tax forms...then "oh well now we have to wait for the regional people(or whatever) to approve an open position!" I think it happens at a lot of places, and the scenario is a lot like roser13 said.

I appreciate the responses. I just got off the phone w/her and it's still a waiting game. She is so disappointed - obviously -but I didn't think of the HR angle until you guys mentioned it. She is going w/another job tho' she is still hoping this one will come through.

Sorry about your friend But when I applied to my student nurse tech position, I applied in March and I did not get a call for an interview/ start orientation until January. The manager told me they were waiting for the final approval that they could hire. It's unfortunate that they made her interview and there was no immediate position. The fact that they had her interview sounds to me like they will get the okay pretty soon.

Best of Luck :)

Often people get interviewed and then a hiring freeze is ordered by those higher up.

I would say she should take other job offers, and if this nurse management comes through retire from that job and take the nurse management.

Just my opinon

Happened to me in 1/09..home health,, same scenario except they asked me to ride all day with a RN the next day.. Part way thru the day she asked if they hired me I said not exactly, said they are but did not give me start date.. she says "you poor thing, they have no approved position" and this was a prn job. Then she took me to my car as she thought it was silly for me with tons of exp to ride with her for no pay! I got the job 60 days later,, took it as still needed job. And this is same NM who told me I was irresponsible for choosing caring from my father over staying to work for her. I swear I do not believe some have any conscience.

bug them!

i think it is an hr issue also.

it took me 3 months to get the job i got after interviewing and i was so desperate i bugged them constantly.

the hr person got fired not long after i started.

who knows what they do when theyre supposed to be working?!

If they can't hire anyone, I don't think they should be scheduling interviews. Whether or not the DON needs a nurse, he needs to take a step back and realize that just because he interviews someone doesn't mean he'll automatically get the O.K. Unfortunately, some companies don't have a good line of communication to their corporate headquareters. He is only frustrating himself and the applicant!

in our facility all apps come thru HR who then matches them to APPROVED positions.