How do hospitals offer jobs?

[Ms.RN]

how do hospitals contact applicants to offer or deny their jobs? do they contact them by phone call and offer them a job, do they send email, or do they send a letter by mail?

i had a job interview last thursday. on friday, i sent thank you email to nurse manager who interviewed me. she wrote me back by email that all the managers are going to meet together and go over applicants on next thursday which is two days ago and they are going to decide who they are going to hire and that i will hear from her after that. i havent heard from her since thursday. no phone call, no email, no rejection letter in the mail. should i assume she is not interested since she didnt contact me?

[suzanne4, RN]

Each facility can do things differently. Be aware that it may be a week or two after their meeting before you hear anything. Priority to managers is usually keeping the unit running and you never know what may have come up. She could have even been out with a sick child.

Suggest that you give her some time to get back to you and just wait at this time for them to contact you.

Best of luck to you.

[llg, PhD, RN]

Too soon to assume anything.

There is also the possibility that you are "on the waiting list." You might not be one of their first choices and they are delaying your notification to see if their top choices accept their offer or not. I know a lot of fine people get jobs in that situation. The first choice rejects the offer and the 2nd or 3rd choice then gets the chance and it all works out great for everyone.

Just give it a little time.

[NurseCard, ADN]

And, my own experience is that you will usually get a phone call, not a letter. Although, I did actually have a manager call me on the phone a couple of years ago to tell me that she had hired someone else. That's rare, I think. Usually, phone call=good news, letter=bad news.

[YellowFinchFan]

I've gotten phone calls and emails both positive - I've never gotten a letter of "rejection"...Instead I've just not heard anything - zero, zip, nada.....

Didn't matter because I got other job offers.

Good Luck!!!

[RedSox33RN]

In my experience, the bigger hospitals that have nurse recruiters actually handle the official offers of employment. I interviewed with the ED manager, and even before I flew back to my home state (I moved for the ED position), the nurse recruiter for me (there are 3, I think, at this hospital) had called me to offer the position.

The smaller hospitals I interviewed at, it was usually the nurse manager on the floor that made the offer, working with the Human Resources Dept.

In each case though, I received a call and then a letter.

Good luck!

[Faeriewand, ASN, RN]

Just to let you know something time-wise..... I interviewed for the position of my dreams in December--felt I nailed it at the interview. Didn't hear anything for a long time and got the phone call for the job in the beginning of February. The person who hired me said she was just really busy. I accepted the position and she said she needed to send me the letter to which I would respond. Letter arrived a week later. (working there now)

[NurseCard, ADN]

Well, generally if you get a letter FIRST, before a phone call or even an email... that's bad news, I think.

I have also gotten a phone call, followed by a nice "Welcome to Joe's Hospital" letter.

I do know others who have been notified by email that they were hired for a job.

[Lucy4]

I have always gotten a phone call. Nurse recruitment - in my experiences - makes the offers by phone if offering a position. A letter usually indicates a rejection. My last offer was for a position in same hospital system- case management. The director of the department told me by phone conversation she was turning my application over to human resources and that I would hear from HR. The offer came from HR and took 2-3 weeks. I would give them at least a week and if you don't hear from anyone - think about making a call or e-mail to the nurse manager indicating your continued interest in the position. I also think it is very rude for managers/HR to not send a letter or call indicating they are not offering you the position.

[hollyvk, BSN]

I have always gotten a phone call. Nurse recruitment - in my experiences - makes the offers by phone if offering a position. A letter usually indicates a rejection. My last offer was for a position in same hospital system- case management. The director of the department told me by phone conversation she was turning my application over to human resources and that I would hear from HR. The offer came from HR and took 2-3 weeks. I would give them at least a week and if you don't hear from anyone - think about making a call or e-mail to the nurse manager indicating your continued interest in the position. I also think it is very rude for managers/HR to not send a letter or call indicating they are not offering you the position.

The timeline of the process varies by facility. In some (often larger) places, you'll have been partly or fully vetted before you get an interview. (Vetted = license checked, criminal/abuse check done, past employment checks done). In other, often smaller places they'll have done only a limited check (e.g. to make sure you're really an RN) before your interview and do the rest afterwards if they want to hire you--which takes time.

A phone call is the normal way to inform you of a job offer, usually followed up these days by a letter. No phone call but letter is usually a "thanks for your interest but another candidate's qualifications more closely matched our need at this time . . ."

HollyVK, RN, BSN, JD

[alibaba123456]

lemme go straight to the point:

*get my RN license a month ago

*left my resumes and cover letters 2.5 weeks ago (there wasn't opening for RN)

*got only one email after 2 days stating my papers were forwarded to directors of NUrsing and after reviewing they MAY schedule and interview.

*after 10 days (10 days after i received response) i emailed her about interview

*4 days passed after last email no response

WHAT SHOULD I DO???

oh i read some post above and most of them says that they will contact you by phone. However, i spend at least 1-2 hours on the train and there is no signal; also im full time student and i usually turn off my cell during classes (i hate interuption during classes). So, if some how they called me and i did not pick up, will they leave a voice-message?

and what should i do next? (next step on RN job hunting)

and another question should i turn on my resumes to nurse recruiter? because most of the hospitals where i left my resume said to left my paper in human resource department and then HR department will forward my paper to Nurse recruiter :-/ is it bad sign? not meeting with Nurse recruiter?

and also im pre-med student now, is it bad sign for nurse recruiter? does it lessen my chances getting a job as RN?

P.S. im also international graduate;)

Thanks in advance.

[alibaba123456]

bump

im still looking answers to my question any advice/answer appreciated

Thanks in advance