I graduated in July. I have been very active in looking for a job. Friday I had an on the spot interview at a LTCF and it went really well. We talked about everything including benefits. I took a drug test and she said to call back Wednesday after the background check results have come in. I don't know what that means. Does that mean if it comes back clean (which of course it will), that I have the job? We didn't talk money. Usually talking about money (to me) means you're getting hired. I can't stop thinking about it. I can't sleep. It's horrible. I have $10 to my name (with thankfully October bills completely paid) and if I don't get this job I'm screwed because there is no other income coming in. I know no one here can tell me if I am getting the job... even though that's what I want someone to say. So I'm just talking. I needed someone to tell it to.
Aww, don't get discouraged just yet. Think in terms of the employer: if they just wait around for your background check to come in and there is something negative on there (not saying there is), they would be affected because they didn't have other options available. I encourage you to think positive. What you put out in the universe is what you get.
My advanced congratulations still stays
Someone else said the same thing to me, and it makes total sense. It just seems too optimistic to me. If she is interviewing other LPN's.... it just seems way more likely she'd choose the person with the most experience, and that wouldn't be me. But I am trying to be positive and hopeful. I'd really love to work at their facility. It's just so scary and stressful!
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Let them bring up the subject of money. With the job market as bad as this, and your need for an income, I wouldn't risk offending them.
I would agree with this. I'm pretty sure I lost an opportunity (which is OK because I like the job I have now anyway) because of this issue -- if there is only a paper thin difference between you and the other "finalists" it could tip the scales away from you, very rarely will it be such a low-ball offer for the regional average that it's worth the risk of not being able to pay your bills for the next month!
To the OP - my heart goes out to you. I was in a situation like that 6 years ago - the nerves, the sick feeling always in the pit of your stomach and the jolt of panic that hits you shortly after you wake up every morning is horrendous. I wish you the best, try to keep the faith. :redpinkhe
There are just little errors I think I've made that I can't stop thinking about now... Like when the job app asked how much I wanted to make per hour... I wrote $17. I have recently found out that they start new nurses there at $15.50. For second shift it is $16.75 and weekend second shift is $17.75 because of all the shift diff's. So it's only .25c less during the week days than what I wrote down on the job app. But I'm afraid that because I wrote down something higher than what they offer that they'll choose someone else instead. Blah!
I really don't think a matter of a few dollars or cents will make a difference, and I think if you are interviewing you have the right to ask how much the position pays. Interviewing is also for you, because the ultimate goal is to decide whether or not the position is the right fit for both parties. As long as you didn't appear as if your motive for wanting the job was money based, I would think you would be fine.
I am in the same boat as you - had an interview on Friday for my first hospital position, and my first choice, might I add. I am under the impression that I have the job, like you, if the background check comes back clean. The waiting is terrible, but it is even more terrible when you are unsure of whether or not this will come back clean (see my post in Career) and what you are supposed to disclose and not disclose during the interview. Gray areas...hmmph.
There are just little errors I think I've made that I can't stop thinking about now... Like when the job app asked how much I wanted to make per hour... I wrote $17. I have recently found out that they start new nurses there at $15.50. For second shift it is $16.75 and weekend second shift is $17.75 because of all the shift diff's. So it's only .25c less during the week days than what I wrote down on the job app. But I'm afraid that because I wrote down something higher than what they offer that they'll choose someone else instead. Blah!
Don't worry too much about that, you should never undervalue yourself to a prospective employer. They'll make you an offer and it will be up to you whether you take it or not.
I really hope you have some good news soon. When I last applied for a job-20 years ago!!!-I had two options: one with a private facility that was very conveniently situated and another at a State hospital that was considerably less convenient. The State one would have taken me immediately, but the private one was keeping me on a string, so I phoned them up and politely told them I had another offer, and I needed to know if they were interested in my application or not. They phoned me back the next day, and I started there a week later...
Trouble is, in the current world wide economy, people in all categories of career don't have that option. Eish. Once again, good luck.
anonymous1919, LPN
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Someone else said the same thing to me, and it makes total sense. It just seems too optimistic to me. If she is interviewing other LPN's.... it just seems way more likely she'd choose the person with the most experience, and that wouldn't be me. But I am trying to be positive and hopeful. I'd really love to work at their facility. It's just so scary and stressful!