I am going to be graduating in May with my BSN and I have been applying for jobs at the local women and children's hospital. I have applied 3 different times and have been rejected with no interview all 3 times via email (2 times I "wasn't being considered" and the 3rd time they filled the position internally per union policy)
I have heard from multiple people that this hospital won't even look at your application unless you have a BSN even though BSN preferred isn't listed on their minimum requirements, so I'm not TOO terribly discouraged by the rejection, although I was at first.
However, I have applied for full time overnights last week in the NICU and I have yet to hear back (minimum qualifications are having a license so I am not applying for a job that I am not qualified for).
Today, I saw a position open for full time overnights on a pediatric medsurg floor, again minimum requirements is having a nursing license.
Is it okay to also apply for this position even though I have another open application at the same hospital? or would that be annoying and inappropriate? Thanks!
EDIT: as far as I know and according to the application, all the applications are sent to the same hiring manager then I assume she distributes them to the appropriate units after they are cleared by her. Hence why I am concerned about being irritating. Thanks for your responses!
I applied to 4 positions at the same hospital. The nurse recruiter called me and asked which position was my first choice. She sent my application and resume to the unit manager. She said that if it didn't work out then we would proceed with my second choice. She did not want to send my application to multiple managers (2nd-4th choice) and waste their time interviewing me if I would be offered my first choice (which I was). I had 8 active applications at another children's hospital and didn't get an interview.
It wouldn't hurt to contact the lady in HR and ask how to go about this. By showing interest, such as sending unit specific cover letters for each application and actually asking for her advice, she might take the extra step that it takes to get you noticed by a manager. It only takes one proper notice to get one job. Good luck.
I think it is fine for now ... but there is a limit and you are approaching it. You need to talk to that 1 Hiring Manager and find out why you are "not even being considered." If you are not meeting that woman's basic requirement for an interview, then you need to resolve that deficiency. For example:
1. If it's a license thing, then you may need to wait until you pass boards to be considered.
2. If you graduated from a school whose reputation is not good - and you are not being interviewed as a new grad because of it -- then you'll need to get some experience elsewhere before you can hope to get a job there. Or maybe you could do some volunteer work there to get noticed and to establish contacts there who can help you get an interview.
If you are not being seriously considered, you'll probably need to address something -- and I recommend you find out what it is sooner rather than later.
Good luck.
I passed my boards last summer and I'm just finishing up my BSN. I'll be graduating in May. As I said before, multiple people have told me that this hospital won't even consider you unless you have your BSN. The first 3 times I applied (and this was back in October and November.. when I still had a semester to go in my BSN program) I didn't know that so once I found that out I waited until I was closer to graduating to apply again (the 2 times I applied recently as described in the original post)
As far as I know my school has a good reputation. my ADN school has a very good reputation I know for sure and I've never heard anything bad about my BSN school as far as I know but who knows haha
If I am rejected again I'll give her a call and see what I'm lacking. Thanks for your advice!
What's the worst that could happen? They don't hire you.
Do you really think that if they like your application and are forwarding on to the unit manager that if she sees your name on an app one too many times that they won't hire you?
Or
They could see it as persistent and determined and foreword your app on.
My current facility I applied to every position that was open in Peds, until I got hired, 10 applications.
My pervious job I applied to 200 positions in a 10 hospital multi state organization. Mainly my apps were auto rejected due to my lack of BSN, but once I was able to click yes BSN in progress I eventually got the job I wanted.
The worst they can do is say no.
I suppose my main concern is that I will look indecisive, which now that I say it out loud, it seems silly. I just don't want to cause confusion with my multiple applications and get myself ruled out for being a pain in the butt. I'm sure this hospital gets tons of applications a day (it's the only children's hospital in the area) and rather than trying to figure out my preferences, they may just toss my application and move on to the next one
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I think it says you want to be employed by this facility! Definitely keep applying. Good luck!