Kennestone Interview Experience

Yesterday I went to an interview at Kennestone. I gave myself 3 hours to travel there from Chattanooga so as not to be late. 6 miles from exit 267B traffic came to a halt. Ultimately, I ended up being 20 mins late. This was a 3 pm appointment, not exactly rush hour.

The recruiter never told me where to park so I ended up far away from the actual HR office (outside the ER). So I had to leg it with a full bladder for what seemed like miles.

The facility was huge. It's 663 beds now so I guess it oughta be. Very modern & nice looking inside.

I finally get to HR. The receptionist, unfriendly. My recruiter, completely uninvested. She dressed poorly, didn't make eye contact & immediately trots me back outside & upstairs for my interview.

So I meet my potential manager. Almost immediately my uh-oh indicator starting going off. There was a woman seated in her office giving me a blatant, & slow once over with an expression of distaste. She left & I sat down.

The interview lasted about 25 mins. Not many questions were asked of me. Some things I didn't like. You aren't allowed to start your own IV's, they have an IV team. Thats great for some, but I like keeping my skills current.

She asked me about my charge nurse experience, so I told her. Then she looked at me in an odd way & said we have a charge nurse. I was applying for a prn job????

Then she asked me about my preceptor experience. So I told her about some of the students I had precepted over the years. She then have a sly grin & said yeah, we have a lot of students here. We keep our eye out for the good ones.

At that point I was just plain confused by the entire experience. I had driven 3 hours to be ignored by a recruiter, silently insulted by some woman I never even met, & then interviewed by a nurse manager who clearly was more interested in new grads.

When it was finally over I thanked her & walked back to HR as I had been instructed. The recruiter took a long time to come & get me. She rushed through a list of basic questions, saying "mmhmm mmhmm" before I could get even 2 words out of my mouth. I *hate* that.

Finally, she pulled out some info papers, rushed through what sounded like a prerecorded message about benefits, facilities, wellstar, blah, blah, blah.... I looked down & realized her light blue nail polish was half chewed off.

I know thats a petty observation, but it just summed up my day perfectly. I smiled & nodded in all the right places.

When I left I was so ecstatic to get out I was almost glad to walk the miles to my vehicle.

Impression- Wellstar is a huge, faceless entity with mediocre pay, benefits, & most likely not worth the effort to attempt employing with.

Bottom line- wild horses couldn't get me to practice there.

I intend to withdraw my application today. I'm also going to send a letter about why I decided not to apply with them. Perhaps it'll help them in the future. Who knows?

As far as I'm concerned, bad traffic, so-so pay, managerial bs & HR that regards you as a recently paroled felon.....no thanks.