Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

[AB normalRN]

got an interview in a small nsg facility.. I told her all the great things that I can think about myself.. just to get the job.. told her that Im going to work extra hard etc.. etc.. but still she said no.. [why set an interview in the first place if you're just going to say NO right??] so anyway, she said that being a new grad.. NO ONE WILL BE INTERESTED in hiring me.. [i think she's right because i did everything that i can..but still no luck] so i ended up crying and pleading.. told her, how will i ever get an exp. if she's not even going to give me a chance.. if NO ONE's willing to give me a break! then she said that's just how it is.. it's too expensive to train new grads.. you're like a baby.. you don't know anything.. so why should i hire new grads if i can get a nurse with a long list of exp. plus nurses with exp. also needs this job.. it's a tough market..

and so.. with all that pleading and crying.. still went home heartbroken.. still no job.. so heartbreaking.. now im beginning to question why i took this course in the first place..people tend to be so mean sometimes.. I want to be a nurse.. but.. with everything that has happened to me.. very discouraging

[Miss Tay]

I am in your same situation It's been six months since I was licensed and still NO jobs or job leads, I even had an interview back when I was first licensed in july. Mind you, she had called and called me, for days we played phone tag before we actually set up the interview, She seemed very interested in me.

Anyways long story short we got to the interview and after asking me a few questions she then got an annoyed look on her face and cut me off right in the middle of my sentence and said. "I'm going to tell you right now that I won't be hiring you, Because this is the type of job for us nurses that have put in our dues, not new grads." in a really snotty voice!!!

I was shocked I sat there a moment then I asked "May I ask why you decided to interview me?" She then said that she hadn't got very many responses to the ad and didn't really have a choice. PS- the job was for an LPN for a MRDD group home passing the daily meds to 10 residents-That's it!! so then after she said that she then said "well you do have medical assistant experience so you're not totally green, but this is an easy job and you wouldn't learn much, you'd just pass the meds and monitor the patients and not anything indepth except a tube feed, I would be a phone call away should anything emergent happen, but you would be the only nurse on duty until your shift ends and it's really something for someone with experience" So I thought to myself, How are you going to sit on your high horse and tell me that the job is easy and you would be a phone call away and then diss me and tell me you are not going to be hiring me not to mention waste my time by even calling me to interview, she had to have seen my resume and application because I applied online. So then after all that she had the nerve to ask me for my nursing license and my ID and Social Security Card, because she "might give me a break and change her mind"!!! Ummm No thanks!! I don't need any favors form someone like that!!

So I told her that it was in my purse in the car and that I would be right back in with it. I hoped in the car and sped away so fast and didn't even llok back. She even had more nerve to call my house looking for me!! My fiance said she had called and asked what happened to me!! LOL!! so yeah I feel your pain!! I went home and cried to my fiance about how bizarre and unfair the interview was!! I was heartbroken because the job did pay well, even better than the nursing homes!!I have never felt so discriminated against, she made me feel as though I was worthless for being a new grad.

All I know is, If I don't have anything by my 1 year licensure anniverassary I am going back to college full time and possibly giving up on nursing altogether

[abweaver]

Ugh, that's awful. So sorry for you.

Take the opportunity to continue your professional growth. Soon enough you will have more training than the people who are looking to hire you.. :

[whitedoginwi]

Sorry to hear about the bad experience. All you can do is sell yourself the best you can? There are lots of facilties out there that don't even give new grads an interview. Consider it a great learning experience. Have faith and remember there are hundreds if not thounsands of new grads out there going through the same thing.

[zuzi]

Hey, stand up! Dust your pants and smile! Analyze your self! Why did you cried? Because you realized that she will not give you the job?

Because you don't have enough money to pay the bills? Refocus your self!

YOU ARE AN AMERICAN! Make and go for a backup plan, till you will find a nurse job.

Crying show others how desparate you are, and heartbroken also, you belive that someone will fell what you will fell??? WRONG!

The lady didn't deserved you, that is all. And at one point she has right, she protect her self on these rough times, much more she need to fallow up with upsite instructions.

Is not her facility, she just works there!

Is not about her is not about you, is how thinks are NOW.

Is not her own facility she had "advices" also about how to deal with new grads.......

Look here.... an administrator told me...."sorry we have "ADVICES" to hire ONLY LVNs, with less orientation time and less benefits", plus they need to sign "financial consent and agreement" to use wise OT....she was honest with me, I said her tk.

You are new....you don't want that your first exeprience in REAL nursing life to be a "nightmare" choose wise and ...please don't cry...the job that you need it will come.....

Hugs!

[AB normalRN]

just to let you guys know, that i called the facility and declined the offer for another interview..

[phlox]

Well, I would have done it differently.

I would not have cried. Don't ever let them see you cry! You want them to want you! Showcase yourself! Present yourself as a new and desireable member of their team. Be vivacious and magnetic and eloquent!

You want them to wish they had hired you as you walk out that door! Even if you do not get the job, you leave as if you are perfect for the job! With a smile and NO attitude!

THEN if they call you back for a second interview, you got them right where you want them!

It is all in your perception of the events. It does not have to be like you broke up with several boyfriends at once. Sorry, but that is pitiful.

[S.Gettes]

I feel so sorry for you. What an awful experience you had with this interviewer. Obviously this person seems to have forgotten that every single nurse started out somewhere as a new comer with no or very little experience and they all needed to start somewhere, they all needed someone to help them out in order to get a foot in the door in the industry. I would move on from this person, don't let them get you down and don't let them make you feel unwanted in the field. persistence will pay off and you will find a great employer who will value you and recognise you for everything that you bring to the table. Maybe the reason she needs more staff in the first place is because of her attitude and the terrible way she has displayed that she treats people. You're better off without working for someone like her anyway.