would i be making the HR recruiter mad?

[New RN Grad 2008]

I am a newly graduate nurse that need your advice. I think I am in a delicate situation here. I have been working as a Nursing Aide in a hospital for the past year or so. Few weeks ago I just graduated from nursing school and then my RN license. I went to HR to interview for an RN position. The HR sent me to interview with a Nurse Manager. However, I did not think that the interview went well with the NM. It has been 10 days since the NM interview. I sent 2 follow-up thank you emails to the NM, thanking her for the interview but received no reply. I called up the HR and the HR told me that as soon as HR hears back from NM, I will then be contacted by HR.

Well, 10 days into waiting, I started to make some phone calls myself in the hospital and I was able to speak to a NM that is currently hiring on her floor. When I dropped my resume off to her, it quickly became an informal interview. The interview seemed went well, and the NM said that since I have already interviewed with the HR, she will call HR to see WHAT THE NEXT STEP SHOULD BE. Now, it is crucial that the nurse recruiter in HR does not get offended that I went around on my own and basically kind of bag a job on my own. I get the feeling from the NM that if HR gives the OK, then I will get hired by the NM. My question is this:

1. Since I was already working as a Nursing Aide for over a year or so, I am right to take a pro-active approach and basically use my networking skills to find a job, right?

2. The HR recruiter would not get angry that I went to speak to NM on my own, right? I know the HR is very busy, so I kind of did the leg work for them.

3. In case the HR recruiter feels "slighted", what do I say to her to make it right so that she'd "okay" the go-ahead for the NM to hire me.

4. Since I was already an employee (Nursing Aide) in the hospital, I felt this "obligation" to network and find the RN job on my own by talking to people and stuff. I did not know how to do that in the first place, so I had gone to HR to seek help. HR helped me to set up an interview. The interview did not go well. So, I got very worried and tracked down some leads about other openings and went to an informal interview myself, and the interview went well. Now the NM just want to see if HR okay for me to get hired. (The HR nurse recruiter is a veteran employee so she has a lot of power.) The NM even commended my pro-active approach and thanked me for finding her. So, please let me know of your opinion and how to "make up" this thing to HR, in the rare chance that the HR recruiter feels that I over-stepped my boundary.

Thank you.

[cherokeesummer]

I can't see that it would be offensive. If anything I'd probably call the nurse recruiter and say I ran into so and so nurse manager and we had a discussion about open positions and we ended up having an informal interview, she said she is very interested in me taking a position there. I just wanted to keep you updated on my status.

Something along those lines. I don't think its a problem to network. I have worked recruiting before and am now a nurse. The only time I didn't like "networking" was when someone in a hiring authority pushed us to hire someone b/c of their friendship or family status vs qualifications. But to me it sounds like you were interviewed so its not like nepotism or anything.

[New RN Grad 2008]

i can't see that it would be offensive. if anything i'd probably call the nurse recruiter and say i ran into so and so nurse manager and we had a discussion about open positions and we ended up having an informal interview, she said she is very interested in me taking a position there. i just wanted to keep you updated on my status.

something along those lines. i don't think its a problem to network. i have worked recruiting before and am now a nurse. the only time i didn't like "networking" was when someone in a hiring authority pushed us to hire someone b/c of their friendship or family status vs qualifications. but to me it sounds like you were interviewed so its not like nepotism or anything.

:wink2::wink2::wink2: thank you for your above advice! i did what you said, updated the recruiter, kept up on the nurse manager, and i got the job!!! it turned out the recruiter was simply too busy and she appreciated my pro-active approach, yipee!

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

BRAVO! Now slap some spackle on that ulcer you gave yourself worrying about it and go out and give 'em heck!

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

Glad to see that you'll be working as an RN really soon! You did the right thing by doing it yourself. It already shows that you will take initiative to get things done!