New Grad - are HR walk-ins okay?

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New grad trying to move (currently visiting) a new city/state. I've submitted online applications to the hospital in the town I'm visiting, and I'm curious if I can step into HR to get my face and name in front of them? If so, should I call in first?

I saw a similar post on this from 2014, and most people seemed to think it would be a bad move, but I'm wondering if the practice has changed based on how approachable the HR departments were when I was doing student rotations back where I went to school?

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New grad trying to move (currently visiting) a new city/state. I've submitted online applications to the hospital in the town I'm visiting, and I'm curious if I can step into HR to get my face and name in front of them? If so, should I call in first?

I saw a similar post on this from 2014, and most people seemed to think it would be a bad move, but I'm wondering if the practice has changed based on how approachable the HR departments were when I was doing student rotations back where I went to school?

When I moved to Seattle (late 1980s) the walk-in thing was OK. Not great, but OK. I'm not thinking it is any more. You've submitted an application online, I hope. Nurse Beth might have some current advice, but I would think calling would be more professional than just dropping in.

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In addition to what Ruby said, consider that for some facilities, HR isn't even located on site. HR for my facility is in an office building miles away.

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