Hi, I've been a nurse "forever" and I JUST want to break into a NON-nursing career, but I think when someone sees my resume and/or interviews me, they
just can NOT understand why I'd want to leave nursing and/or settle for less pay.
I always make it CLEAR that I have not lost my license, haven't been sued, etc....(I had a wonderful HR person tell me how to write the "goal" on my resume that explains this in a professional way). There is NOTHING negative in my nursing career, and I have excellent references. I'm just TIRED of nursing, and I also explain that the lower pay is NOT an issue.
I've applied for ALL kinds of positions such as unit secretary, admissions clerk, etc. I would LOVE to know if any former nurses have been successful with this?
I should also explain that before this, I applied for other "desk"-type nursing jobs such as Quality Assurance, Chart auditing, MDS, ANYthing that I felt I would be good at, but those jobs are also IMPOSSIBLE to get without *experience*.
I know that I could be an excellent unit secretary in a hospital, or an admissions clerk, etc. Any former nurses doing jobs like this???
