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I just moved to a new city to be close to my family. There are two peds hospitals here and i have had a lot of trouble getting past HR despite my experience while job searching. I actually know a board member of one of the hospitals who talked me up to the CNO! He gave me her contact info and she responded to my email within the hour.

She set up an interview for me and even took the time to come introduce herself to me in my interview. I took the interview seriously and didn't act like I thought I already had the job... but to be honest I never imagined I wouldn't get it.

Now that the unit director has turned me down, what should I do? Is it appropriate to contact the CNO again? Do I go back and talk to the board member? This is such uncharted territory for me. When we spoke initially she pretty much just asked me where I wanted to work and told me she'd set up an interview. I couldn't believe a CNO even took the time to worry about a staff nurse's position, I don't know if asking again or maybe "exploring other opportunities throughout the institution" would be appropriate.

HELP!!!!

Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.
I think it would be fine to apply for other positions in that hospital -- but don't ask for special favors. You've already played that card -- and it didn't work.

I agree. Keep trying to play that card and you're going to end up tanking your chances--and reputation--even further. You'll become known as the one who kept pestering the board/CNO...and if you did get hired there, that reputation is going to put a big target on your back. Let this one go and move on in your Job Search.

Best of luck.

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Thanks that's really helpful.

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Specializes in NICU.

From my experience the Nurse mgrs get really ticked off when someone pulls strings for an employee interview etc.stay away.

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Is it possible you came off as overqualified? Sometimes experience counts against you if the facility needs to watch costs. Maybe they could hire a couple of new grads for what they would have to pay you?

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From my experience the Nurse mgrs get really ticked off when someone pulls strings for an employee interview etc.stay away.

Ya I definitely learned that the hard way, I won't be making that mistake again. I figured out the reason I wasn't getting my application past HR was because of an algorithm after all. I found a website were you upload your resume and the job description you are applying for. It just reformats and rewords your resume to have all the trigger words the algorithms look for.

At first I thought it was crap and my resume was better, but I applied to a different position with the same hospital and got an automated email that I was being considered. The opposite happened before. I've got interviews lined up and I'll be leaving my packets at home.

Thanks everyone for the advice.

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Is it possible you came off as overqualified? Sometimes experience counts against you if the facility needs to watch costs. Maybe they could hire a couple of new grads for what they would have to pay you?

I'm not really sure about this part. The market is so different in this city, most offers are about $10/hour less than I made in Houston. I just keep telling recruiters I expect to make less here and am more concerned with finding the "best fit" . Not sure if they think I'm ********ting but it's the truth. I'm going down a tax bracket no matter who hires me, so I want to work somewhere I'm happy at.

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Ya I definitely learned that the hard way, I won't be making that mistake again. I figured out the reason I wasn't getting my application past HR was because of an algorithm after all. I found a website were you upload your resume and the job description you are applying for. It just reformats and rewords your resume to have all the trigger words the algorithms look for.

At first I thought it was crap and my resume was better, but I applied to a different position with the same hospital and got an automated email that I was being considered. The opposite happened before. I've got interviews lined up and I'll be leaving my packets at home.

Thanks everyone for the advice.

Hello, I'm in a similar situation and I really don't want my application to be passed over because of an algorithm. Could you please share the site?? Thank you in advance, your help would be very much appreciated!

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Resunate: The Only Smart Online Resume Builder

Works great you can even edit each line of the resume and it will rate how strong that line is based on the amount of trigger words it has, totally idiot proof. I start work on the 29th

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