MarieNHill

I am currently a student and will be graduating in May with my AA in Business. I have decided to change my career to Nursing. I am taking the entrance exam next week for the nursing program and my school and am hoping to start in August 09. I am looking into getting my CNA degree. I am looking into jobs at a Nursing Home/community. My friend suggested that when I go into apply instead of dressing in Business atire to dress in a nice pair of scrubs to show that I am interested in the job and am willing to go out of my way to prove so. Does this seem like a good idea or should I dress in business atire when I go to apply?

As a follow up to "In need of some serious advice" I have applied to a couple positions and have emailed each of the hospitals HR departments to follow up and show that I am interested. So far I have not heard back from them though. I dont know whether to take this as a good sign or a bad sign. I looked on the job statuses that I applied to and they said that they were no longer taking applications but I was still under consideration but I havent heard from them in regards to a interview or anything?! Should I continue to email the hospitals or should I back off and wait for them to reply?

Thank you for the reply. I am trying to get a position in the hospital now not only so that I am more familiar with the enviroment and the termenology. But also I will be able to say that I have already worked in a hospital enviroment when I graduate and apply for a nursing position, this will give me an edge over some others that apply. Plus I am rather exasperated with the job that I am currently at I am running 2 studios by myself and doing 8 other peoples jobs because they layed everyone off but me and one other person.

I am currently getting ready to graduate with my AA in Business. I have decided that nursing is a career I would like to pursue so I am getting ready to take my entrance exam for the nursing program in February. I have been trying to find a position in an hospital not in nursing but a position that I qualify for with would be clerical. I have 5 years Customer Service Experience and am currently a Studio Manager a photography studio dealing with some very large school districts. I have been to applying to postions that I am qualified for for the past 6 monthes and have had people go over my resume with me 3 times now. I have yet to recieve even a call for an interview. Its not for the lack of knowing people though. I have an insane amount of references mainly from people Ive known since I was a kid that work in hospitals not to mention all of my employers. I am starting to loose hope and feel like I am fighting a loosing battle. I know we're in a job slump at the moment but I am wondering what else I can do to make me stand out from others or if there is a certain time that it would be best for me to apply for hospital positions?