"Job duties different than expected"

[lahiri3]

Hi everyone at allnurses!

I'm hoping that maybe someone familiar with recruitment might be able to answer this question, and assuage my doubt for at least a few minutes...

I recently had a rough orientation for my first job as a new nurse to the point where I resigned. Maybe if I can spare time from my employment hunt I can shed some light on what happened in the near future. In any case, I have been submitted for re-hire within that hospital system, and continue to apply in hopes that I might start out somewhere a little more friendly/organized, and a little less intense/chaotic. The system's HR is notoriously slow in processing applications, with my first job being offered a month after application...and this time around I have been waiting two months. I want to believe that the month-long wait was just a lucky fluke, but I do wonder if the termination code "job duties different than expected" is causing recruiters to throw my application into a weird limbo pile that may never be seen, especially with a new batch of grads coming out this May. Could any recruitment-oriented people give feedback to what the attitude is toward this type of description? Is this code a red flag to recruiters along with only two months of work to show at a facility?

I appreciate any honest feedback that anyone can give me during this period of uncertainty and self-doubt. Sincerest Thanks.

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

Given that you are a new grad and resigned during orientation with "job duties different than expected", yes, I would think this would make people question you. The main question that comes to my mind is what, exactly, did you expect? You are new. It is all going to seem stressful and strange. All of it.

Given how many new grads are falling over one another in their clamor to get a foot in the door, you trying and failing to make the curve probably means you are not seen as a good risk and that you had unrealistic expectations. Whether this is true or not doesn't matter really. If that is the impression it gives, nobody is going to give you the chance to explain, unfortunately. Is the manager of the unit you were orienting on willing to go to bat for you? If not, I am not sure what you can do other than start applying to other hospital systems.

Best of luck in your search.

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

I have never seen an HR termination code of "job duties different than expected"... do you mean that is what you used to explain your resignation? If so, that does not mean that this is how HR categorized you.

HR categorizes former employees based upon eligibility for re-hire. Basically, you are either eligible for rehire or not eligible for rehire. Organizations vary in how long they retain records like this before they are purged but if you are 'ineligible', it may take years before you could be considered for a job by that organization. You could try asking someone in HR about this to find out your rehire status, but they don't have to provide you with that information - it's not like a credit report.