on may 29th i posted a thread basically worrying if i was being stalk-like about a new grad residency program in valley hospital in nj..i received great advice...and followed the calling 1 week rule...so i went to the interview it went great...was supposed to be called back for a 2nd interview and it never happened...in fact the position was given to another candidate....none the less i was completely crushed.....depression big time...i gained 5 pounds in 1 week eating ice cream and doritos...
well, when the recruiter called me, well better yet i called her, she set me up on another interview same position different unit...
i went to the interview basically in a "whatever" attitude...if i got the job great...if not whatever....i believe i developed this attitude as a defense mechanism...because you guys...i was sooooooooooooooooooooo depressed over not getting the 1st position...and i definetely didn't want to feel like that again..its not worth it...
don't get me wrong...although i had the whatever attitude...i still prepared for the interview as i did originally, however i wasn't "stressed" over it...none the less the interview went great!! i interviewed with the director and manager...they had a laid back interview style...at the end of the interview they informed me that they had more interwing to do and that i would know in a couple of weeks....
in my mind i was like yea.. ok.. whatever.. moving on...well the next day...less than 24hrs later...i received a call from my recruiter offering the job!!!! are you freakin kidding me...no way...so after almost passing out from hyperventilation...seriously...i was like yes yes yes i totally accept!!!!
can you freakin believe it!!!!! persistence does pay!!!! i got a job!!!
thank you all for the support and kind words...its soooo essential to this journey to hear wise words!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo
One suggestion: Learn to cope with stress a different way other than food. You will be miserable gaining a lot of weight....
JoPACURN....ummm...thanks for the suggestion???...eating isn't how I cope with stress...I have many different ways of coping...if I coped with stress only by eating through nursing school I would probably be in the book of world records for heaviest woman ever...anyhow this post is about finally getting a job as a new grad...not a weight watchers meeting...please don't take offense I just think your suggestion is out of line and your making a huuuugggeee assumption out of one sentence in my whole post...and you know what they say about assuming....
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JoPACURN....ummm...thanks for the suggestion???...eating isn't how I cope with stress...I have many different ways of coping...if I coped with stress only by eating through nursing school I would probably be in the book of world records for heaviest woman ever...anyhow this post is about finally getting a job as a new grad...not a weight watchers meeting...please don't take offense I just think your suggestion is out of line and your making a huuuugggeee assumption out of one sentence in my whole post...and you know what they say about assuming....