What's wrong with me?

[mappers]

I have 15 years experience as a business analyst, project manager, doing implementations, writing specs, QA Testing etc, and now 4 1/2 years experience has a nurse in both hospital and MD office.

Recently I have interviewed for two different informatics positions - more than one interview each. Things seemed to go very well, I felt good about things. Then two -three days later, I get the email saying they are going with someone else. I interviewed months ago and over a year ago at two different hospitals locally and didn't get them. Those places still have openings (both going through conversions.)

I feel like my resume is good, because I'm getting the interviews. I feel like the interviews go well, it seems like they are interested, I get positive vibes, I move onto the next step, etc. Then I don't get it.

I'm so discouraged.

[mariafh]

You may also be able to broaden your opportunities if you look beyond the hospital environment, especially if you also have a background/education in more IT/Tech areas. Healthcare system vendors are always looking for people to be business analyst, software quality, marketing, system development who also have a healthcare background. These are not the positions out in the field that is doing on site customer installations/training, but the positions within the vendor R&D organization with minimal travel (unless you are in marketing). These positions are not listed as nursing jobs, but as IT/system development/etc jobs. They are listed on the vendor web sites or on big job web sites. There are also some head hunters specializing in this. Within the healthcare institutions, competition for these jobs are fierce with many of the candidates have numerous years of nursing experience. But, vendors are looking for a slightly different skill set, experience, and background, appropriate to the positions they provide.