Or at least they mess with my head. I went through two interviews, had a tour done, came back a third time to fill out all the paperwork for a background check. Did the drug test and the mantoux test. The paper I received said provisional hire status pending background checks. He said I'd hear back by the end of the week. End of the week has passed so I give a call and he said, yes, I think they're in, let me look, I'll call back in a little bit. The day's almost over now and he's not called back.
All I want to do is start my job. I declined an offer and canceled an interview because I thought I was hired. Should I call back again today or am I being inpatient. Maybe tomorrow?
Is the world trying to teach me to be more patient or be more agressive? Or maybe I'm just going crazy because I just want a job again. I know HR is busy, but when I worked in the corporate world and had to multi-task hundreds of vendors, among others, I would always try to get back within a day or two, or at least follow up with how things are processing...
Can I make a suggestion? Practice 'exit talk' whenever you expect a follow up call. Before you leave an interview (or whatever) ask something like, "Thanks for the opportunity, if I don't hear from you by (fill in the day/ time) would you mind if I call you back? In other words, get permission to bug them. Maybe mention that you don't want to be a pest, but are anxious. You set the stage to bug them, it MIGHT make them more likely to keep you informed. My 2 cents.
Most of them are disorganized for sure! I just got my FNP degree and luckily was offered my dream job a week later! Filled out all the paperwork they requested. They emailed me a couple of times requesting more stuff and I got it to them right away.
They called me on a Friday before I was supposed to start work on Tuesday and said they forgot about my drug screen, and I needed to get an 'alcohol and drug screen' and have the results faxed to them before Tuesday!
Luckily, I knew a place close to where I lived that did pre-employment drug AND alcohol screens and got it done in time. I was just blown away because I expected to do it when I went to work, not be told I had to find a place to have it done on my own!
I would think it would show that you are serious about the job if you called to "check the status" of your application...atleast that is what I told myself when I was calling my place of employment weekly before I got hired! lol
I called this morning and was polite. He was all non-chalant, and said oh yeah, I was going to call you. Our training is Tomorrow, Thurs, and Fri. Goodness, thanks for the short notice. But yes, I have a job!
What would have happened if you hadn't called?? You would not have known of the training schedule and would not have shown up. Then what? They dismiss your application for no-show???
Good Luck in your new position, glad you finally found out.
Stcroix, ASN, PhD, RN
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Can I make a suggestion? Practice 'exit talk' whenever you expect a follow up call. Before you leave an interview (or whatever) ask something like, "Thanks for the opportunity, if I don't hear from you by (fill in the day/ time) would you mind if I call you back? In other words, get permission to bug them. Maybe mention that you don't want to be a pest, but are anxious. You set the stage to bug them, it MIGHT make them more likely to keep you informed. My 2 cents.