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Originally Posted by Jan1212
Why would they tell you that you got the job and then having HR ignore you? Seems very unorganized to me, like pegasus said you don't want to work at a messy place like that anyway. You said license so is it an lpn? What institutions are you looking at? I am in the nursing field as well, but for any job you want to politely thank them (once) for considering you so they can know your name and when you apply again after their waiting period (some 1 month-6 months) apply again. Now, hospitals around my area require online applications. There is no such thing as a nursing shortage, with many people going into the field, places are swamped with applicants.
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No. I have my RN license, but I'm a new graduate and that makes this even more tricky. There is a huge, HUGE shortage in my area (some hospitals have upwards of 100 open positions, just for RN's) but they favor A)Returning nurses B) Promotions and unit/hospital changes C) BSN/MSN new graduates and D) Older-looking new graduates (I am only 23) and most of the time they only post 10-15 dedicated new graduate positions out of those 100 open.
I live in a major hospital area (three level I trauma centers within 20 miles of each other, each with 3/4 campuses all within a 30 mile radius, about 10 level III/II trauma centers within 50 miles, half a dozen nursing homes, half a dozen "retirement communities," a dozen urgent care centers, dedicated hospice facilities, dedicated psych facilities, you name it) so it's so strange I can't find a job.
I feel like what is happening is that the managers are too "polite" to turn me down, so instead they use these passive-aggressive avoidance techniques. One manager said yes to me to cover her rear-end because upper-level management was harassing her to fill the position, while hoping someone else took it over me (it was a poorly run nursing home), so after a week or so I find out she was telling management I was stalling and that way she could be more picky and pick a person she liked better, but didn't have the gumption to tell me that. :/
I also know most of these managers have NO experience as a manager, but since they were the oldest/most senior nurse they got the promotion despite being totally clueless; so things like returning calls just doesn't occur to them. They also seem to hire more based off of "personality" fit, and it seems like they tend to favor the outgoing, cheerleader type (no offense, just not my style). This is changing with my generation of nurses but not fast enough.
I'm just at a loss.