My first interview after getting my license was at the local jail. It was only part-time, but I thought I was going to get it. She said she would let me know either way, but she never called. I'm wondering if its my interview thats holding me back or something in my reference checks? For my professional references I would think my present employer would give me a good word, but I was fired from the last Cad job, but that was almost 10 years ago. The other position in between was about 7 years at a pizza place. I'm not sure what kind of reference they would give me as I did have some issues there (as it was not what I wanted to be doing), but I did end up quitting and not getting fired. For my personal references, I really don't have many, but have been using my preceptor (who I only knew a few weeks), and some former co-workers. I wonder if I should use some of my classmates or my ex? I think the state prison is about an hour away, but not sure if they are hiring. I'll have to do some research and look for classified in the area or something...
As for why I wanted to become a nurse. To be honest I thought the pay would be decent, there seemed to be all kinds of ads for nurses in the paper, my sister thought I'd be good at it, but the main reason is I thought it would be fairly easy to land a position (especially being male) and once you got some experience, it would be very stable and you could always find work somewhere. I guess I was wrong. I think I would like to work in urgent care, doctors office, jail or hospital, but don't think I'd like the nursing home. I was willing to do it for awhile, but nobody seems to want to hire me. I wonder if it would do any good to call places back that never called me back after interviews or said they were looking for someone with some experience? BTW, a classmate got a job at a place that told me they were looking for some experience, yet he only had some aid experience, but he is a talker (BSer) and I'm not.
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