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Originally Posted by Mrbobcat
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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You have to be confident and believe in yourself. Tell yourself you can do it. It's sorta like working out, if you tell yourself you'll never to be able to lift a certain weight, your body will believe you and you won't lift it. I used to get really nervous to when it came to job interviews and I butchered my first ones but after that I realized where I was going wrong and really focused on it really hard for a week and then tried more interviews. You don't have to act like a totally different person, but just change up a few things. You can practice interviews with a close friend as well.
The goal is to be confident, but NOT cocky/arrogant. Keep trying and dont be hard on yourself, you can do it man! Best of luck to you and tell yourself things will only improve from this day onward!