Job fair, portal to new opportunities.
Pasadena, Ca. Today is job fair day. Advance Magazine for nurses is the sponsor. It's not as large as the Nurse Week Magazine job fair but it served it's purpose.
With 10 copies of my resume in hand, I walked around to see if there is someone out there from the old nursing school. None, no one is out here looking for a job. I found R, a friend of my sister and I and she too is looking for a case manager job.
I found her over the free resume consultant booth. She encouraged me to have mine checked and I told her I don't believe anyone is reading the resumes and no one cares how our resume looks. They want bodies to cover their schedule gaps and they want those filled now. She laughs and graciously dropped the subject.
There are a variety of things going on just by listening to the interested parties (nurses) and employers. I noticed that there are quite a few people of asian descent that is asking for immigration sponsorship. Responses ranged from we do but it's not free to our program is on hold right now. The hospital knows a lawyer to contact but the nurse pays for it all.
There are mostly new grads looking for rookie jobs and some old farts like me who is looking for new channels to make a killer living. The lifestyle is kinda high so low salaries were kinda snobbed for good reasons. These hospitals have the money but will not spend it on nurses. Bastards.
I found quite a few openings in case management. I like the salary range so it looks promising. There are also patient care openings that I might consider as long as it meets my requirements. Low stress, high pay, and lovely co-workers. Yeah right. But in this profession all these are states of mind. I just have to have the right attitude and all of it will come together.
After the fair R and I went to Chinatown for a late lunch. We stuffed ourselves with the best in Chinese food. Yummy. I also gave her the swing that the twins used when they visited me last week. Apparently, R's boyfriend doesn't want to get one so I just gave her mine. Hummph, that's my godson and he will get a swing. This will give R the chance to work on something else while the baby is sleeping in the swing.
It's a great day. I stopped by the Goodwill store before going to the fair and donated more of mom's clothes and my old microwave oven. This frees up more space in my kitchen counter top.
Pasadena, Ca. Today is job fair day. Advance Magazine for nurses is the sponsor. It's not as large as the Nurse Week Magazine job fair but it served it's purpose.
With 10 copies of my resume in hand, I walked around to see if there is someone out there from the old nursing school. None, no one is out here looking for a job. I found R, a friend of my sister and I and she too is looking for a case manager job.
I found her over the free resume consultant booth. She encouraged me to have mine checked and I told her I don't believe anyone is reading the resumes and no one cares how our resume looks. They want bodies to cover their schedule gaps and they want those filled now. She laughs and graciously dropped the subject.
There are a variety of things going on just by listening to the interested parties (nurses) and employers. I noticed that there are quite a few people of asian descent that is asking for immigration sponsorship. Responses ranged from we do but it's not free to our program is on hold right now. The hospital knows a lawyer to contact but the nurse pays for it all.
There are mostly new grads looking for rookie jobs and some old farts like me who is looking for new channels to make a killer living. The lifestyle is kinda high so low salaries were kinda snobbed for good reasons. These hospitals have the money but will not spend it on nurses. Bastards.
I found quite a few openings in case management. I like the salary range so it looks promising. There are also patient care openings that I might consider as long as it meets my requirements. Low stress, high pay, and lovely co-workers. Yeah right. But in this profession all these are states of mind. I just have to have the right attitude and all of it will come together.
After the fair R and I went to Chinatown for a late lunch. We stuffed ourselves with the best in Chinese food. Yummy. I also gave her the swing that the twins used when they visited me last week. Apparently, R's boyfriend doesn't want to get one so I just gave her mine. Hummph, that's my godson and he will get a swing. This will give R the chance to work on something else while the baby is sleeping in the swing.
It's a great day. I stopped by the Goodwill store before going to the fair and donated more of mom's clothes and my old microwave oven. This frees up more space in my kitchen counter top.
