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Application Frustrations
Aug. 17th, 2010 11:05 pmThis coming Friday I will have had my pharmacy license for exactly two weeks. So far I have sent out nearly twenty different applications to hospital stretching the length of California. How many responses have a I gotten? 1.5
The first was for an outpatient (ie retail) pharmacy job that was associated with a hospital. It has fabulous hours and the location was definitely not bad. I've talked several times with a guy from the HR department, but on Monday I was supposed to hear SOMETHING about an interview from the pharmacy manager. And of course I've heard nothing. Definitely losing patience with that one.
The second was for a full-time job in Nowheresville. Now, I have said that I am perfectly willing to go to Nowheresville for a full-time hospital job. For at least a year or two, anyway. However, when they called me, the hospital tried to gauge my interest in a fucking PER DIEM position. That just pissed me off. Don't waste my time by advertising a full-time job and then try to net me for per diem! I have, oh, you know, LOANS that I need to pay. The fact that they sent that hook out under false pretenses really pissed me off. I literally went out for a jog tonight to work off the irritation from that.
But other than two frustrating experiences....I've heard zilch from the other applications. Not even an email one way or the other. I've mentally given my "hospital only" search a limit until the end of August. If there is nothing promising, I'll still apply at hospitals, but mix in the chains and other retail outfits.Except effing CVS. I wouldn't work for them for all the tea in China. I don't think I can wait any longer than that. I really need a job. And I've never been particularly patient.
A bad corollary to all this is that I'm starting to get really down about the whole thing. Which makes me want to spend more money that I don't have. *Sigh* If I have no leads whatsoever by the end of this week, I may have to make a little purchase to keep myself going.
The first was for an outpatient (ie retail) pharmacy job that was associated with a hospital. It has fabulous hours and the location was definitely not bad. I've talked several times with a guy from the HR department, but on Monday I was supposed to hear SOMETHING about an interview from the pharmacy manager. And of course I've heard nothing. Definitely losing patience with that one.
The second was for a full-time job in Nowheresville. Now, I have said that I am perfectly willing to go to Nowheresville for a full-time hospital job. For at least a year or two, anyway. However, when they called me, the hospital tried to gauge my interest in a fucking PER DIEM position. That just pissed me off. Don't waste my time by advertising a full-time job and then try to net me for per diem! I have, oh, you know, LOANS that I need to pay. The fact that they sent that hook out under false pretenses really pissed me off. I literally went out for a jog tonight to work off the irritation from that.
But other than two frustrating experiences....I've heard zilch from the other applications. Not even an email one way or the other. I've mentally given my "hospital only" search a limit until the end of August. If there is nothing promising, I'll still apply at hospitals, but mix in the chains and other retail outfits.
A bad corollary to all this is that I'm starting to get really down about the whole thing. Which makes me want to spend more money that I don't have. *Sigh* If I have no leads whatsoever by the end of this week, I may have to make a little purchase to keep myself going.
