I'd like to know from the great folks at RealityRn if you know if,during a job interview with the Nursing Director of the unit, he/she would consider hiring that brings enthusiasm, passion for his/her career as a new RN and a true desire to work for that particular organization but previously made a novice mistake of accepting an internship program for 3 months that was not the right fit. The novice nurse explains to the Director that he/she learned from the experience and that he/she can utilize future preceptored timemore efficiently than the first time around.
This happened to me. This is the approach I would like to take in my future interviews. Can-and do some directors see beyond the mistake and see the positives?
I can sure use some good advice!
Learned by Mistakes
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December 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I havent seen any posts to this topic- does that mean that there are none? I am curious because I think we were separated at birth. My situation is so similar its scary! Let me know what kind of responses you get.
December 11th, 2008 at 10:37 am
I’d say:
Don’t try too hard to vindicate your mistakes. If you try to hard it looks like you’ve something to cover.
Mistakes happen – as an interviewer I’d want to see that you knew how to learn from it.
I could tell you how to do that – but that’s for you to demonstrate to the potential employer – not for me to tell you! ;o)
Ok… one hint – don’t learn fmor your mistakes alone; you only learn to agree with yourself.
December 29th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Okay as an ex-director I can tell you that if there are any blurbs on a resume that if you explained it the way you did in this post I would say okay, but tell me more. Now with that said, if I were looking at you for another internship it may be a little harder for me to take. The internships cost money and time to run and therefore you want to make sure that the person that you hire for the internship is worth the investment. Your reasons for why the internship did not work would need to be explained. Was it poorly managed? When you say ‘bad fit’ you need to explain that. Remember also to own your mistakes. By putting them upfront and center you can do that and the manager will be more impressed with you. Enthusiasm and bringing a good attitude mean the world in a health-care environment, so by all means put forth that too.