Help Me Plan My Life
Nov 5, 2015 10:47:26 GMT -5
Post by nuggetrn on Nov 5, 2015 10:47:26 GMT -5
Hey Guys, I feel like i have been very sporadic lately but I am putting this question out there because I need some extra minds and maybe a little reassurance. So if you want to help me decide what to do it would be much appreciated.
TL;DR: I had an interview for what I would say is pretty darn near my dream job yesterday and it went awesome. However, I have also had a couple of interviews for other positions. The interview process for this job is probably going to take a few months. Am I a horrible person to accept a job offer now knowing that if I get offered this other job I will quit it? Does this look bad for me should I be job searching in this area again?
{Spoilering this because it is insanely long}I am an RN, have my bachelors. Would like to go back to school for my masters but haven't settled into any sort of a career path so kind of pointless to think about that yet.
I am currently working independently as a caregiver for a young woman in her parents home. I love it but I am starving for more challenges and patient interaction. The mother here is a school teacher and likes a commitment of working through the school year to make their lives easier. My original plan was to start job searching early next May. My husband lost his job unexpectedly about 2 months ago and took another at a significant pay cut. This has prompted me to start job searching sooner rather than later in order to supplement our income. I have mostly looked at things that are part time because it is important to me not to break the commitment I have to this family. But at the same time, my family and my career is important.
I currently work 3 day shifts per week and every other weekend third shift. I am able to trade days pretty easily and also pick up fairly often for the other nurses. I plan on quitting here and doing the other job full time at the end of the school year.I have not gotten any offers yet but am trying to work things out in my head so I don't end up making a rash decision.
Job 1: I am losing hope on this one because it has been roughly 2 weeks since my interview and no offer. But... RN position at a dialysis center. 3 days per week, 12 hr shifts, every other Saturday. I would be considered full time and therefore be getting benefits, be eligible for bonuses 2x a year. I would give up a day at my current position (already cleared with another nurse) and work this job as well.
Job 2: Wound Clinic. Open Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30. Part time job though so only 3 days/week. No weekends no holidays. Will pay a little less than the dialysis clinic, but I do have access to benefits even as a part time employee. I will also give up a day at my current job to work there. The manager basically told me yesterday that she would be contacting HR right after I left the interview and that she wanted to hire me. DH is unsure about this one because it is a 40 minute commute (only 10 minutes longer than my current drive) and less money.
Job 3: This is the job that I WANT. But it comes with it's own dilemmas. I would have to completely quit my job here in order to make this work. Admissions at a 45 bed Assisted Living Community. It is a salaried position and I don't even know exactly what the salary is. They asked me what I expected to make and I didn't get laughed out of the room. So...? Geriatrics is my passion. I worked at a similar community for 4 years and I loved it. Loved it. It was everything I wanted to do. The manager of this facility is amazing. The company sounds awesome. Schedule would be flexible, I could work from home some days, benefits are fantastic. My health insurance would be totally paid by them. I had my first interview yesterday and I think it went really well. If I got this job I could see it becoming a long term career and it really setting up the path that I want my life's work to go on. I would for sure look at going back to school for my master's in gerontology/business.
My dilemma though is that because of the nature of this job, the interview process could take a couple of months. Meaning I will more than likely get an offer from at least the wound clinic before the interview process here is even over. I feel like a huge jerk taking a job that I know I could potentially leave in a month or so. Also, I know a nurse at the Dialysis clinic who talked me up to her manager, so I would hate to have it reflect poorly on her if I only worked there for a short amount of time. Especially because much of the first three months of the job anyway is training. But obviously turning down a job in the hopes that I get this other job is ridiculous. I would like to think that I have this job in the bag, seriously my interview went amazingly... but I also know that realistically they are interviewing a lot of other people and I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch.
Man this is long.... if you read it all, what would you do? Am I a horrible person maybe for taking a job I know I might have to quit soon?
I am currently working independently as a caregiver for a young woman in her parents home. I love it but I am starving for more challenges and patient interaction. The mother here is a school teacher and likes a commitment of working through the school year to make their lives easier. My original plan was to start job searching early next May. My husband lost his job unexpectedly about 2 months ago and took another at a significant pay cut. This has prompted me to start job searching sooner rather than later in order to supplement our income. I have mostly looked at things that are part time because it is important to me not to break the commitment I have to this family. But at the same time, my family and my career is important.
I currently work 3 day shifts per week and every other weekend third shift. I am able to trade days pretty easily and also pick up fairly often for the other nurses. I plan on quitting here and doing the other job full time at the end of the school year.I have not gotten any offers yet but am trying to work things out in my head so I don't end up making a rash decision.
Job 1: I am losing hope on this one because it has been roughly 2 weeks since my interview and no offer. But... RN position at a dialysis center. 3 days per week, 12 hr shifts, every other Saturday. I would be considered full time and therefore be getting benefits, be eligible for bonuses 2x a year. I would give up a day at my current position (already cleared with another nurse) and work this job as well.
Job 2: Wound Clinic. Open Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30. Part time job though so only 3 days/week. No weekends no holidays. Will pay a little less than the dialysis clinic, but I do have access to benefits even as a part time employee. I will also give up a day at my current job to work there. The manager basically told me yesterday that she would be contacting HR right after I left the interview and that she wanted to hire me. DH is unsure about this one because it is a 40 minute commute (only 10 minutes longer than my current drive) and less money.
Job 3: This is the job that I WANT. But it comes with it's own dilemmas. I would have to completely quit my job here in order to make this work. Admissions at a 45 bed Assisted Living Community. It is a salaried position and I don't even know exactly what the salary is. They asked me what I expected to make and I didn't get laughed out of the room. So...? Geriatrics is my passion. I worked at a similar community for 4 years and I loved it. Loved it. It was everything I wanted to do. The manager of this facility is amazing. The company sounds awesome. Schedule would be flexible, I could work from home some days, benefits are fantastic. My health insurance would be totally paid by them. I had my first interview yesterday and I think it went really well. If I got this job I could see it becoming a long term career and it really setting up the path that I want my life's work to go on. I would for sure look at going back to school for my master's in gerontology/business.
My dilemma though is that because of the nature of this job, the interview process could take a couple of months. Meaning I will more than likely get an offer from at least the wound clinic before the interview process here is even over. I feel like a huge jerk taking a job that I know I could potentially leave in a month or so. Also, I know a nurse at the Dialysis clinic who talked me up to her manager, so I would hate to have it reflect poorly on her if I only worked there for a short amount of time. Especially because much of the first three months of the job anyway is training. But obviously turning down a job in the hopes that I get this other job is ridiculous. I would like to think that I have this job in the bag, seriously my interview went amazingly... but I also know that realistically they are interviewing a lot of other people and I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch.
Man this is long.... if you read it all, what would you do? Am I a horrible person maybe for taking a job I know I might have to quit soon?
TL;DR: I had an interview for what I would say is pretty darn near my dream job yesterday and it went awesome. However, I have also had a couple of interviews for other positions. The interview process for this job is probably going to take a few months. Am I a horrible person to accept a job offer now knowing that if I get offered this other job I will quit it? Does this look bad for me should I be job searching in this area again?
I am going to call in the morning.