How to Apply for a Nursing Job

Nurses play an important role in the health care industry.
Many nurses take care of sick and injured
patients on a daily basis and they also assist doctors
with performing examinations and lab tests. Fortunately,
there are a variety of medical facilities that hire nurses.
So, if you have the proper education, credentials and training,
you can surely obtain employment as a nurse.
Find out how you can become a nurse in the health care industry today.

1. Prepare a professional resume.
Your resume should include relevant information about your qualifications as a nurse.
For example, your resume should address your educational credentials,
relevant work experience as a nurse (including volunteer work), clinical training, internship,
areas of expertise or specialty--such as pediatrics, gerontology,
ambulatory care or maternity--and special skills you possess.
Be sure to highlight any administrative experience you might have as a nurse,
such as serving as head nurse or assistant unit manager in a hospital.

2. Contact local medical facilities about job openings.
Nurses can work in a variety of settings, like hospitals,
nursing homes, physician offices, schools and colleges, daycare centers,
rehabilitation centers or with a home health agency.
You can learn more about the current
job openings in or around your city by contacting the
Human Resources department at these types of medical facilities.

3. Browse for jobs on the Internet.
There are several employment websites on the Internet that provide an abundance
of information about local and national nursing jobs.
These sites allow you to search for nursing jobs by city
and state or by areas of expertise.

4. Speak with a career counselor about your goals.
A career counselor can assist you with the
job search process and help you find a nursing job
that best suits your needs. You can meet with a career counselor at a local college, 
university or employment agency.
Career counseling services are often free of charge for the applicant.

5. Submit an application for employment
to each position you feel might be a good fit for your nursing credentials and experience.
Be sure to include a copy of your resume with your application,
along with a copy of your nursing license or certificate. In addition,
some employers require applicants to submit a cover letter.

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How to Apply for Unlisted Job

Most people scour classified ads, online job listing websites or rely on a headhunter to conduct a job search. There's another way to uncover your special job opportunity. According to an article posted on Career Hub, a job advice website, "Some 90 percent of job openings go unadvertised, so even if you do a great job of searching online for advertised job openings, you're likely missing 90 percent of the openings." Take advantage of finding unadvertised jobs by following these steps.

Instructions

1. Determine the job position type you desire. Outline your interests, skills and goals. Define the salary you need, hours you can or can't work, commute time you can allow, work environment, culture and any other factors that matter to you most. These variables help you decide on the types of companies and industries that can meet your expectations.

2. Identify businesses that are most likely to have the job opening types and characteristics you outlined. Research companies using resources such as Internet search engines, newspapers (national and local), trade journals, company websites, Yellow Pages and business directories. Compile company background information that is useful in determining whether or not an organization is a good fit for you. Company services, mission statements, culture and history help in your decision-making process.

3. Make a list of the most important factors that play a role in your decision-making process in order of their importance. Select companies you researched that meet your criteria and match your desires most.

4. Find names and contact information for people in key roles that are relative to the job positions you are interested in at companies you selected from your research list. If you can't find a contact's name, make a phone call to the business and ask for the name and contact information for the person in charge of a department you want to pursue. Ask friends, family or business acquaintances if they, or someone they know, may have a contact at an organization you are interested in approaching.

5. Contact the companies using the information you collected. Send a letter of interest that explains your reason for wanting to work for them and how your skills can benefit their organization. Demonstrate the knowledge that you have gained about their company through your research. Send a resume that emphasizes your related experience to the job position you are interested in pursuing.

6. Follow up with each company within a week after your initial contact. Express your continued interest in their organization. Ask them to keep you in mind for future job opportunities. Repeat Step 2 through Step 6. Continue taking action to get an unlisted job opportunity.

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Ways to Applying for a Jobs

Employers ask for information about job candidates in a variety of ways.  When reading a job ad, pay special attention to any instructions about how to apply, and make sure to include any documents the employer requests.

Below are some of the documents an employer may ask for, along with some tips for preparing each type successfully.

Some employers will only accept information electronically. Others will only accept completed job applications. Some will not accept phone calls about openings. Other employers will want additional material, like work samples or references. Don't be disqualified for an opening because you didn't follow the instructions.

Common methods of applying for jobs include:

Job applications. Many employers have a standardized form which they require all job applicants to complete. They use this method to make sure that they have the same information about each applicant. If you're asked to complete an application, make sure you follow directions, provide all requested information, and write neatly. Find other Web sites about Job Applications in the Career Resource Library.

Printed cover letters and resumes. Many job ads ask applicants to mail these documents. Find out how to make your resumes and cover letters stand out in a crowd.

Electronic cover letters and resumes. Some employers will only accept these documents electronically. They use software that electronically scans resumes and cover letters for key skills and experience. Understanding how to include vital keywords in your document is becoming more and more critical. You may also be asked to e-mail copies of your resume and related documents.

Letters of reference. These are written evaluations of your work performance and work habits. Your present or previous supervisor, manager, fellow team member, or teacher can write one at your request. However, some employers will not give written letters due to liability issues. It never hurts to ask for one, though, especially if you feel you've demonstrated good work or study habits.

Portfolio. A portfolio is a personalized collection of items that illustrates your skills and experience. It might include work samples, letters of recommendation, a resume, school transcripts, or awards and honors. Visit other sites to learn more about Portfolio Development in the Career Resource Library.

Above all, your goal is to communicate your education, skills, and past accomplishments to the employer in a clear, straightforward manner. It's up to you to show why you'd be a good fit for the job.

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How to Applying Jobs Online

There isn’t any room for guesswork in applying for jobs online. It’s really simple. Follow the instructions in the job posting. Companies think less (or will ignore) applicants who don’t follow the instructions. If the listing says send a cover letter, write one. If the listing says apply online at CareerBuilder, do so. When the help wanted ad says send a PDF, don’t send a Word document.

How Employers Accept Applications: 

Directly at their company web site.

By email, to a general human resources email box or to an individual.

From a job site (you will have uploaded your resume to the site).

By Mail.

Follow the instructions in the job posting. Keep track, as I said, of where you applied, so you can manage your job search.

Online Job Applications

When companies want you to apply for jobs at the company web site, you may probably need to complete an online application rather than submitting your resume. That’s because the company is using a hiring system that tracks applicants from the time they apply to the time they get hired.

The easiest way to complete these applications is to copy and paste the information from your resume into the application. If there’s an option to upload your cover letter, write a letter, then paste it into the box provided.

How to Follow Up

Following up when you have applied for a job online can be tricky. Many companies don’t list a contact person because they don’t want to be bombarded with phone calls and emails. They want to follow up with those candidates they are interested in and not have to deal with the rest of them.

There is a school of thought that believes you should track down a contact person (hiring manager, supervisor, etc.) and follow up on your application, regardless of what’s listed in the help wanted ad. I don’t think that makes sense. It’s better to be respectful of the employer’s wishes and if the ad says no calls, don’t call. Rather, follow up with an email a week or so after you’ve submitted your materials to check on the status of your application. 

Follow Up Timing

When you follow up by email, send a message a week or two after you applied. Unless the message bounced, and if it did you’ll get a copy in your email In Box, presume the recruiter or hiring manager got it. Don’t bombard them with email messages.

If you follow up with a phone call, try and call early in the morning. People are more likely to pick up their phone before they are caught up in a busy workload. Again, call a week or so after you applied.

When You Don’t Hear Back

Unfortunately, many employers are really bad at following up. I know people who have sent hundreds of resumes and only received a few replies. If you don’t hear back soon after applying, follow up, and if you still don’t get a response, forget it.

The trend is for companies to follow up only with candidates they are interested in. In the past, you’d get a letter or a postcard saying the job was filled. Now, you’re lucky if you get an email. Part of the reason is that with the changeover to online recruiting, there are many more applications than are manageable for every job opening.

If you have a connection at the company, ask him or her if they can check on the status of your resume. They may also be able to give it a closer look and get you into contention for the job.

Don’t feel badly if you don’t get a response, even though it is annoying when you put a lot of work into your cover letter and you think the job is perfect for you. Your idea of perfect may not come close to the employer’s vision of the perfect employee. This is the nature of the job search business, right or wrong, that’s how it works.

Don’t Stop and Don’t Wait

There is a danger when you’ve sent a couple of resumes, when the interviews start trickling in, and when it looks like you might get an offer, to stop and wait to see what happens. What’s dangerous is that you don’t know for certain that you’ve got a job until you have a definitive offer.

One job seeker I worked with did a really good job of juggling multiple potential jobs. She scheduled first and second interviews, delayed some when she thought she was close to getting an offer on another, and overall, she did all the right things. Then she thought she had a offer from a company, so she declined further interviews with the others and stopped sending her resume.

What she had wasn’t an offer. It was a vague e-mail saying we are interested in hiring you. There was no salary mentioned, no benefits listed, nothing definitive that she should have construed as an offer that met her requirements. It took her two weeks to get an actual dollar and cents offer from the hiring manager. It wasn’t even close to what she had expected to get and wasn’t a salary she would accept under any circumstances.

The moral of the story is to keep plugging away; look for jobs, apply for jobs, interview, until you have the right (salary, benefits, perks, hours) written offer from a company that you want to work for. That’s when you can consider yourself hired.

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How To Apply For Job Abroad

First of all, there are many ways to apply for work abroad. Some of it are just word of mouth, from friends, search on the internet or job postings on job boards at your local government offices. We would like to cover as much as we can to help guide you in getting a job abroad.

Recruiters / Recruitment Agencies

They are middlemen in finding employers and giving them workers. It is easier to go to a recruiter or recruitment agency instead of finding work yourself because most of the time, recruitment agencies advertise and have many contacts abroad.

Be CAREFUL

There are lots of illegal recruitment / illegal recruiters lurking around willing to take your money. To make sure that the recruiter or recruitment agency is legitimate (authentic), here are a list of sites where you can enter the name of the recruitment agency to know if they are real or fake.

You may also use this lists to find recruitment agencies near you.

VERIFY Recruitment Agency List of POEA

Search For Recruitment Agency

If you don’t find the name on POEA’s website you should be careful.

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Applying for Workabroad

For many people the thought of finding an ideal overseas assignment and then relocating abroad for a few years is a dream.

For a few people that dream actually becomes a reality.

So what's the difference between those who dream about making it happen and those who actually find work abroad and experience a whole new exciting lifestyle away from home?

Application - that's what!

Application in the form of applying oneself to the task of finding suitable work abroad, and application in the form of the CV, resume and covering letter sent to suitable employers and recruitment agencies...

Applying yourself: -

If you want something in life, experience should tell you that you have to go out there and get it for yourself. Opportunity seldom knocks on the door quick enough for any of us; therefore if you dream of working abroad you need to start looking for suitable vacancies in your overseas location of choice.

If you speak a foreign language you might be drawn to countries where they speak that language because you will have an obvious advantage over other overseas candidates. If on the other hand speaking English is your only linguistic skill you should either look at opportunities in English speaking countries or target countries like Dubai in the United Arab Emirates where the business language is English and where there are a plethora of job vacancies.

Whichever country you settle on you can use the internet to search for employment offers, recruitment agencies and potentially suitable employers based in that country, and you can then begin contacting them one by one.

Making an application: -

To get anywhere in life it is sometimes necessary to put yourself forward - and if you're looking for work overseas you're going to have to put yourself forward to be noticed in the form of an online application or CV/resume and covering letter.

Because your CV will be your initial contact with any recruiter it has to represent you in the best possible light possible.

This means that your resume and covering letter have to be well written; if you're applying in a language other than your mother tongue you should consider paying for a professional translation to be done because recruiters hate receiving poorly put together job applications. In their view someone who cannot be bothered to make the maximum effort with their personal CV probably cannot be bothered to do a good job full stop and are therefore hardly worth considering for employment. Therefore it is up to you to put together the most well written, compelling and interesting application for employment possible.

Don't fill out your CV or covering letter with lots of flowery embellishment, be succinct and to the point. You should illustrate why you think should be considered for employment with examples of relevant experience you have and you should ensure you supply details of qualifications you have, referees who can supply personal and employment references and you should include all your personal contact information.

Finally, having targeted employers and recruitment agencies and having made the best application for employment possible, you should follow up your application and remain proactive and relentless in your search for that ideal overseas assignment. After all, only those who live their dreams have a chance of true fulfilment.

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