Labor Market is a bitch right now. Candidates looking to move but realizing that employers are having less opportunity along with cutting expenses/overhead, opposed to adding. A year ago or more it was completely a job seekers market.
Health Care is a sector I don’t work in, but imagine it’s similar. Every company trying to get more out of less these days.
I’d recommend creating/building some sort of network within these desired employers. Sometimes knowing someone can go a long way.
Best of luck.
Thanks. In all three instances, I knew at least one person personally (people in higher up positions with pull). I work in a small field, so the degrees of separation between connections are minimal. In all three instances, I had multiple connections - directors, managers, doctors, owners, etc. It made absolutely no difference.
At this point, I've taken it personally. A pessimist's perception in that I'm the common denominator here.
1) Doctor overruled the hiring committee due to my lack of experience with a particular type of treatment they do. Makes sense, but I've been formally trained on that style of treatment and it's very easy to learn (simple as a couple different button clicks). Ultimately, it's a ridiculous reason to dismiss my 15 years of experience. But the person they hired required no additional training so I at least understand the thought process.
2) Hiring committee chose the other candidate because said person had a previous work history with the company. It was an easier transition to just rehire her and plug her back into the system. By their own admission, they almost hired both of us but ultimately couldn't find room in the budget due to lack of remote contracts.
3) I got railroaded/sandbagged by one jerk of a doctor by all accounts. No one will bluntly state it, but said to read between the lines. Some are saying it was a male/female thing. This doctor wanted to hire a woman, end of story. The hiring committee had me pegged for the role. They even went as far as to enroll me in the additional training and it was already budget-approved....prior to even offering me the job, this was all arranged. All they needed to do was get consent by the physicians and one of them said no. So I was dead in the water.
Again, I knew higher-ups at all three of these clinics. It's how I was able to be the first one interviewed for all of the openings. But in the end, it just didn't work out. All of these places said to stay in touch. The managers wanted to hire me but got overruled. They all said I'm on the short list for any future openings. (To me, that doesn't mean shit. These positions don't become open very often. The fact that there were three over a six-month period of time was baffling. I missed on all three and now there is nothing local available and my not be for years to come.)
