The job hunt

Well, keep your fingers crossed...The job fair went well. I got to meet with the person I have been emailing about one of the potential "dream jobs" that I've been talking about. She was there with another person from the same company, but this other woman is not from the place that I want to work, she was from an affiliated facility in Sylvania. The woman that I emailed my resume and cover letter to was super nice. She seemed genuinely interested in meeting with me and explained to me that the job might become available soon, but it all depends on if the person who has the job now decides to relocate or not. They are thinking that she (the person who has the job) will probably relocate, but don't have any definite answers yet for sure. I had originally thought that the job was in the outpatient clinic, but it turns out it is at the skilled nursing unit and the hospital, so more acute care and inpatient rehab based. That's fine with me. As I've stated before, I might be leaning more toward that area anyway after dealing with certain athletes and their parents. The other woman at the job fair booth (from Sylvania) was a little snotty at first and not that friendly. She kept stating that if my specialty clinical experience was in ortho, that this position was definitely not in outpatient ortho and how it wouldn't be the right fit for my specialty and blah blah blah. She then told me that they were going to have a home health position available and that I could consider that, except there is some sort of stipulation that new grads can't work in home health. So then another woman (an OT) walks by and says "no there are no stipulations like that. New grads can work in home health." So the other woman kind of changed her tune. Although she did mention that they would be "sad to see the current PT leave" (the one that holds the position that I am interested in). Oh well.

I turned back to the woman I've been emailing and talked to her more and had a good conversation about the job and she made it sound really optimistic for me. I have the other woman a copy of my resume and also my letter of recommendation and a list of my references to "butter her up" a little bit. As I was leaving their booth, the woman I've been emailing said something along the lines of, "I'm so glad you came here first. Don't stop at any other booths or get too serious about any other jobs." So that was positive! And then later in the morning, she saw me standing around talking to people from my class and she came by and jokingly said, "none of the other recruiters are being too nice to you, are they?" So that was good too.

We'll see what happens in the future, but she said that she would be keeping in touch with me and would let me know what happens with the current position. The other lady also gave me her card and wrote down her email address and cell phone number for me. I should have a better idea of what's going on in the next few weeks or so, but everyone keep your fingers crossed and say a few prayers! I have been dreaming of this since the beginning of PT school. It would be so amazing if it actually worked out.