I’m reading about people’s job interview horror stories and just thinking about how amazing it’s been to just be able to upload a half-completed resume into a job application and get a callback within 12 hours every. single. time. Sometimes I regret my specialty and god knows I don’t get paid enough for this shit but holy hell does it feel good to just slap a resume down on the table and have it almost speak for itself. I’ve gotten that within 12 hour callback on a half completed application I hadn’t even submitted yet.

The list of facilities I’ve worked and the total time they tally up to ALONE is enough to get me a job. I’ve been working high acuity psychiatry for almost ten years now as a tech, as an RN, as a sitter, and for everyone from a ratchet-ass state hospital, to a fancy pants university hospital, to a podunk country hospital. Just having them call those places and verify length of employment pretty much guarantees me any job in my specialty. From there we’re just talking compensation (not 6 figures, but I’m not broke, homeless, or starving).

And I’ve heard similar stories from other in-demand specialities like ER and MedSurg. One veteran ER nurse said he angrily put in an application during a difficult night shift and was picking up the phone about it before he stepped out of the building that morning.

Might be shitty but it’s a real job, not some finance bro desk bullshit, and as long as I keep my nose clean and my body in decent shape I’ll have a job right up until the end of the world.