At them moment I am working PRN for a facial cosmetic Dr I would love to make a full transition into the scrub tech world but am finding it hard being I do not have that 1 year experience. I have since been faxing/calling various surgical places of hopes of landing a FT scrub job. I have also joined staffing agency but it is the same thing- being I do not have enough experience it is hard for them to place me. I am very open minded and would not mind working outside of Phoenix (Tucson, Kingman, Prescott..) If you know of any place that would consider taking me on, please do reply back!!
Please no spam responses, if it has nothing to do with the medical field I am not interested.
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I have applied to al hospitals/surgery ctr/clinics centers regarding a scrub tech position- even for sterile tech jobs. But it always come down to not even experience. I have with 3 staffing temp agency.
You said you are applying at surgical places. What about hospitals? You might be able to find a lesser position and be able to get the experience to get into a scrub job. Talk to the HR people and see if they can take you on as even a internship for surg tech. Register with more than one agency so you have a broader data base of employers.
I live in Phoenix and I love it here – been here 10 years, have a job I enjoy, and the opportunities for me are amazing. I escaped from my hometown because it wasn’t offering me anything I wanted for my life…but my mentally ill (adult) son hates it in Phoenix and went back to where he grew up. He is currently homeless since he doesn’t want to live with me in the big city, – and he begs me to move back to Kingman, AZ, so he will have a safe place to stay and someone he trusts to help him. I’m torn because I want to do what’s best for my only child who needs me, but hate the small town mentality of my hometown. There aren’t many job opportunities for me in such a small community, and besides my son, the only other people I really care about there are my parents.
Objective opinions – what would YOU do in a situation like this? What would you say is the RIGHT thing to do?
Since my son is mentally ill and my parents are elderly, the made the difficult decision not to let him live with them. He’s been very destructive and unkind to them in the past when they DID allow him to stay there.
I don’t think I could afford the fuel to travel back and forth so frequently – the two places are 200 miles apart.
Your son is mentally ill so his decisions are clouded and not the best. You need to stay where you are able to succeed. He clearly does not need to live with your parents. So who else does that leave? Friends? No friend is gonna support a mentally ill friend for very long. Eventually they will choose what is best for them. As far as safety, are you talking about it is safer to live on the streets in your hometown? Because it isn’t safe anywhere to live on the streets.
Your son is an adult. And yes, he is mentally ill. But as I am sure you are aware of, he has a right to do as he pleases. He can choose not to take his medication and not to comply with his treatment. And if he is living on the streets, he had made his choice.
As selfish as some may think it is, you have to do what is right for you. You need a great job with benefits and retirement because your son is not going to be able to care for you when you are elderly and need help. You need to be in a town where you can have a life. And it seems as if you are.
You can find programs that will help him to maintain an independent life with mental illness either in your current town or your hometown and give him the information and provide him the initial transportation there, but that is about it. He either choose to get help or not. You cannot destroy your life to save a person that does not want saving. Child or not.
I would suggest that prior to doing anything you look for a support group in your area for parents of mentally ill children. And go there and talk to people who have been in your shoes. Here is a place to start. http://www.mhaarizona.org/index.html
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Chrysler LLC dedicated its new Arizona Proving Ground in northwest Arizona Friday, marking a $34.9 million investment with another $10 million in upgrades planned.
The 3,840-acre facility is located on the former Ford proving ground land in Yucca. Chrysler will a 70-foot-high test grade, along with several new test road surfaces. The proving ground is scheduled to open during the second quarter of 2008 and will create 75 jobs ranging from engineering positions, to mechanics and project management.
Vehicles in development will be driven more than a million miles a year on muddy roads, twisted asphalt, and on a high-speed, five-mile oval track. The extreme conditions also include corrosion testing, water testing and salt immersion.
Chrysler previously owned and continues to operate a proving ground in Wittmann, northwest of Phoenix. That land was sold to Toll Brothers/Meritage Homes.
The Yucca proving ground was owned by Ford Motor Co. from 1954 until it sold to Chrysler in October. Gov. Janet Napolitano put forward a $500,000 incentive package to keep Ford in Arizona, but the company decided to consolidate operations in Michigan.
The Chrysler Foundation presented a $5,000 check to Kingman High School at the dedication to support the school’s For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics program and its Arizona Tech Prep Career and Technical Education program.
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