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RindaR

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I've been looking for a new job, and noted an ad today that was interesting. I meet the qualifications they post. I looked up the facility on the internet and found that this place, a nursing home, has been put on a watch list for problems that have apparently been recurrent. The administrator is fairly new, and reports found online indicate that their deficiencies have been remedied. I asked Yi "What do I need to know about this place?" and got 8.6 >20. Any thoughts about this?

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Hi Rinda-
Are you a nurse or administrator?
I'd look to (20) their mission statement & priorities (08.6) before joining the team (08).
There's lots of big business for big corporations just processing old people through
for their last few years. Staff gets seriously overworked, partly due to the nursing
shortage but except in some states remains underpaid. I'd say this: see that the
administation has a strong ethic if that's what you need to be comfortable there.
And They are not the ones to ask. Ask the CNA's and LPN's.
b
PS- this from experience- I worked in one of these places as a very young man
and my daughter just quit work as a nurse in one recently, to work home health instead.
 

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I currently work in a community mental health center (outpatient care) as a therapist, and the position posted is "Social Service Director" - I meet the education and experience requirements, and do have the concerns you've mentioned above. The facility only has 38 beds, and I agree, these would be the right people to ask about their ethic.

Thanks-

Rinda
 

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Hi again Rinda-
I forgot to mention that the advice to ask the employees rather than the employers came from the Fan Yao at 20.6. When we want to study leadership we look to its wake or effects, not to its ideals or best intentions.
 

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Rinda, I don?t know anything about your line of work - it would be presumptuous for me to offer you advice - but I have to say that 8.6 is a very unfortunate line. If I were you, I would be very careful about looking into authority issues in this organization. The chain of command, group morale, issues of commitment and discipline (professionalism). The Yi seems to be questioning the control of the new administrator, or at least implying that someone in this situation is not entirely on the level or on board with the new regime. Still, the situation seems to be worth studying (Hex 20). So perhaps it would be a good idea to pursue the opportunity ? with your eyes wide open.
 

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Thanks for your help - You've confirmed my thoughts about this. I've decided I don't want to mess with it, I'd be getting out of a frying pan and into a fire... I can stay a while longer in the frying pan, until I find something cooler.

Rinda
 

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Yup. 8.6 are better avoided if you have the option.
 

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Hello again - I'm still job hunting, having decided against applying to the position described above, and have come across something else that looks promising. The job title is Behavioral Health Assessment Specialist. I seem to meet the posted requirements. (At this time I'm working as an outpatient therapist - this job is in an acute hospital setting - in the past I've worked in a long-term-care mental health facility.)

Saturday I asked how it would be if I applied to this position and got 42.5 > 27. This seemed to be a very auspicious response so I made a call today to inquire about the job.

Then I asked "What do I need to know about this job?" and received a startling 23.1 >27. This seemed like an 180 degree turn around, and a strong warning...

Then I asked "What do I need to strip away?" and got 49.3.4.5 >24.

Taking this job will mean moving house and clearing away much clutter. The job description indicates I'll be making good use of my past work experience. I hope it will also mean better, more realistic demands on my time and energies (clearing away some of the crud that goes with this job?). As a therapist, I may miss continuing contact with individuals, but as an Assessment Specialist, I would be doing a little therapy during the initial assessment of clients during the triage interviews, and that initial contact can make a huge difference in how a patient responds to his/her stay in a hospital.

Any ideas about what the warning may be? I'm afraid my eagerness to secure a new job may be clouding my perception about what this may be trying to say to me...

Many thanks for any help,

Rinda
 

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This 180 degree turn is strange, Rinda, but the questions are different, of course. Perhaps 23.1 only indicates that there is something going in that hospital and that it is good if you know that.
One possibility with 23.1 (just a guess) is that the man or woman who had this job previously is "overthrown" or about to be overthrown. That would put you in a somewhat delicate position but it would not necessarily be an obstacle or make the job less desirable.
 

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Let me give this a try ? the worst that can happen is better readers will jump in to correct my errors and give you more to think about.

(1) How would it be if I applied for this position? 42.5 > 27

This sounds very favorable. Increase, of course, holds out the prospect of excellent opportunities and your ability to take full advantage of them. There is every likelihood of success ? but it won?t happen by itself without your good efforts, timing, and attitude.

Line 5 indicates you must approach this situation with sincerity and kindness. Clearly you have these virtues, you only need to show them or give them play. Then ?supreme good fortune? ? it doesn?t get better than that!

Hexagram 42 is often seen as a total green light, a one-way ticket to Easy Street. But nothing is ever that easy. Keep in mind that the nuclear hexagram, the hidden possibility, of Hex 42 is ? gasp! ? Hex 23, Stripping. More on that in a minute. For now, it is worth considering that all the straight-ahead good fortune of Hex 42 is likely to have a price.

Hex 27, the resulting hexagram, seems to pointing out the need for nourishing and being nourished. Obviously, the new job involves a good deal of this sort of thing ? but I?m inclined to see it more in reference to yourself. Maybe this answers your unstated (but implied) question about whether the job will nourish you, which could be a real incentive to seize the opportunity for increase. The answer is . . . YES! You?re ready for this job, and it will be good for you.

(2) What do I need to know about this job? 23.1 > 27

Oh, no! Not 23! But wait ? look above at Hex 42. What you need to know is this job is going to involve stripping off some old and useless stuff (Hex 23) so you can be nurtured, prosper and grow (Hex 27) in the future ? just as the first reading indicated. More than likely this stripping process is going to be unpleasant and difficult. Line 1 is often interpreted to mean that someone or something you think is supporting you (like the legs of a bed) has gone bad (broken) and is undermining you. This could also be a professional habit, attitude or style that worked for you in the past as a therapist, but will turn against you as a future assessment specialist. Watch out. Something or someone is working against you. You need to strip that obstacle away, even if it feels painful to do it. It could mean amputating a part of you that you like. Or maybe it won?t be so very awful, after all.

(3) What do I need to strip away? (49.3.4.5 > 24)

Well, Hex 49 has to do with Radical Change. It originally meant to molt or shed one?s skin. You know, like a snake or other animal that ?strips off? their tight, worn, confining old skin to reveal their new, shiny, flexible new skin. Does that sound familiar? Sounds a bit like Hex 23 to me. This part is one reason I?m inclined to see Hex 23 above as about refurbishing oneself rather than looking for external obstacles.

One could look at the multiple changing lines several ways, but I think they are three different phases in the radical change you need to make. Line 2 indicates when the time comes and you try to change and strip away obsolete old stuff, just starting the process will bring good fortune. It won?t be easy. Line 3 indicates rough going from the beginning, sticking with it may even be a little risky. Of course - you?re trying to change radically something very resistant to change. But after you?ve openly worked through it several times (3X), you?ll have confidence in your new position, and all will be well. That?s the promise of Line 4, at least. You can change your whole personal government, and have good fortune in the end.

Hex 24 sometimes indicates return, sometimes means you are at the turning point. It nearly always means this is the time to change course, to turn away sharply, to return to your true self and refurbish your true goals and dreams. To me that sounds like what you want to do. So the Yi is saying it can be done. It won?t be a piece of cake, you will have to change in some basic way, but it will be for the best.

Good luck, Rinda. You are a good person, and I wish you well.
 

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Thank you so much Lindsay! ...this is very helpful.

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