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Plan to interview after work if possible. Speak with some conviction and intellect. Perhaps visiting nearby businesses in your line of work can grant new contacts for future positions within the company. This works very well for small businesses that don't have the time or resources to tap into wider markets. Bring your A game to every interview. That short period of time is everything, and will be used to judge your potential. Resumes are important, but it's the interview that is most memorable. Devise a strategy of how you will conduct yourself, what you will say, what you would like to focus on, etc. I believe that is the single greatest measure of your potential for success in gaining meaningful employment.
Oh yes... Do not tell anyone at work you are looking to work elsewhere!
Plan to interview after work if possible. Speak with some conviction and intellect. Perhaps visiting nearby businesses in your line of work can grant new contacts for future positions within the company. This works very well for small businesses that don't have the time or resources to tap into wider markets. Bring your A game to every interview. That short period of time is everything, and will be used to judge your potential. Resumes are important, but it's the interview that is most memorable. Devise a strategy of how you will conduct yourself, what you will say, what you would like to focus on, etc. I believe that is the single greatest measure of your potential for success in gaining meaningful employment.
Oh yes... Do not tell anyone at work you are looking to work elsewhere!
Agreed. And don't rant on facebook or twitter either! Amazing how many give a play-by-play on everything they are doing. We do not care that you are having a grilled mushroom sandwich. We don't!
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Assuming you get vacation time or PTO, try to make the interviews as early or late as possible and just say you have an appointment. It's no one's business what kind of appointment if you are not using sick time. I agree with the previous post not to mention it to anyone at your current job, you really don't know who you can trust. Make sure your objective on the resume is appropriate. That is, do not say anything negative about the current employer, have a good reason for leaving
them such as a position with more responsibility/challenge. If it's not a direct competitor you may even find that someone at the place you are applying knows someone at your current job.
Assuming you get vacation time or PTO, try to make the interviews as early or late as possible and just say you have an appointment. It's no one's business what kind of appointment if you are not using sick time. I agree with the previous post not to mention it to anyone at your current job, you really don't know who you can trust. Make sure your objective on the resume is appropriate. That is, do not say anything negative about the current employer, have a good reason for leaving
them such as a position with more responsibility/challenge. If it's not a direct competitor you may even find that someone at the place you are applying knows someone at your current job.
What do you mean it's no one's business what you use your sick time for? If you have to use 3 sick days or PTO days all of a sudden because of multiple interviews then it becomes your supervisor business.
What do you mean it's no one's business what you use your sick time for? If you have to use 3 sick days or PTO days all of a sudden because of multiple interviews then it becomes your supervisor business.
Shocking. And here we have yet ANOTHER reason that you are telling people why they shouldn't look for a new job and why it doesn't work. Really starting to wonder about your motivation.
To OP...lunch hour, after work, or even occasional PTO days in order to look for a new job are perfectly reasonable. Although I would save the PTO for the 2nd interviews, Etc.
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