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It's definitely much easier to find a job when employed. I was unemployed for a year before finding my previous job. When my previous job was turning into a nightmare, I began looking. I received a lot more interviews in the 3 months I looked while at my previous job than when I was unemployed.
When I had to interview twice for the current job, my co-worker got suspicious, but he knew I was itching to leave. I was desperate to get out of that toxic place.
When it comes to my future and career, using any kind of PTO is worth it, even for a few hours in the morning or afternoon.
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Why call in sick? Just use some vacation hours for interviews. I never ask my people why they want the time off, if they have PTO I don't care whether they use it an hour here and 2 hours there, or a week/two at a time.
It's definitely much easier to find a job when employed. I was unemployed for a year before finding my previous job. When my previous job was turning into a nightmare, I began looking. I received a lot more interviews in the 3 months I looked while at my previous job than when I was unemployed.
Good point - I've always found that to be the case too but I've only been temporarily out of work twice in decades and the longest stretch was only a little over two weeks. I was a little surprised that the OP feels differently as he was out of work for 11 plus months not too long ago and even all that time on his hands didn't help.
The job interview better be up the block from your current office if you think you can squeeze it in during lunch hours, and considering most offices today are business casual and you need to dress up for the interview(a woman might be able to get away with what she has on, but a man needs a suit and tie), not logistically possible considering the time frame and having to change clothes.
And you can only have so many "Dr.appts" before people think you're looking for another job or there is something seriously wrong with you, which is not good in either case in a work environment.
It can be very tricky, especially these days when you may have to do 3 and 4 interviews for the same position.
For a guy, go to work with the suit pants and leave tie and jacket hanging in your car, if you don't have a car you will have to be creative, maybe leave the suit jacket and tie in the locker of a gym nearby or dry cleaners.
If you take time off for interviews just state it is for personal time and don't day anything else, anybody with a common sense should not be nosy and ask about personal business, I know there is a lot of people with no respect for privacy, so this people may need an it's none of your business answer.
The interviewer must be aware that you are taking time of your job to talk to him to be mindful that your schedule can just bend so much. Most of people on your current workplace and the next one changed jobs at one point of time, it is a normal thing. Of course you don't want people on your current workplace to think you want to leave in the case you stay.
All the places i have worked had pre approved 2weeks vacation. But i have a white collar job & i guess you dont. lol
If your able to take off at the drop of a hat some may say you must not be that critical to the operation of the business you work at. Some jobs and some employees are critical and it needs to be planned in advance them taking a day off. Even in white collar jobs lol
If your able to take off at the drop of a hat some may say you must not be that critical to the operation of the business you work at. Some jobs and some employees are critical and it needs to be planned in advance them taking a day off. Even in white collar jobs lol
If you're that important, it's time to ask for a raise.. especially right after you get denied time off when asking for approval.
Are you sure you want to return to a unstable situation like that? I used to be with a company like that and after a while I got sick of being laid off and then called back
In the field I work in (energy/environmental) there is no such thing as job security. And i don't live like there is any job security (I'm frugal, no debt). Maybe someday I'll fall into a sweet public sector job. Until then I'll enjoy my blocks of time off.
What I've done in the past is request to interview as late in the day as possible. I even had one offer to meet me on Saturday. If a perspective employer won't be flexible with an interview, do you really want to work there?
Many (if not most) employers understand the difficulty an applicant has scheduling interview time when currently employed and will work with the applicant to schedule a time either before or after normal working hours - or on weekends.
In the UK, I used to interview people after work all the time. Sometimes at the office, sometimes down the pub. In the US, my employers have insisted I interview during work hours. No idea why. It just limits the pool of candidates.
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