I’ve got a couple of interviews lined up in early Jan, but am also starting at a new shop in Jan. Impeccable timing ain’t it. How would you guys handle such a situation ? Would you let them know about the new job during the interviews assuming that the (prospective) positions will be filled later on in the year ?
GOt o the interviews for sure, but you gotta be discreet. What I wanna find out is 1) what excuses people give to their current employers when attending interviews during regular business hours ? 2) do you include the present job on your CV or do you not ? It’s a small industry and your prospective employers could well be pals with your current boss, no ?
Take a vacation day. No need to explain.
sure but how many of those can you take in a year one day at a time ? Also, what about (2) ?
Start by figuring out how many vacation days you have left that should be about how many days you can take off, one day at a time. If you’re serious about finding a new job, vacation days are the last thing to think about unless the shop you’re applying for doesn’t offer vacation days (pretty sure that’s illegal). New job = new set of vacation days possibly more if you’re moving on up.
I guess you didn’t detect my sarcasm there. If you start taking a day off here and there regularly, mgmt can figure out what you’re upto pretty quick. So you may be doing interviews full-time pretty quickly. doworkson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Start by figuring out how many vacation days you > have left that should be about how many days you > can take off, one day at a time. > > If you’re serious about finding a new job, > vacation days are the last thing to think about > unless the shop you’re applying for doesn’t offer > vacation days (pretty sure that’s illegal). New > job = new set of vacation days possibly more if > you’re moving on up.
best thing to do is to schedule interviews before or after work, or arrange to do it over the phone if possible – any respectable potential employer should understand your obligation to your current job, and if they like you they’ll find a way to work around all of that stuff.
Thanks Numi. What about the risk of circulating your resume since it may end up in front of your current boss ? I guess we don’t really have a choice there except to trust HR/personnel of the firms we are sending our resumes to ? I would think that one option would be to just keep the name of the current firm off the submitted resume, but do people do that often ?
You have to just stick with reputable recruiters and hope your name doesn’t get out…as long as you stick with reputable folks, I have a hard time believing that your info will spill out…besides, you should also have final say as to whether or not you want your resume submitted to a particular firm, so if in doubt just say no
Is it generally bad to just email the HR dept of a firm directly?
peanalyst Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it generally bad to just email the HR dept of a > firm directly? Why would that be “bad” ? That should be perfectly fine.
i mean emailing your resume to an HR person at another company. can u trust them to keep your intention confidential?
Can you call sick?