Top Ten Tips - Job Searching While Employed
By Tip Diva | Mar 07, 2008
Categories: Adult, Behavior, Boss, Interview, Job, Job Search, Networking, Office, Tips, Work, Workplace
If you’re still in your first job or have been with an employer for many years, searching for a new job may be difficult. Here are some tips on how to go about the job search without affecting your current employment or possibly burning professional bridges:
- Do Not Do Your Job Search On Company Time - This means avoid scouring sites like Monster.com or Craigslist for new employment opportunities. If someone notices, you’ll have some explaining to do.
- Do Not Post Your Resume Online - Do not post your resume on job-seeking sites, because you never know if your current employer will find it. Instead, utilize your professional network to find job opportunities or get your resume out.
- Do Not Use Your Work E-Mail/Phone On Resume - Instead, use your cell phone and personal e-mail for the resume. Like the first tip, don’t do your calling and e-mailing during company time. Wait until your lunch break or until you get home.
- Keep Quiet About Your Job Search - Don’t let it slip to your co-workers that you’re job hunting. They could hurt your search in different ways, including leaking it to your boss or applying for the same job.
- Don’t Use Current Co-Workers As References - Try former co-workers or clients instead. A prospective employer will understand that you’re keeping mum about your job search.
- Do Not Interview On Company Time - Your lunch hours are longer than usual. You’re dressed in a suit, when you normally wear casual clothes. Believe me, your boss will smell something fishy. Try not to interview during company time, even on lunch hours - Tip Diva has been to a few interviews that started much later than anticipated. Take a personal day, or do the interviews after work.
- Do Not Use Company Supplies - Don’t use your current employer’s paper, envelopes, letterhead, fax machine or printer. Companies do notice missing supplies, and you also risk leaving evidence of a job search behind.
- Do Look For Promotion Elsewhere - If you’re going to a similar position in a similar company for a similar salary, really evaluate why you’re doing a job search. If you don’t want a promotion, why not just focus on your current job?
- Give Your Company Adequate Notice - It could be two weeks, it could be one month, it could be a day. Evaluate the impact of your leaving, and give your company adequate time to adjust. Also be prepared - your boss may ask you to resign immediately.
- Continue To Do Your Job - If you still have time between your resignation and date of departure, continue to do your job as usual. If others have to pick up your slack, you may taint professional relationships that can help you down the road.
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These are some good pointers that’s for sure. I think they will help a lot of people on the job search bus.
I was on that bus, until I read this book called Getting From College to Career and it really worked for me.
That’s what you got to do, is find what works for you because essentially a website or a book can help you, it’s you that has to do it.
I really agree with this book because not only does it have like a hundred tips for you to use, it even has an ask Lindsey spot for you to ask the author Lindsey Pollak.