Searching for jobs while employed

[natty]

So it's getting to the point where I'm pretty convinced I need a different job. I knew coming in last Dec that this position wasn't completely ideal but I was drawing unemployment and needed something. I feel like I should start actively looking instead of just keeping an eye out.

Has anyone had some experience doing this before? How can I interview? Is having an existing job a big turnoff for employers, even though I can explain my reasoning very well? Anyone ever get burned trying to do this?

[boo7382]

So it's getting to the point where I'm pretty convinced I need a different job. I knew coming in last Dec that this position wasn't completely ideal but I was drawing unemployment and needed something. I feel like I should start actively looking instead of just keeping an eye out.

Has anyone had some experience doing this before? How can I interview? Is having an existing job a big turnoff for employers, even though I can explain my reasoning very well? Anyone ever get burned trying to do this?

Not a turnoff at all. When I was at Wachovia pretty much all I did all day (ontop of my job) was apply and search for jobs online. You don't have to tell them you are going to interviews, just tell them you have a doctors appt or something.

You have the right to refuse to tell your interviewer where you work or you canjust describe what you do withouth telling them the name of your employer. they only need to know enough information as you want to give them. they totally wont think its a bad thing. this shows you have good work ethic and you are able to handle one job while looking for another (which is a job in itself, trust me its a bitch!) it also shows ur not a bum just sittin around waitin for a job offer

[Delhommey]

Having a job is actually a good thing.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, it's cool, people do it all the time... just be discreet about it. Don't burn any bridges.

[cookinwithgas]

It's always been way easier for me to find a job when I have a job.

[Doyle]

I have a job and have been looking for another one for over 2 years. Good luck. Unless you are looking for an entry level position theres not much out there.

[natty]

That's what I'm worried about. I'm grateful to be employed but I could write an essay about the problems I have with the company I'm working for and why I'd like to go somewhere else. But I do like the people I work with. And I genuinely feel sorry for my boss and what he has to deal with and know it'd be a setback for him if I left.

[boo7382]

That's what I'm worried about. I'm grateful to be employed but I could write an essay about the problems I have with the company I'm working for and why I'd like to go somewhere else. But I do like the people I work with. And I genuinely feel sorry for my boss and what he has to deal with and know it'd be a setback for him if I left.

do NOT go bad mouthing potential new employers about your current company. just give them some babble about how you are looking for a position with more responsibility and more opportunity to move up, etc.

I never told them I had an interview when I was at Wachovia. They would have been pissed if I had said that and would have told me to find my own time to do it. Guess it depends on the company you work for. Plus its pretty awkward to tell your boss you wanna leave so you can go spend time during the day to look for a way out of where you are.

[thefuzz]

Always easier to get laid when you have a girl friend...same goes with a job.

Don't lie about where you are going when you leave, just don't tell the whole story.

[JakeFlake]

it's much easier to get a job when you have a job.

[natty]

Hell my boss might find out anyway. I just updated my dice.com resume and put my status to 'keeping an eye out' and I know he's been on there looking for a new hire.

[boo7382]

Always easier to get laid when you have a girl friend...same goes with a job.

Don't lie about where you are going when you leave, just don't tell the whole story.

hahahhahahahaahah is that really true?

[Delhommey]

hahahhahahahaahah is that really true?

Good Lord, yes.

[panther4life]

Are you kidding me, every time i'm unemployed I pretend that I am still working at my previous job. This has multiple benefits.

1.they can't call my old job and find out the i cursed them out on my way out the door because they can't call my "current" employer without my consent.

2.You look much more valuable than someone who is unemployed.