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I'm going to be receiving an advanced degree – if all goes well – in the spring. If I want to change jobs and do something in that field, this is the window in which to make that change.
The problem is this: when talking with friends and acquaintances at employers I might be interested in working for, they all say things like "go to the website and apply for a position". But aren't those listings typically positions that the company wants to fill as soon as they can?
I don't want to leave my present job so suddenly and leave the company in the lurch. It would take them a while to replace me and someone would have to step into my weird hours (graveyard shift) with almost no notice. I've been with my company for 15 years, and it's the only professional job I've ever had. They've taken care of me for a long time and I will never stab them in the back, even if it means turning down a much higher paying or much more fulfilling job.
Is it even possible these days to be recruited to start a job, say, six months from now? I really don't want to have to commit to changing jobs and tell my employer that I'm getting a postgrad degree in March and so March 31 will be my last day. Then if another job doesn't materialize, I'm stuck. I'm perfectly happy to stay at the job I have now (and have been doing for a decade and a half), but would like to at least see what is available if I want to switch.
TL;DR: Will I be laughed out of a job interview if I tell them the earliest I can start is April 2016?
8 weeks. In that position, and at that time, I was willing to get terminated on that day. I didn't, though.'
For interview purposes, I would not deviate from giving the normal "2 week" notice. It might sound weird or worse, indulgent. Just say you can start in 2 weeks and nobody will look at you sideways.
8 weeks. In that position, and at that time, I was willing to get terminated on that day. I didn't, though.'
For interview purposes, I would not deviate from giving the normal "2 week" notice. It might sound weird or worse, indulgent. Just say you can start in 2 weeks and nobody will look at you sideways.
So you told your new employer you could start in 8 weeks, and it went OK?
I can't say "2 weeks" in an interview and then, after an offer is made, try and bargain them up to three or six months. And unless I have another job already lined up, I can't go asking my current employer how much advance notice they would need if I quit.
No matter how good they have been to you, and visa versa, you'd be surprised how feelings change when you hand in your notice... You may get the "you can leave now", which, you may not be prepared for both mentally and financially.
I can 99.9% guarantee you that no matter how good they have been to you, if they had to get rid of you, they would without a care in the world.
the day I leave a company for good is the day they find out. they get as much notice as they give their employees when they do layoffs which is none
My exact feelings on the subject.
The day of two weeks notice is long over, if tomorrow they had to fire me to make room in the budget I wouldn't get but five minutes and a walk to the parking lot, my time is just as important as theirs.
You won't be leaving your employer in a lurch. I know it feels that way but this happens all the time. You have been with them for 16 years, which is great.
A perfect example is my dad who worked for a company for 33 years. He decided to take an opportunity with another company and gave them two months notice (for the same reason as you). They walked him out. He was pissed they treated him that way.
A company will protect themselves, just like you should.
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