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thekid898

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Job Hunting Before A Planned Vacation

Should you be job hunting when you have a planned 2-week vacation in the next 90 days?


I have a planned 2-week vacation at the beginning of August, but I am also looking for a new gig. My current job is not in danger, and I have flexibility where I am at; however, there are a lot of internal issues that have been really irritating me for some time now, and I want to move up and start making more money and gaining valuable experience. I feel stuck where I am and limited in my potential.


I want to find a better gig, but with my vacation on the horizon, would it be okay to start looking now, or should I wait? I'm curious about what employers think if you tell them you have a vacation coming up shortly after being hired.

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Kosta_Konfucius
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Sales Rep
If you are unhappy in your current role and recruiters are reaching out or you see a great company hiring, GO FOR IT!

99% of hiring managers will understand you have a vacation planned and will let you have the time off. The other 1%, you didn't want to work for anyway!

Who knows the new role might pay a lot better allowing you to upgrade to first class on the vaca?!
thekid898
Good Citizen
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BDR
I appreciate the motivation! Lol
Jigawatt
Opinionated
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Sales Engineer
What they said. I did this once. Had a family vacation already scheduled and changed jobs. Hiring manager was cool with it, I was just honest and told him about it before officially hired and they still wanted to hire me.
HVACexpert
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sales engineer
I mean you can negotiate your start date to begin after your vacation. In reality even if you applied and got accepted today after paperwork, interviews, more interviews, negotiation , it will take weeks regardless.

If you want to start looking, look.
thekid898
Good Citizen
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BDR
That is true, the process will take at least a month minimum from now before I can find something.
punishedlad
Tycoon
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Business Development Team Lead
My current employer hired me on knowing I had a one week vacation coming up the week directly after my start date. I'm going on one year now and love my job.

Feel like I'm always echoing @Kosta_Konfucius(you're quick on the draw, pardner) but he's right in saying you don't want to work for someone who wouldn't be understanding of that.
Kosta_Konfucius
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Sales Rep
Always
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
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Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Don’t let a vacation put off the hunt. Always do what you have to do.
Wellss
Tycoon
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Channel sales
Don't let that slow you down! It's definitely something to be open about during interviews but I've never seen it be a blocker if the company wants to hire you. I had a colleague who took a pre-planned week vacation the week after he started & they didn't even make him use any of his vacation days. Probably not the norm lol but could be worth the ask
CPTAmerica
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President/CRO
Nothing wrong with looking now. If the search starts getting serious with a company just let them know. Should be a non issue. If they care about you being gone for 2 weeks it's a sign to me they are running a churn and burn sales org and you don't want to be there anyway.
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Agree with the consensus here. There are no guarantees a company you find will be ready to take you on until you're back anyway. Start your search, and enjoy your trip!
detectivegibbles
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Sales Director
No issue at all. Discuss after receiving offer and a start date. Just be honest.
SaaSyBee
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Founder
There's nothing wrong with taking time off after starting a new job. Just make sure to let them know.

I don't know about you, but I get a new job every couple of years. So if I didn't take vacation in the first 90 days at a new job, I'd pretty much never take vacation.
Maximas
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Senior Sales Executive
I would enjoy my vacation first for sure,guess you'll still have a plenty of time to search afterwards,as staying for a couple of months more even if it ain't the best it ain't that terrible.
As I believe you've been working there for at least a couple of years or months already, so only 2 or 3 months extra won't hurt.
Hope you'll enjoy your vacation!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Dude hell yeah. Just b/c you are looking now doesn't mean anything will come to fruition now.

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