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How Do You Job-Hunt If You Work Overtime?
Lord_Dweomer asks: "As a recent college grad, I took a job to pay the bills, but soon realized that it would end up sucking the life out of me. I work a lot of overtime in a high-stress, tight deadline job. Once you get into that kind of downward spiral, how do you find another job?"
"All my free time, during the week, is completely non-existent, and the weekends are needed to take care of chores, and preserve my mental health. Are potential employers typically sensitive to the fact that I may not be able to interview during the week or during standard work hours? Also, will having left here after a year seem like a real black mark on my resume? My reasons for leaving, aside from the overtime (I am non-exempt), would be that I've basically been promoted in work load and responsibilities -- and have even taken on another job role, IN ADDITION to my current one. All of this without a raise in pay, or new title.
I'd quit if I had a choice, but I really need the money, yet I'm unable to look for a new job because of lack of time. How am I supposed to job hunt under these circumstances?"
I'd quit if I had a choice, but I really need the money, yet I'm unable to look for a new job because of lack of time. How am I supposed to job hunt under these circumstances?"
The same way you found the time to make this post on Slashdot?
> Are potential employers typically sensitive to the fact that I
> may not be able to interview during the week or during standard
> work hours?
No.
> Also, will having left here after a year seem like a real black
> mark on my resume?
No.
the amount of time needed to write, proofread, edit, proofread
You must be new here.
Try harder.
Or failing that, just heave a rock out of the window. You'll hit three of them. No imagining required.
No, I'm New Here
ask for an application right when you order lunch. That way you won't have to wait in the line twice.
Liberals call everyone Nazis yet they are the closest thing to it.
You can't fight The Man, he's too strong. You'll have to stay put. However, there are some extremely effective strategies for showing everyone that The Man don't own you.
1) A Dilbert desk calendar
2) A Tatoo
sincerely,
The Man
Here is my anecdotal evidence:
I applied for a job with a software company some time ago. I was asking for 60 peanuts (peanuts is the currency of my parables) and in fact the advertisment stated that they were offering 65 peanuts.
I went through 3 rounds of interviews, I liked the company, then found my charming and capable (of course) and then we sat dwon to talk peanuts, I mean, money.
Knowing that they were offering 65 peanuts and keeping in mind I wanted 60 peanuts initially I asked for 62 peanuts (unsalted). They looked at me in a combination of anger, disbelief, confussion. Then, with her voice trembling my prospective boss (a readheaded babe worth of a role in a King Kong movie) said "you are a greedy bastard!".
I, feeling aggravated, asked why were they insulting me. Then they told me that asking 12 peanuts more than what they were offering was not on. All of the sudden I realized what had happened, and it just took a couple of phone calls to confirm it: the agency had told me they were offering more (far more) than what they were actually offering, they told the company I was expecting far less than what I was actually expecting, and the agency cynics hoped that somehow we would meet somewhere in between (I mean, boss to be was gorgeous, but still).
IANAL but write like a drunk one.