I recently resigned a nine year position with my former company due to relocation. I planned to take six months off before beginning a new job. However, after just a few weeks I became bored and wanted to get back to work. I have an interview on Thursday for a job that would be idea for me and I really want the position. Because I was planning to be off during July I made a financial committment for a vacation which would require me to miss 2 days (Thursday and Friday). Now I don't know what to do. Should I tell them at the interview that I'll need the time off? Should I ask them only if they offer me the job? Should I just cancel my vacation plans if they offer me the job? The only reason I don't want to cancel is that I don't want to disappoint my nephew with whom I am very close and miss since I've relocated.
2007-03-27 10:38:46 · 8 answers · asked by C H 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
If you want the job, don't say anything until you actually start working there.
You only need 2 days off and it's several months away. The interviewer DOES NOT need to know this, and if you tell him or her, you may jeopardize your chances of being hired because the interviewer might think you are the kind of person who makes a lot of time-off requests.
2007-03-27 10:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't mention it in the interview. wait til you get a job offer.
Here's how you do it.
It's a little bit of a power play, but I always tell them you need to think about it when you get offered a job.
This puts you in the more powerful position, because they want you, but they are not sure if you will accept their offer. Then wait a few hours, even a day to call them back. When you do, tell them you are interested in the job but would need to take a specific week off due to a previous comitment. If you really want to push it, ask for it to be paid, or ask for more money. This is the time to negotiate. You have something they want.... you!
I have gotten more money, or vacation time this way. you don't have to take their first offer, negotiating is part of the deal.
2007-03-27 11:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by Mary K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't mention it at the interview. Interviews are for the company to determine if there is any reason not to hire you. (And you should use an interview to determine if there is any reason not to work for that company.)
That being said, you don't talk about anything that may be taken wrong. Don't talk about lawsuits, don't talk about the old boss in a negative way--nothing!
Wait until they offer you something. Then, you negotiate those days off. They might say no, but they probably won't unless there's a reason.
Good luck!
p.s. Since you have 9 years experience, you might want to try to negotiate a 3rd (or 4th) week of vacation too.
2007-03-27 10:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by Left Bank Hook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 days off isn't enough to be a concern (a week or month, yes). I would not mention anything until I got an offer. Get hired on your merits. Then when you get the offer, you tell them you have an existing committment for date x, y and will need to take personal time off. If the time off is in the first few months, you should offer to take the 2 days without pay as you did not want it to be an issue. Of course allow them to pay you if they insist, but show them respect first.
2007-03-27 10:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by TheRockLady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not bring it up during the interview. I would mention it if they offer you the job. At that point, you can explain that you have made this commitment and ask if that would be a problem for them if you accept the job. Most employers can appreciate that people have made long range plans such such as yours. I would imagine that it would not be a problem if it's just a matter of a couple of days & not an entire week or entire month.
2007-03-27 10:51:36 · answer #5 · answered by Xeod 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The company needs to ask you questions...on no account take the lead. They be attentive to what they choose to be attentive to & via you purely going off on a tangent you'll have lost the prospect for the activity.
2016-10-20 02:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feel it out. If the interview is going really well, ask then- especially if they ask when you could start. I would recommend waiting until you get offered the job.
2007-03-27 10:48:02 · answer #7 · answered by Mark B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reverse the term realistic job preview, it becomes realistic work, qualities, conditions of the candidate preview, if you ask for the employer to give the whole truth about the job then you must act in the light of that
2007-03-27 11:09:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋