How do you make time for interviews? Companies ask me for availability to talk within a week, but I’m on zoom from 8a to 6p every day and can only hide behind so many “doctors appointments”…

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Along the “doctor’s appointment” narrative:
- power outage
- fire in the building
- fire alarm
- flooding in your house
- internet problems
- war

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Consider the "cleanup work" associated with these things - appraiser, estimators, repairmen, installers, etc

+ Food delivery slots, doggie breaks, etc

I’m running out of times my wife’s tire gets a flat or my internet had an outage or dentist appointments. I had one time a recruiter was like “could you do 4 separate 1-hr video interviews this week” on a Monday. Dunno how to carve out enough time for networking and interviewing

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Say you have blood in your stool. It’s gross, so people will believe you.

Who is going to lie about that?

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^this is the way

If you’re managing multiple projects, best excuse is to blame other project and that you have a conflict. I always pull that bs card when I need to schedule a bunch of “on site” virtual interviews

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For a month or 2 beforehand, start blocking off 1 hour randomly on your calendar during business hours a couple times a week. If you have an interview, put it there, otherwise just use it for a short breather or bathroom break before getting back to work.

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Hair cut, kid needs child care, mental health break, massage, parents need help with something, something about home repair, utility guy is coming, etc

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Just say you had a kid. That will buy you a couple months 😎

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Search?

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Sick leave…

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Easy day..just say you have a dentist appt

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Throw in a story about a root canal or implant. That’ll take multiple visits / extended recovery time

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Just screw it and decline the meeting invites. Not like you gonna be there much longer anway since you're planning to leave

Can’t be sure till an offer is in hand lol

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