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Ok be honest, candidates. I really love this set of questions, I’ve been considering shifting my current interview style to these questions - I think they really give you an idea of who this person would be within the work setting. But the questions almost feel too deep for a recruiter to ask. What would you think if a recruiter took a different path and asked these questions instead of the usual ones?
https://blog.shrm.org/blog/9-interesting-interview-questions-that-actually-reveal-a-lot-about-candidat
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Tooooooo early. Unless you had a pre-planned trip before joining. I’d give it 3 months minimum personally. But that’s just me.
Ask earlier rather than later
If you are confident you are an efficient and hard worker and know you can prove yourself, I wouldn’t worry about asking for the vacation at all. But if you weren’t an all star at your last agency, play it smart. Idk your scenario, but that’s my opinion
OP, I'm sorry but since you've made the mistake now 4-5 times in every post, I feel compelled to comment on it. It's spelled vAcation (not 'vocation', which means something else). Btw, I used to work at Concentric and I'm from Eastern Europe too, ha.
I'd ask your boss for advice and if they feel like it would be OK. It's only one week which is not too bad. I assume you have 2 (or 3?) weeks of vacation per year so think through where that leaves you if you use 1 week now. But there is nothing that wrong in taking it if you ask politely and asap. Just be perfectly normal the way you posted here "Hey Boss, I have a question, this opportunity just came up and I'm trying to decide if I can take it. I know I just started so my priority is getting on board and integrated into the team and the work here ASAP. What are your thoughts on me potentially being gone for 5 days in 2.5 months? What's the anticipated workload and would there be any conflicts with anyone else being out on vacation at that same time who's got it scheduled already?"
I got invited to go to a diffrent country with a group of new friends for a week to go on an extensive hike. I have never ever been anywhere and havnt been on a vocation for 2 years now. The vocation is planned for 2.5 month after my start. The policy states you can start using your PTO 2 month and I will have enough days + summer Friday to cover for that week. So technically I could go. My boss is very supportive of travel and personal time he is leaving soon for a vocation himself and it seams like a lot of ppl are. But I still feel like maybe I shouldn’t ask yet . This job is very important to me. And I believe the first 6 month are crucial. I work on a pretty big team and I don’t think I want ppl to think oh she just started and gonig on a vocation ?! So should I or should I not ?
I agree with that. That’s why I have to make this choice now rather than asking for off a week before . I think I’m gonna pass tho :( and just suck it up.. there will other vocations . But I can’t take back first impressions . At least it’s gonna take a while to do that .
If I hired someone new and they took off on a vacation almost immediately, I’d always be picturing them as someone with one foot out the door ready to bolt instead of work when it came time for assignments, promotions and opportunities. First impressions are hard to shake. And I’d also constantly think of the following interview. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0KjdDJr1c
Well I’m not doing that :P
Well if you don’t see your friends that often, I’d put you in a similar boat as me. You aren’t using the vacation to escape or get out of work..
I love my work! I stay late every day not because I have to but because I love the people and the work. It’s unfortunate that millennials are perceived in that manner. I have worked since I was 15 .. I moved to this country from Eastern Europe 8 years ago , worked my ass off to pay for college and was the first from my family to graduate , saved up some money to move to NYC on my own and got the job of my dreams that I worked my ass off to get everyday .. there are a lot of us millennials who don’t deserve that kind of stereotype.. my next vocation is going to be my first one (if you don’t count jersey shore :P) and yeah I decided not to risk it and wait