Is it better if you look for a job when you are employed? I’m considering leaving the firm so that I can take few months off. Any suggestions on what would be the best path for this?

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Take unpaid leave, look for other work, then leave the old job.

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Do it when employed and try to take the latest start date as possible. Don’t eat your time, bill everything till you hit bare minimums.

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Agreed with most. Take unpaid leave but be employed . Don’t leave unless you have a signed offer letter . Preferably once your background check is completed in the new job

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Take a LOA

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Better to look while employed

I’m curious as to why unpaid leave would be better? Is it because you as a staffer don’t want to plan on having someone then they leave the next week? Or is there a benefit to the person leaving to take unpaid LOA? I feel like the poster should be allowed to be greedy as possible.

OP wouldn’t have a few months of paid leave, therefore unpaid leave and a job to potentially return to is more security than no job at all.

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