Tips for finding a new job when currently still a full time (freelance) employee? What do you tell your team when you have to go on an interview in the middle of the day on a Wednesday?

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“I have to return some video tapes"

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Just tell them your stomach hurts and you have to go to the bathroom.

Nobody will question the length of time it takes to get back. They’ll just assume the shit was that much more disgusting

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Doctor, dentist, etc. Depending on your agency vibe, you can just leave - people will assume you're in meetings.

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If you’re freelance, you tell them you’re interviewing.

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Tell them you’re dying

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Sharted. Gotta go

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We have some full time temps and it’s just known they’re out interviewing for permanent position.

If it's a lunchtime interview I generally just block off my calendar and try to disappear without saying anything.

You don’t owe people around you an explanation about your comings and goings, as long as you have your work taken care of.

You don’t have to say anything, I never did at any place I worked at.

Chiropractor, takes about the same amount of time. And you don’t have anything contagious.

Explosive diarrhea

Dermatologist. Not contagious and people won’t ask probing questions.

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