Job Hunting While Still Employed? Duh, Everyone’s Doing It
Posted on July 28, 2008
Filed Under Career Development, Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Job Search
When we talk about job hunting, I’ve always just assumed that most people search for their next job, while they are still in their current one. Dad always said ‘never quit a job until you have another one lined up’ and that advice has always proved to be right on.
So when Accountemps released their survey results where respondents where asked “How comfortable would you feed searching for a new job while still employed”, I was somewhat surprised at the results.
Their responses:
Very comfortable …………….. 38%
Somewhat comfortable …………. 37%
Somewhat uncomfortable ……….. 21%
Very uncomfortable …………… 3%
Don’t know ………………….. 1%
When I say surprised, I mean surprised that more of them didn’t fall into the ‘Very Comfortable’ category. Let’s be honest, while it’s always nice to say ‘I’m leaving my job to take some time off and explore my options’, most of us don’t always have the cash on hand to take months off. Not to mention the loss of health and other benefits. Anyone seen the price of COBRA coverage? Granted some of the respondents were executives, so perhaps that skewed the results a bit. But I’m curious, how would you feel about job hunting while currently employed? As for me, I wouldn’t do it any other way.
Until next time…
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