When to look for a new job...
When to look for a new job...
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Pretty straight forward question, is there a time of year that is better to look for a new job than others? Does it change a lot between the different industries out there?
I know new graduates often get hired in the spring but I have been working for a few years now so the type of job I'll be looking at might be differt.
Any thoughts?
I know new graduates often get hired in the spring but I have been working for a few years now so the type of job I'll be looking at might be differt.
Any thoughts?





RE: When to look for a new job...
January is when new budgets take effect and hiring for new positions ramps up.
Opportunity has its own season.
RE: When to look for a new job...
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RE: When to look for a new job...
Also being in a current job gives you a bit more power to get the terms that you want. If they wont come up to your requirements then you dont have to take it.
csd
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RE: When to look for a new job...
Not sure why --- but a definite pattern.
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Take CSD's recommendation and start looking now. It took me about a year or looking at monster, career builder, and networking to find the job I wanted to take, not the job I had to take.
Zuccus
RE: When to look for a new job...
The reason I want to wait a little bit still is I have a personal committment that I really want to keep. If the situation came up where I had to find a new job I could break this committment but I really enjoy it and would rather wait.
RE: When to look for a new job...
There are advantages and disadvantages to almost any season. I have heard people say that the Christmas season is a good time. Not as many jobs out there but fewer people looking and decision makers in good moods. Other people say lack of jobs mean not worth looking.
Summer is sometimes a good season. People are more relaxed and have to make hiring decisions quickly before they go on holidays. Other positions might het delayed while the ultimate decision maker is on holidays.
Some specific industries may have a seasonal component, like construction in Canada when things slow down in the winter, but winter is also when designs get finished and tenders put out to bids. Things even out over time.
Don’t over analyze things, just do them.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
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RE: When to look for a new job...
As per type of hiring, the first one was a contact from university, the second was a reply to a newspaper ad and this third one was purely networking. And the importance of keeping the actual job is quite big. Other important thing is to know your competitors. In all positions with exception of the first one, where they only interviewed me as they had already chosen, I tried in a informal talk with my interviewer to understand who I was against with. This served to adjust my conditions. And in both ocasions after I had the information, I adjusted the conditions up, so I managed to get a better deal than I was expecting.
Good luck.
RE: When to look for a new job...
Go to the job web site "indeed (period) com". Type in and search the skill/item/company you want trend information on and search. When the search info results come back, then click the "trend" link at the top above the search box.
Indeed is a job aggregator-type site with a database skimmed from many other sites.
I used to go to some of the big job posting sites, search certain skill terms, look at the number of hits, and save the number in an Excel file for future reference. Always helpful for understand trends in the job market, or even the state of the economy.
RE: When to look for a new job...
While my job starts have been:
July, August, Sept, Oct, Oct, near as I can tell, there have been other extenuating circumstances.
Summer is often hard for getting decisions made, as many people are on vacation. My last job start was Oct, but I actually interviewed in June.
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Other than that, most companies hire when they need to.
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