The modern steam locomotive can cross the plains at the lightning speed of 15 mile per hour. The only thing faster is a telegraph. (circa 1870)
How fast can you find a new job? Let’s talk about the Beatles. They were an overnight sensation…except for the years they spent playing clubs in Germany and England. Years lost to the world.
I bet you know a guy who quit and had a new job a week later. He wasn’t even looking when he quit. He told you so. So how long will it take you to get a new job? No one knows.
The best thing to do is keep your current job and start looking. Use your network. The first thing to ask them is not, “Find me a job,” but, “How’s the job market?” Get the people you know to tell you how long it took for their acquaintances to find a job. This will tell your network to keep their eyes open.
Be careful how widely you let it be known you are looking for a job. If you are employed, use your network, recruiters and respond to ads. If you are unemployed, you might use ResumeRabbit to send your resume to 50 internet sites. You have to understand that you will be getting calls for a year or two if you put your resume on the internet.
Executives often look a month for every $10,000 in income they want. If they are earning $120,000 then they may search for a year. Technical experts are often either hired within days of their search beginning, or they take 12 months to find a job. Why? They may have critical skills, but there is no job until someone else quits or a project starts.
Your job search will be over much more quickly if you will commute a long distance or relocate.
Let’s get serious about money. Are you overpaid? Do you have golden handcuffs that will keep you from leaving? Then you may never find another job without taking a pay cut. If you are underpaid, you’ll get a new job quickly. That’s just a fact.
How fast will you get a new job? No one knows. So it is probably best to start looking while you are still employed.
Again, here is the first step to finding out how fast you can find a job.
Don’t just ask your network to help you find a job. Ask people how long it took for folks they know to find a job. Search for stories of quick searches and also ask for horror stories.