Graduate looking for work (dilema: need 2 weeks hols in 4 weeks)

AlanAhern

Hi all,
i am currently after finishing a 4 year degree (Bsc.) in biomedical and advanced materials. I am on the look out for a job at the moment but to no avail, they all want experience which i dont have. i also have another small problem; i am going on a 2 week holiday with friends from June 28th to July 12th and obviously will need the time off.
So my dilema is: do i make do with a small job until my holidays are over, or do i apply like normal and mention i need those 2 weeks off?? I know everyone in entitled to time off but this would be a break pretty much the second i walk in the door.

I am currently looking for work in the Limerick area and would love to hear your input.

Alan

Sangre

Apply for normal jobs and once they offer it to you mention you've already book this holiday. Don't lie if they ask you if you've any holidays booked. Unlikey they will care that much.

Todoquetengo

it usually takes a good few weeks to actually find and get a job you want, so in all likelihood you prob won't have a job to start on by the 28th, so apply for the jobs you want and see what happens, you can tell them about the holiday if they offer you the job and can start after that

Heisenberg.

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bobbysands81

Sangre wrote: »

Apply for normal jobs and once they offer it to you mention you've already book this holiday. Don't lie if they ask you if you've any holidays booked. Unlikey they will care that much.

I've done this a number of times and it's never been a problem.

However, I do work in the public service!

leeroybrown

I doubt it'll make any difference for you. Unless you're really lucky with your timing you won't be able to get through the application/screening/interview/offer process in time for a start date in early July to be a problem. As you say yourself, you are having problems finding a job.

If you do get lucky and find a job before then you'll need to tell the prospective employer either at the end of the interview or when discussing terms afterwards. Also, you're not necessarily right about being 'entitled' to time off. Legally your employer has discretion over when your holidays are taken and may stipulate that you can't take holidays for the first number of months.

If you're only looking for work in the Limerick area I'd suggest you need to broaden your search considerably. With the various rounds of redundancies that have taken place in your area of industry I'd guess that graduate jobs are scarce.

creeper1

Well if one doesn't like the terms and conditions being laid out by your prospective employer then one need not take the job.

I am just laughing out loud at you OP.

Listen bud. Your post smacks of someone who has misconceptions about how things are in life. You are going to think of taking time off when you land a good job. Let me tell you bud that most people would cancel any plans they have to get a chance of a job.

Bud I think you will look back at this post and laugh at how naive it is.

InReality

Interviews and job offers are not an exact science by any means.
In a good company a booked holiday is unlikely to make much different to getting a job offer.
In a poor company , or with a poor hiring manager , they may not look on it favourably.

These days you may want to get any job , even with a poor working enviroment , so its worth weighing up whether to mention the holiday or even keep the booking.

MrMatisse

I wouldnt worry,

It will be very hard to get a job within four weeks the way things are. I wouldnt stress over it, just take it handy for the next four weeks have a nice holiday and then worry about it.

Brimmy

You guys do realize this thread is over a year old right?

tatabubbly

Brimmy wrote: »

You guys do realize this thread is over a year old right?

Ya lot can help me then!
I'm also a science graduate but due to the fact that i'll be living in donegal for the summer i need to find a job outside science...

Now i've sent out my CV and all that in every place in letterkenny so if anyone knows of anywhere (i'll consider anything) Please tell me:pac:

GoneShootin

creeper1 wrote: »

Bud I think you will look back at this post and laugh at how naive it is.

Bud I think you will look back at this post and laugh at how it was a YEAR OLD