How long did it take you to get your current job?
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Anonymous
| Federal Government job.. applied in October. Started in Mid January. I knew the people who were hiring though and they knew me and my previous work, and I already had status as a previous federal employee. |
Anonymous
| 5 months |
Anonymous
| 2 months. Quit my former job without another one lined up and had a new job in 2m (had connections.) But this was 8y ago. |
Anonymous
| 1 week. It is a contract, but pays really well. I'm in finance and have skills that are in great demand. |
Anonymous
| For current job about 2 months between sending in an application and starting. For 3 weeks of that timeframe I had an offer but had to give notice, have time for the background check and everything to go thru. I was probably looking for a job about two weeks before I applied to this one. |
Anonymous
| 13 months. Applied in January, called in February, interviewed in March, job offer in April. Didn't start until February of the next year while waiting for clearance to go through. |
Anonymous
| Federal job. 3 months from application to start. But I had submitted probably 50 resumes for federal jobs over the prior 3 years, in spurts. |
Anonymous
| 6 months from first conversation with headhunter to starting. |