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How do people deal with interviewing when actively working? Phone interviews take 45 mins to an hour and are not always worth taking an entire day off, besides the fact that there could be several. If your employer doesn't like you working from home and you have limited PTOs, what is your solution? Has anyone used Regus business lounges? What about coffee shops? Are they any good?
Far from what recruiters and companies say if they are serious in hiring you they will respect this. They understand you have a job and that whilst you are working for them it is inappropriate for you to be on the phone. (Doing this is a good way to see if a company really wants you. If you are their ideal candidate they will wait for you to become free).
Failing that you can either arrange first thing in the morning or last thing in the work day. That way you can start a little early or later without causing too much hassle for the recruiter.
Failing that, you need to try and arrange on your lunch breaks (guessing you get an hour or so).
If they don't want to call you at the time you will be suggesting, then it's not a position worth going for.
An early or late lunch might work as well.
If there are lots of private conference rooms around you might be able to grab one of those and take the call on your mobile and then work through lunch.
Good luck with your interviews.
If you bill for something that isn't work that's fraud, although a five minute call is a lot different from a full-on phone screen.
Go somewhere quiet, don't bill for it. Common sense.
Are "coffee shops" any good? How can anybody answer that? They're fine if they're quiet and it isn't you that's being the d-bag. If you bill for something that isn't work that's fraud, although a five minute call is a lot different from a full-on phone screen. Go somewhere quiet, don't bill for it. Common sense.
You're assuming OP is a consultant or freelancer. For most salaried workers, there's no such thing as billable hours, only a set salary per year.
Are "coffee shops" any good? How can anybody answer that? They're fine if they're quiet and it isn't you that's being the d-bag. If you bill for something that isn't work that's fraud, although a five minute call is a lot different from a full-on phone screen. Go somewhere quiet, don't bill for it. Common sense.
"don't bill for it" You're assuming OP is a consultant or freelancer. For most salaried workers, there's no such thing as billable hours, only a set salary per year.
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"don't bill for it" You're assuming OP is a consultant or freelancer. For most salaried workers, there's no such thing as billable hours, only a set salary per year.
Use your head. Just because they do the paperwork doesn't mean you're not billing them for your time.
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Use your head. Just because they do the paperwork doesn't mean you're not billing them for your time.
Umm.. no. I can work 60 hrs a week, but I still get paid for the 40 hours. That's the definition of a salary
If your salary reflects a 40-hr week, and you work 60, all you're doing is reducing the $/hr you make. If you do non-work-related stuff at work, and you expect compensation for it, you're billing your company for time you shouldn't be.
I refuse to believe you don't get this.