Applying for new job... should I tell them about holiday?

getmore4less

Deleted%20User wrote: »

At interview,** ALWAYS
Unless you know what notice restrictions are like..and have seen staff handbook and know what the rules are etc and whether anyone else is off... otherwise your gambling

**This is how my former manager had the upper hand apparently!

Not if you make it a condition of accepting the job(after negotiation of the offer).

After offer you start negotiations on salary start date and conditions.

Torry_Quine

getmore4less wrote: »

Not if you make it a condition of accepting the job(after negotiation of the offer).

After offer you start negotiations on salary start date and conditions.

Depends on the type of job. There are many where there are no negotiations on salary and conditions these are set-down.

I would always say at interview is the time to tell of any time off you know you will need.

anamenottaken

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Depends on the type of job. There are many where there are no negotiations on salary and conditions these are set-down.

I would always say at interview is the time to tell of any time off you know you will need.

For this thread's OP, unless specifically asked during interview, I would wait until I had the job offer so that they felt more committed to engaging me rather than giving them a reason to choose someone else.

The holiday is not imminent so there is time for any cover to be arranged. The interview process might also provide information about any time of the year which could be difficult for holidays.

In some offices April could be a difficult time if the financial year end is 31 March and the post holder is needed in relation to accounts/reporting.

CCFC_80

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Depends on the type of job. There are many where there are no negotiations on salary and conditions these are set-down.

I would always say at interview is the time to tell of any time off you know you will need.

Why, Shouldn't it be up to them to ask the question at the interview?

Babbawah

zaarin_2003 wrote: »

Hi,

My question is - would this preclude me from taking the job? Would I need to choose between the holiday I have booked (an expensive family holiday, prepaid) and the job? Or would the new job make an allowance on the basis that its not unusual to book holidays in advance and you don't do so on the basis that you might start a new job in the mean time. Still assuming I am offered the job... when would be a good time to tell them? In the interview? Or when it is offered?


John

20 odd years ago I was given the task of assembling a team to dive in and perform the due dilligence & discovery process on a company with approx 20 locations in Belgium.

My employer at the time was looking to expand into Europe, this Co' fitted the bill almost perfectly.

In my employers HO in London there was assembled a motley bunch of merchant bankers, lawyers & people who actually work for a living.

We were to be the foot soldiers, to be there when the dirty deed was done & to make sure that what we were buying would still be there the morning after.

Only a few people left on MSE will be able to understand this !

On the eve that we were about to leave, one of the team phoned me to ask "what should I pack for the trip?".

Only a few people left on MSE will be able to comprehend exactly why I dropped him off the team.

My only hope is that this job you are applying for will not touch upon subjects that are totally out of your intellectual reach.

TELLIT01

It's clear that there are 2 opposing views on the subject. All I can say is that I have been on both sides of the discussion i.e. interviewer and interviewee. I would have taken an extremely poor view of somebody who didn't offer this information at the point of interview. As an interviewee I would always mention, at the end when asked if there is anything I want to ask or say, if I had any holiday commitments.

CCFC_80

TELLIT01 wrote: »

It's clear that there are 2 opposing views on the subject. All I can say is that I have been on both sides of the discussion i.e. interviewer and interviewee. I would have taken an extremely poor view of somebody who didn't offer this information at the point of interview. As an interviewee I would always mention, at the end when asked if there is anything I want to ask or say, if I had any holiday commitments.

And if I was a CEO or top bod of a company, I would have a pretty poor view of an interviewer if they didn't ask this simple bog standard question when interviewing. It's not upto the candidate to make comments at the end of the interview that is going to be detrimental to their application.

colino

Of course you can discuss it when you have been actually offered the job, but with so many potentials in the running for any job, why on earth would you consider raising a block in front of a middling level interviewer?

Takeaway_Addict

CCFC_80 wrote: »

And if I was a CEO or top bod of a company, I would have a pretty poor view of an interviewer if they didn't ask this simple bog standard question when interviewing. It's not upto the candidate to make comments at the end of the interview that is going to be detrimental to their application.

It is if they actually want to be able to take the holiday without losing their job...

CCFC_80

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

It is if they actually want to be able to take the holiday without losing their job...

You need to read previous posts. The emphasis is on the interviewer to ask the question. If they don't ask the question then the candidate can use that to their advantage if they are offered the job by stating that the job offer is acceptable to them on condition that holidays already booked are honoured.