Pre-booked holidays with new job

heatherw_01

When should you mention what pre-booked holidays you have? The interview or the job offer?

Torry_Quine

At the interview.

TELLIT01

Absolutely at the interview stage. If you tell them at the job offer stage it's entirely possible that the job offer will be withdrawn if your holiday dates cause a problem for the company. The more notice they have, the less likely it is that the dates will cause a problem.

heatherw_01

Thanks both. Saw different posts saying different things so wasn't sure.

TELLIT01

I view it from the interviewer/employer side. The sooner any constraints are known, the better they can be handled. Worst case a job offer won't be made because the holiday dates can't be accommodated, but generally they can be worked around with sufficient advance warning. To me, that's better than offering a job and then having to withdraw the offer because holiday dates can't be accommodated at shorter notice.

DCFC79

Your normally asked at interview stage about any holidays in say the next 6 months.

Stylehutz

Tell them at job offer. They should have asked it at your interview. Puts you in a stronger negotiating position if offered the job. Prepares now to put on my tin hat and get slaughtered by the boss loving Daily Mail readers brigade.:o

74jax

Stylehutz wrote: »

Tell them at job offer. They should have asked it at your interview. Puts you in a stronger negotiating position if offered the job. Prepares now to put on my tin hat and get slaughtered by the boss loving Daily Mail readers brigade.:o

I'm not slaughtering you.... but..... I don't understand the negotiating part?

elsien

Stylehutz wrote: »

Tell them at job offer. They should have asked it at your interview. Puts you in a stronger negotiating position if offered the job. Prepares now to put on my tin hat and get slaughtered by the boss loving Daily Mail readers brigade.:o

Bearing in mind that the new employer doesn't have to honour prebooked holidays it's not really up to them to ask. I'm unclear where the strong negotiating position comes from.

getmore4less

74jax wrote: »

I'm not slaughtering you.... but..... I don't understand the negotiating part?

They have decided you are the right person for the job by offer stage.

Accommodate holidays or move to the second best candidate.

if at interview stages there are clear indications that holidays could be an issue the bring them up.

sometime you can pre-emp by asking he right question re: training, projects travel etc. without giving the holiday requirements away to early.

getmore4less

elsien wrote: »

Bearing in mind that the new employer doesn't have to honour prebooked holidays it's not really up to them to ask. I'm unclear where the strong negotiating position comes from.

You make the holiday a contractual obligation of accepting the job.