“We don’t cheat when we look for new opportunities.” An IT professional shared with the community his thoughts on finding a new job while working at his old one

Yevhen Tishin, a specialist in Sales Management, Procurement, and AI, shared his personal experience on LinkedIn: out of ten recruiters, only one reached the technical interview after learning that he was still working. Some simply lost interest.

Is it right to do that?

Despite this, he believes that looking for a new job without quitting is not just normal, but also strategically correct. Among the arguments:

• financial cushion during the search;
• the opportunity to avoid haste and make an informed choice;
• better market analysis and understanding of one’s own value;
• a chance to get better conditions in the current company.

«We don’t cheat when we look for new opportunities. We take responsibility for our future,» he sums up.

What does the community think?

Other LinkedIn users supported Yevgeny in his assertion that it is perfectly normal to use such a strategy. Here is what software testing expert and QA engineer Maskim Romanov wrote in the comments under this post:

«If shoes need replacing, they usually buy new ones first and then throw away the old ones, not the other way around. Why should it be any different with work?» Maksym replied.

NET developer Valery Shcherbak also positively perceives this practice:

«It would be a special courage if the author commented on this post to his manager and/or HR)) But, nevertheless, the described strategy best protects the interests of the worker in these turbulent times for IT,» he wrote.

Recall that we also wrote about how an IT specialist recently wrote about whether it is correct to write messages outside of working hours.