Urgent : Need advice on quitting current job and looking for new one

[Nik]

Hi all,

Basically, I applied for a job which is not suitable for me, but because I clicked well with the boss during the interview, I was hired as a result, only to find out after working 2 weeks that I cannot deliver what the job requires.
As an analogy, it's similar to asking a ship engineer to become an aerospace engineer.

So, I was thinking of terminating this week, because it's mentally very damaging for me, and I would rather use the time to find another job which is more compatible with my skill set.

My questions are :

1) This current company I'm in now is Company B.
Company A is my previous company. So if I apply for a new company (Company C) and they ask me what I'm doing for the past 2 weeks, is it best to just tell them I took a break / vacation overseas?
Because 2 weeks is not a very long time to be out of a job, so I was thinking it will still look good on my resume if I quit Company B asap and look for C.
I wouldn't want to tell them I work in Company B obviously.

2) When looking for a new job, would "Available Immediately" be a strong selling point?

Pls advise.

Tks!

it depends on what kind of experience and qualifications and skills you have before.

"Available immediately" is not a strong selling point at all because

1) Good companies (MNCs etc) that pay well don't usually need people to fill in so quickly even if they decide to hire you. Most of the time it is SMEs who does that.

2) There are still probably a handful of fresh uni grads from this year who have not managed to found a job. This may be due to a lot of reasons, some of them maybe went for a long holiday, wanted to take a long break before entering the workforce full force, and then also maybe some who have problems with interviews.

If you're confident that you can find another job with your skillset easily, then why not ? But if you have to ask this question, you probably aren't confident of finding a new job that easily. Thus I would say to keep your current job first and take MC or unpaid leave to go for interviews when the need arises, and only resign after you found your new job. Unless your current job really is affecting both your physical and mental health.

[Nik]

Hi tks for your reply, but unpaid leave and MCs etc are not very possible as I'm still under probation.

Also, a 2 week gap between jobs is not that bad, right?

Originally Posted by Nik

Hi tks for your reply, but unpaid leave and MCs etc are not very possible as I'm still under probation.

Also, a 2 week gap between jobs is not that bad, right?

how is it not possible to take MC? is ur boss going to force u to work if u are sick? u can complain to MoM for that. just don take too many MC of course, maybe once in 2-3 weeks when u are sure u have an interview for a job u really want

ofc the previous poster is not asking u take MC like 3 days a week just to go for interviews.. be flexible. furthermore if u don plan on staying in that company for long, why care ?

Originally Posted by Nik

Hi all,

Basically, I applied for a job which is not suitable for me, but because I clicked well with the boss during the interview, I was hired as a result, only to find out after working 2 weeks that I cannot deliver what the job requires.
As an analogy, it's similar to asking a ship engineer to become an aerospace engineer.

So, I was thinking of terminating this week, because it's mentally very damaging for me, and I would rather use the time to find another job which is more compatible with my skill set.

My questions are :

1) This current company I'm in now is Company B.
Company A is my previous company. So if I apply for a new company (Company C) and they ask me what I'm doing for the past 2 weeks, is it best to just tell them I took a break / vacation overseas?
Because 2 weeks is not a very long time to be out of a job, so I was thinking it will still look good on my resume if I quit Company B asap and look for C.
I wouldn't want to tell them I work in Company B obviously.

2) When looking for a new job, would "Available Immediately" be a strong selling point?

Pls advise.

Tks!

I was in quite a similar situation.

I knew from week one that I wanted to quit the job. Alas I am still employed there and still looking for better options.

1. I think quitting and saying you're on a break is ok. Definitely better than telling them you were in Coy B for only 2 weeks.

2. In my opinion 'still employed' is a stronger selling point than 'available immediately' unless you really know how to smoke.

For example I went for a group interview session before where one of the other applicants who wasn't currently employed explained that her old job kept her very busy and she didn't have time to job hunt properly, and felt it wasn't fair to keep working while being distracted by job hunting.