Episode 5 - How to Job Search While Working Your Big 4 Job (Part 2)

In today’s episode, we’re going to discuss 4 more great tips to help you job search while you are busy working full time at your Big 4 job. And these tips are my favorite as they are specific to my experience leaving the Big 4 world.  

Find the full show notes for the episode at RecovingCorpholics.com/5.

So, last week we discussed the first 4 tips on how to job search while working your big 4 job. As a quick recap from last week, the first 4 tips were:

1.     Update LinkedIn

The first tip is all around LinkedIn. Make sure you are keeping your profile up to date and when you do make changes, that you turn your profile notifications off. Also be careful about what information you put out there and I’d also suggest not tagging your profile with Looking for opportunities.

2.     Keep your job hunt a secret at work 

The second tip I have and what would seem obvious to some is to keep your job hunt or dissatisfaction at work to yourself. It’s competitive in the big 4 and you never know who is going to use that info to try to get ahead.

We also talked about how to talk to your Partner or Director in case they ask you if you are job hunting and I gave some tips and a sample of what you can say back to that ask.

3.     Be Smart on Social Media

The third tip I had is similar to not sharing your job hunt at work but goes further to say - be smart on social media. 

You may be on private but you may have some people in your work network online or at least friends of friends and as you know, gossip spreads like wildfire in a big 4.
 

4.     Don’t publicly post your resume

The fourth tip I have is to be smart about where you upload your resume. I know you want to leave your big 4 job, but don’t post your resume somewhere publicly where someone can find it. Big 4 recruiters are looking for candidates all the time and may stumble across your resume. 

Be smart about how you apply. 

So now that we have a recap of the first 4 tips, lets jump into the next 4 tips. 

5.     Stop going above and beyond

The fifth tip I have on how to job search while working is my favorite. It’s to stop going above and beyond. If you know you want to change jobs and you need more time to do other things, then start saying no to extra projects or other things that take you away from your actual job. 

I mean, what are they going to do, fire you? Never – you know they don’t do that and honestly, it would make it so much easier if they did. 

Now, saying no may not be easy, as I know you’re probably an over-achiever like I was, but think about what that extra work is going to do for you. It’s only going to get you stressed and give you less time to job hunt and interview. 

And to be real, that extra work isn’t what gets you promoted. It’s the actual work your rated on. That extra work helps you stand out only if your work doesn’t do it for you. So start saying no. 

So if you never said no, how do you start?

Find the Full Show Notes Here.