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If You Were Unemployed, But Had A Hefty Savings Of 10K, In What Ways Would You Approach Your Job Search Differently? (lemdit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The point is not to chill and just burn through the savings and not work. How would having that much money saved, change the way you look for jobs?

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago (7 children)

10k is "a hefty savings"? That money is gone very quickly if you have a family and a mortgage, etc.

I don't think 10k would change anything, I would still need to hurry to get a job.

[+] [email protected] -21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Ok in your case, let's say you have 80K in savings. How would that change the way you go about looking for a job?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had this. What i did was consider what the best title/type of company i could get with respect to career growth and turned down interviews for everything that wasnt that.

I came VERY close to changing my search parameters after about three months of looking with no firm offer. I landed one of the ones i wanted. Pay isnt on the upper end for the title but its still the title and a large company.

If i had to rush i probably would have taken a much shittier role with far less growth opportunity.

I am a highly trained professional with 10 years experience though so ymmv.

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