5 Tips For Being Discreet When Interviewing For A New Job

5 Tips For Being Discreet When Interviewing For A New Job Interviewing for a new job is nerve-wracking and it becomes even more complicated when you have to figure out how to do it secretly. Unless yure ready to tell your employer that youre job searching, youll need to keep your search under raps. Until you feel comfortable alerting your current boss on your own terms, here are five ways to stealthily secure a new job1. Dont print your resume at work.So here you are, printing out aresume for a cool new job opportunityon your work printer, because, hey, ink is expensive. Before you make it over to retrieve your file, someone finds your newly jargonized resume, and shouts, HEY, WHO PUT THE FANCY PAPER IN THE PRINTER? I JUST PRINTED A 20-PAGE DOC ON THE GOOD STUFF OH WAIT, GINA, WHY IS YOUR RESUME IN HERE? WHY DO YOU THINK YOU MANAGE TWO PEOPLE? YOURE elend A MANAGER, GINA.Best-case scenario You race to the printer and snatch up your resume, which you clutch to your chest while walkin g back to your desk, making awkward eye contact with every person you pass. Nothing arouses suspicion quite like Oh yeah, Ive just got some documents. Okay, see you later.2. Dont show up to work in your interview clothes.One time I wore new socks and my entire office commented, which is to say that coworkers really do notice small changes in presentation. If you have a fairly casual workplace, your coworkers will definitely take note of your pencil skirt or blazer when you show up late from your dental appointment. Whos your dentist, the Queen of England? Be sure to change before you go back to work.3. Conduct all your correspondence via personal email.Scenario Youre leading a meeting and have your computer hooked up to the projector. You get an email notification from a competing company with the subject line Meeting with our HR. Amateur move, Gina.4. Make your fake illnesses as vague as possible.So you get an email asking you to come in the next day for a job interview. Fantastic Obviously, you call insick/doctor appointment/personal emergency to your current job. But remember, you have to allow for the possibility of a second interview a few days later. Dont stride in post-interview like youre 100 percent healthy. Keep things very vague and reference follow-up appointments. Bonus points if your dudebro coworkers assume its a lady problem (their words) and leave you alone for a blessed week.Similarly, dont scour job boards on your work computer. Just wait until you get home, open a bottle of wine, turn on Netflix, and job search like a grown-ass woman.5. Turn. Off. LinkedIn. Notifications.Nothing will alert your coworkers to the fact that youre job hunting quite like seeing that youve added quantifiable gains, maximize, or key stakeholders to your current job description. There is no reason to talk like that unless you are applying for a job and even then, its a stretch.A version of this article was originally published on DailyWorth.Fairygodboss is commit ted to improving the workplace and lives of women.Join us by reviewing your employer