Tips for new employment while employed

When scheduling interviews, tell them this up front.  Your application and/or resume should indicate that you are currently employed.  Say I am currently working and need at least a week to plan time off for an interview.  You have to be allowed to take a day or half day off with a week's notice.  Also - ask about earlier in the morning?  9 is a pretty late start, could easily get in an hour phone interview before that in many places.  A potential employer that wants you will work with you.

I have done things like phone interviews on breaks and lunches. I have gone during my lunch to interview. Or I have interviewed before or after work. If you tell them your schedule they might be able to work around it. All else fails I just call in sick. 

I've done interviews at some pretty odd times, especially phone interviews. When it comes time for the face-to-face meeting, and it needs to be done during the day, there aren't a ton of options, unless you're dealing with a smaller, more flexible business. Depending on the number of people they want you to meet, you may be able to start early and end early, and head into work. I've done a number of informal breakfast interviews.

If you start missing days it's definitely a red flag. I've had colleagues ask me 'how was the interview?' when I took an unexpected day off. Semi-jokingly, but when you never, ever take time off and all of a sudden are gone, people aren't stupid.

This is exactly how I came into my current job.  I had two phone interviews in the evening, and then a face-to-face at 7 a.m.  I even came to the interview in business casual (and explained why).  At the end of the day, if you're the candidate they want, they'll make it work.

I guess those would be jobs you sign a contract stating you will not do those things? 

Fair enough. I suppose you would get fired if you get caught doing it before you had a new job. That's why people usually keep it on the down low when they are job hunting. 

Which is also why you never, ever tell anyone at work you're leaving until you have a signed offer of employment or contract. Verbal isn't good enough.

I was 7-3:30 at the old job. 

I found the one I'm at now, and I requested the latest possible interview time. It worked out

Also, the fact that my potential future employer was willing to be relatively flexible during the interview/hiring process was a huge plus. 

I've sent some apps out there and have not heard anything back.  Kind of stuck where I am at as well.  Just have yet to get an interview anywhere.  It's a tough job market out there to say the least.