Actually the Best Time to Job Search

The office is quieter than usual, thanks to the various vacations your colleagues have planned. Your meetings often get moved from a stuffy conference room to a sunny outdoor patio at a local coffee shop. Your to-do list gets abandoned a little early on Friday afternoon in favor of escaping your desk and enjoying the weather.

For reasons just like those, many people operate with the assumption that summer is an awful time to job search—they think that companies put a pause on hiring for those warmer months.

But, is that actually true? Should you put your hunt for a new position on hold until the fall rolls around?

I connected with Jennifer Faris, a Senior Recruiter with Vanguard, to get the lowdown, answer those questions, and debunk some of those common myths you’ve heard about job searching during the summer.

So, go ahead and keep tailoring your resume and polishing your cover letter—even when you think everyone else is taking a break. While they’re planning their next vacations, you’ll be planning your next career move.