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Job search timing is a pipeline problem: applications turn into screens, screens into interviews, and interviews into offers on a schedule of weeks, not days. This planner connects that pipeline to your notice period and your ideal start date, then outputs the three dates that matter — when to start applying, when offers should land, and when to resign. Most people start too late and then accept the first offer out of panic; this removes the panic by removing the guesswork.
Start applying too early and offers arrive before you can accept them; too late and you stretch your savings. This planner times your search to your notice period.
From first application to offer, plan on 4-6 weeks for most professional roles; screens to offer alone usually run 2-4 weeks. Specialist and executive searches run longer — add two weeks to be safe.
Ask the employer to flex the start date rather than burning your buffer or resigning early. Most will wait two to four weeks for the right candidate — the ask is free and normal.
Only after the contract is signed, and ideally with your buffer intact. Verbal offers fall through often enough that resigning on one is the most common avoidable career mistake.
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