Im discussing this from the perspective of office which I imagine is very different from some other jobs. I consider this saying of thinking as one of neutrality rather then attempting to actively get somewhere.

1. If there’s a specific job your looking for, that would be correct. Otherwise just interacting with people in LinkedIn works. I check maybe once a month to tell people how interested I am and to direct them to my email where I’m more active.
2. Not really. The benefit of having a job and looking is having way more freedom to decline interviews. So you don’t put in effort until you want to and it makes more sense. It feels like you are treated better as well. You are given every convenience when you have to fit things around work. Since getting a job, I have had every time limit for sending in work revoked to get it in around work.
3. Never tell your coworkers. It’s not worth it. I’ve never heard anyone ever discuss taking interviews other than from past jobs. Closest I’ve got is “you’ll be the first to know if I take a new job”. You can take time off for interviews if needed. Or schedule them around lunch. As I said above. They give every luxury to work around a work schedule.
4. You don’t have to tell anyone. If people ask it can be extremely simple. Dentist, helping someone with a move. Mental health day. Just normal stuff. Realistically, people should not ask.

It depends on the situation. In my previous job, all of my coworkers knew. Management had no clue. They were all supportive and helped be a reference. In another previous job (long before my last one), I would apply to jobs after work hours and “book” doctors/dentist/car mechanic appointments to do the interviews.

I never ran into gossips, so I’ve no advice for that.

I brush up the resume and send out a few applications each day. I don’t mention it because it’s nobodies fucking business.

It’s really that simple, coworkers only have as much influence on what you do outside of work as you allow them to.

It’s the networking. When there is a vacancy there will be feelers about who might be willing to move. Things only get posted when the informal processes don’t produce results.

I think it’s more like autism with a touch of borderline personality disorder. Either way, their psychology and its evolution are my favorite aspect of the books.

Keep it a secret because there is no benefit. A coworker can mention your planned departure offhand to someone else who then mentions it to your manager and then bam, your life is made absolute hell.

Anytime some bullshit happens at your work that reminds you that you need to leave, take that fucking spite and put it into job applications. Do the applications on your employers time only. Get the bare minimum expected from you done and then spend the rest of the time applying.

I ran best with: Tell coworkers you trust and you like working with. Most likely they will agree thst xyz is bad and ya’ll could be in a better situation. Some times you can even get the people you like to also get a better job or even get them into the company that you changed to - only when you already have been there for a few months or so, to know if its a good company or not.

All teachers discuss getting a difderent job. Sometimes they quit rather suddenly when the job arrives. None of us hide the general search from each other but often hide the interviews. None of us need excuses to want another job, everyone knows the job sucks.

Incidentally: If you have to work two jobs at once, then there is something wrong, mate. There’s no way I could work a second job while teaching.

In a somewhat small industry, I’d send my resume off to executives at another company. They will generally keep it quiet because they don’t want to poison the relationship early. It is kept secret.

There will be a few interviews. First one will likely be remote.

Once I get an offer I accept, I tell management. I also tell staff I care about. I can choose to tell them where I go or not, but that is a personal decision.