Getting out of work for an Interview

[sg84]

I'm 1 & 1/2 years into my first job out of college, so I don't have very much experience juggling trying to find a new job while I already have a job. The company I work for is very small, I have 2 coworkers and 1 boss that I work directly with every work day.

I'm trying to find a new job, and what I want to know is, when you schedule an interview with another company, how do you hide it from your current job? I've been using the excuse, "I have an appointment" and it should be less than a couple hours. But on those days, I'm dressed up better than usual, and it just looks sort of obvious what I'm going to do.

Is this just the way things are, or is there some better way to go about this? Any job I had prior to this one, it was easy b/c I could just tell them I have an interview b/c they were just part time college jobs.

[Binoo]

I guess you could continue with the "I have an appointment" thing but maybe dress elsewhere? Bring your clothing in a bag and then maybe pull into a fast food restaurant or something and change in there?

[Honey Pumpkin]

I always take a half day's leave, so it's no one's business but mine. OR you can try scheduling interviews before the work day or after it ends. OR you can try dressing smarter all the time! Or change your clothes?