re: 2 weeks notice?

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Put it in properly exactly 2 weeks before.

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This is the correct answer. Do the right thing by your current employer and have the courtesy to give them two weeks notice to start the interview process for your position. It's win-win for you. You don't burn any bridges with your current employer, as other posters have said, and it creates good faith between you and your next employer. You look good all the way around to both parties and that goodwill will more than be invested well if you continue to perform like that in the future at your next position. Golden rule. Give back more than you take. You will never lose doing that, in my experience.

A couple of years?

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But the record would state FIRED if they decide to just move on without me in my HR record....

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If you want to do the right thing and gain some respect from both sides with no downside, I would give them notice and not worry about what they do. But I would certainly communicate your fears to your next employer and that might prompt them to hire you immediately with pay and will create more faith in you as a person with the new company going forward. Do what you know is right and the rest will take care of itself.

Make sure you document and save your two weeks notice via email along with a professional & succinct thank you for the opportunity they gave you. That way you have a record that you gave notice should the issue ever come up. As the previous poster said, do it the correct & professional way.

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Give then a two weeks notice on paper , normally if they fire you they have to pay you for the two weeks .

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There you go. It will take care of itself one way or the other if you just do the right thing.

How about if you put in your 2 weeks notice on what would be your last day anyway?

What type of work do you do OP? I'm just curious to see what kind of company would Fire someone for giving notice.

I quit two jobs as an adult without notice. The first company was the one I started with after college. They fired anyone who put in a notice and I didn't see a future. I had good people above me who would give me a recommendation so I didn't feel the need to give anyone a notice. I felt bad for my boss but he understood. I walked into HR and told them that it was my last day, I had already packed my things, and they could mail me my last check. They asked for an exit interview and I obliged while explaining my frustration and reasons for no notice. The next job I got worked fine for 5 years until the market died and they basically got rid of my position without firing me and put me on a shitty assignment that nobody wanted. As soon as I found a new job I showed up late and quit with a big frick you to everyone. At no point did either circumstance hurt my career. You're relationships you carry with you but your employer is a pimp. You owe nothing to them and two weeks notice is total bullshite unless you have to train someone to replace you.

Knowing that people have been fired as soon as notice was given, I'd take my vacation and then come in the first morning back and resign.