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CibbuanoQuitting a new job – Damage Control
September 8th 2006 00:46
It is very important when you quit a new job to make sure that you leave on the best possible terms. There’s no need to be over the top with a dramatic departure. You don’t want to burn any bridges for your career future and you never know how a bad departure might get around an industry.
The first step is to arrange a time to quit in person with your boss. You owe your employee a personal explanation and resignation. Weaseling out with a phone call, email, or just never returning is not going to reflect well. Think of it as good exercise in professionalism. Understand that your employee is probably going to be disappointed and possibly annoyed with your resignation. Hire a new staff member is a costly and lengthy procedure so they will not be appreciating you leaving before they’ve gotten any benefits from your service.
When you give your reasons for departing, be honest. Dramatic excuses are relatively transparent and not only will you look like a quitter, you’ll look like a liar too. “My aunt died.” “I broke a leg” etc are the type of dramatic, farcical excuses that some people will use to quit a job. Imagine how pear shaped things can get when an employer tries to be understanding and offer you time off during your period of recovery. Eventually you’ll have to fess up that at the core, you want to leave. Make sure you are apologetic for your error. Most bosses are reasonable people and if you have a legitimate reason for leaving your job they should at least be able to relate to your departure.
A good damage control strategy is to offer to stay on at your workplace until your employer finds a replacement employee. This doesn’t leave your employer stranded and scrambling to get a suitable workforce together for a few weeks until they can find someone new.
A good strategy for quitting a job is to approach your employers and explain that you don’t feel that you are fitting into the job. It would be a benefit in the long term for the employer to find a new employee who suits the job and would probably perform more productively and diligently. Training resources and efforts dedicated to a new employee would reap greater long-term rewards if the employer was able to find someone who felt more comfortable with the position. Highlighting the benefits to the employers is going to soften the blow of you unexpectedly quitting.
Now that you have quitted your job it is time to move on. Make sure that you take something from the experience and learn something about the type of career you wish to follow in the future. List the reasons why you quitted the job and make sure those issues are not present in any subsequent jobs you apply for. Think carefully and try not to jump in too quickly before apply for a new position.
The first step is to arrange a time to quit in person with your boss. You owe your employee a personal explanation and resignation. Weaseling out with a phone call, email, or just never returning is not going to reflect well. Think of it as good exercise in professionalism. Understand that your employee is probably going to be disappointed and possibly annoyed with your resignation. Hire a new staff member is a costly and lengthy procedure so they will not be appreciating you leaving before they’ve gotten any benefits from your service.
When you give your reasons for departing, be honest. Dramatic excuses are relatively transparent and not only will you look like a quitter, you’ll look like a liar too. “My aunt died.” “I broke a leg” etc are the type of dramatic, farcical excuses that some people will use to quit a job. Imagine how pear shaped things can get when an employer tries to be understanding and offer you time off during your period of recovery. Eventually you’ll have to fess up that at the core, you want to leave. Make sure you are apologetic for your error. Most bosses are reasonable people and if you have a legitimate reason for leaving your job they should at least be able to relate to your departure.
A good damage control strategy is to offer to stay on at your workplace until your employer finds a replacement employee. This doesn’t leave your employer stranded and scrambling to get a suitable workforce together for a few weeks until they can find someone new.
A good strategy for quitting a job is to approach your employers and explain that you don’t feel that you are fitting into the job. It would be a benefit in the long term for the employer to find a new employee who suits the job and would probably perform more productively and diligently. Training resources and efforts dedicated to a new employee would reap greater long-term rewards if the employer was able to find someone who felt more comfortable with the position. Highlighting the benefits to the employers is going to soften the blow of you unexpectedly quitting.
Now that you have quitted your job it is time to move on. Make sure that you take something from the experience and learn something about the type of career you wish to follow in the future. List the reasons why you quitted the job and make sure those issues are not present in any subsequent jobs you apply for. Think carefully and try not to jump in too quickly before apply for a new position.
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