I quit! I’m outta here! Take this miserable job and shove it!
Quitting your job, leaving a familiar workplace culture of people. It’s a recurring fantasy, especially in an economy which cannot seem to create jobs that matter, where current bosses may seem to take advantage. It’s a necessary consideration as you plot your career trajectory. It’s inevitable. The days of 40 years on the job and a gold watch are so long gone even the movies look weird.
So how do you quit – or to be polite and politic, resign – your job? More importantly, how do you leave your job and contain the damage? Here are ten pointers – the recruiter’s version of Paul Simon’s prescient ’50 ways to leave your lover’ – that will guide you in what not to do when resigning. And let’s face it, it’s what you don’t do that may have the most lasting effect.
