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“Exit Your Current Job by Creating Bonds”

Filed under Job Search Process, Networking, On the Job
Posted by Libraries, August 15, 2007
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Joann S. Lublin, The Wall Street Journal online at CareerJournal.com, August 1, 2007.
http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/manageyourcareer
/20070801-managingyourcareer.html?mod=RSSCareerJournal
&cjrss=frontpage

When quitting a job out of frustration for inadequate compensation, being passed over for promotion, or being overworked, it can be quite tempting to vent one’s frustrations in a letter of resignation. However, beware. The author of this article warns that leaving a job in such a way will only serve to burn bridges and damage one’s professional reputation.

Instead, the article stresses making a “graceful exit” from one’s job. The author details the various steps required to make such an exit, such as making positive statements about what one has gained from one’s job experience, thanking one’s superior for the original opportunity (even if one feels bitter towards him or her), writing a neutral, uncritical letter of resignation, and thinking ahead of how to be diplomatic in turning down a possible counteroffer or in responding to a negative reaction from one’s boss. Also, read the article for great examples of tying up loose ends before leaving a job and for maintaining contact with soon-to-be former co-workers as a great networking tool for future endeavors.

—Peter Simm