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Nobody believes in lifetime employment any more, but many workers now rush in the opposite direction, and that, too, can cause problems in career management, recruitment consultants say. An emotional decision made in haste may be repented at leisure, according to Shin Gyung-soo, CEO of Ains Partner, a global headhunting firm. ¡°Quitting jobs with no apparent purpose in sight causes problems with your career management, and when your next employer asks information about you of your previous employer, a spur-of-the-moment decision can result in a rejection letter,¡± he says. If you must quit, bear the following five rules in mind.
Give notice.
Let your employer know you are leaving at least two or three weeks before you are leaving. Quitting suddenly creates a vacuum in your workplace, and ensuring a smooth transition to your successor is the best way to avoid friction with former colleagues and employers.
Don¡¯t quarrel.
Be very careful to avoid a quarrel over your resignation with your boss. Don¡¯t become emotional, and don¡¯t give your boss a reason to get upset so you both look back in anger. Once your boss has become a sworn enemy, he will never speak well of you when a potential employer asks information about you.
Keep in touch with your colleagues.
We live in a small world. Good relationships with your former colleagues can turn out to be a valuable asset. Remember, they too may one day leave, and you never know where they¡¯ll turn up.
Think twice.
It¡¯s foolish to decide to quit on the spur of the moment just because you are dissatisfied with or have complaints about your company. You need to base your decision on reasons strong enough so your boss can¡¯t persuade you to stay by a twitch on the thread.
The grass is not always greener.
Dreaming of a better work environment or better terms is not a good enough reason to leave. If you¡¯re quitting because you think, ¡°Wherever I go, it can¡¯t be worse than this,¡± you¡¯re taking the wrong step. Be ambitious enough to improve your company, instead of looking to benefit from an already established outfit.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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