Robert Kelsey, author of What’s Stopping You? Why Smart People Don’t Always Reach Their Potential and How You Can, suggests some important factors to consider when you are leaving a job. The temporary job market is so heavily biased to references that leaving one role well before starting another is advice worth listening too!
Give good notice - its always good to allow your employer as much time as possible.
Work your notice - it is the least you do.
Build rather than burn bridges - You never know where your next job will come from.
Hand over docs - Leaving an excellent handover to the next employee is vital.
Honesty and integrity - Codes of
References - Bad ones will always come back to haunt you.
The exit interview - Don’t be lulled into telling home truths. They will only impact you long term.
Stay in contact - You may get the chance to go back or use the persons own network.
Sanitise your memory - Always talk of an experience positively.