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Video:Q&A: What to Avoid When Quitting a Job

with Tim Tyrell-Smith

Want to learn about what you should avoid when quitting a job? Here, see tips for getting out the door without making colleagues upset.See Transcript

Transcript:Q&A: What to Avoid When Quitting a Job

What to avoid when quitting your job. Thinking about quitting your job? Like all big decisions, here are three things you want to avoid.

Information on What to Avoid When Quitting a Job

#1, Don't make negative comments about your boss or company.

#2, Don't brag about your new job, salary or company to co-workers prior to leaving.

#3, Don't get lazy in your last week. Offer to help transition someone into your new job. Make any of these mistakes and you risk burning bridges with your prior company. You risk ruining friendships that you've worked so long to build. And at the end of the day, you'd like to do the right thing and move on to your next company with a real positive, fresh start, not having to worry about mistakes that you might have made in the past.

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