Feature Article: Resigning with Class: How to Diplomatically Resign From Your Job
Special Feature: Job Resignation Do's and Don'ts
Quintessential Site: Featured Career Web Site of this Issue
The Career Doctor: Answering Your Questions
Q TIPS: Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search
Notes from the Editor: About this Issue...
Are you ending the year by leaving your current job?
Have you made a New Year's resolution to leave your
job for greener pastures? Whenever you do leave the
job you're in, you'll need some guidelines on how to
bow out with grace and diplomacy. That's what this
issue is about.
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issue of QuintZine before Jan. 6, 2003, but during the week
between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, you will receive our special year-end
New Year's Career Resolutions Issue, with a bonus edition of Career
Doctor, a great article on making and keeping your resolutions,
and an index of 2002 articles in career-resolutions format.
Resigning with Class: How to Diplomatically Resign From Your Job
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Are you preparing to resign from your current job?
Some job-seekers have a hard time doing so, either
because they love the job and their co-workers
or because they can't stand the job
This article is really two articles
in one. The first part discusses the strategies behind
making a graceful departure from your employer, and the
second part shows you how to write a letter of resignation,
including a sample resignation letter and memo.
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Special Feature: Job Resignation Do's and Don'ts
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
If you're preparing to resign from your current job,
here are some general rules (do's and don'ts) for resigning
from your job gracefully -- and carefully.
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The 2002 Real World Panel and Networking Event Marks End of 6th Anniversary Celebrations!
Successful recent Stetson University business alumni
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of this newsletter's parent site, Quintessential Careers.
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list of the leading job and resume Web sites (see our Q-TIPS
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A rich archive of articles by well-know career columnist
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Latest Additions: New Sites Added to QuintCareers
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search for jobs. Other tools include a complete communications center and a detailed
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Find even more career and job site additions to Quintessential Careers by visiting our
Latest Additions section.
Mary Jo writes: "I've been using your site a lot over
the past few months, and the resources you offer helped
me tremendously. Here's the thing: I've been offered a job,
did an assessment, and accepted their offer but can't seem
to locate information about giving notice and negotiating
a smooth transition with my current employer. Any help you
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for the help thus far."
LK writes: "Could you tell me the best sites for a person
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Q TIPS: Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Good news and bad news for upcoming college grads.
The good news? Planned entry-level hiring is up slightly for 2003.
The bad news? The hiring plans are only marginally better than 2002,
which was the worst year for entry-level hiring in 20 years.
CollegeGrad.com recently released the results of its annual
Top Entry Level Employers survey, which shows overall
entry-level hiring up 4 percent for 2003. Most major employers expressed
continued caution over the current state of the economy. However,
the survey results also reveal bright spots for entry-level hiring.
The results profile future hiring plans for more than 500 entry-level
employers representing more than 100,000 entry-level positions. While
most of the largest employers (10,000+ employees) are hiring the
same or fewer college grads, many of the medium employers
(1,000-10,000 employees) and small employers (under 1,000 employees)
are showing increases for 2003, which accounts for the overall net
increase in entry-level hiring.
The industries showing the strongest hiring demand continue to be
defense, healthcare, and government services. Consulting services,
which once showed the highest demand for entry-level hiring in the
late '90s, but was down dramatically in 2000-2002, showed the largest
year-to-year increase in hiring expectations at 15 percent growth in 2003.
The majors most in demand? Accounting, Engineering, Business, and
Management continue to be the highest demand majors, with Computer
Science, Finance, Marketing, and Biology not far behind.
As for the job market beyond entry level, companies plan to
hire slightly more people in the first few months of 2003 than
a year ago according to a new survey from Manpower, Inc. According
to the quarterly survey of 16,000 businesses, 20 percent stated
they expect to hire more people in the first quarter of 2003 while
12 percent plan to cut workers. The remainder either planned to
keep staffing the same or were uncertain of their plans.
Its' better news than this time last year, when 16 percent expected
to hire and 16 percent expected to reduce staff.
The survey found that the wholesale and retail sector expects
to hire more people in the first quarter compared to a year ago,
with the strongest job prospects in the Midwest. Manufacturers of
nondurable goods, such as food and clothes, also expect to hire an
increasing number of workers in the first quarter, with 21 percent
of companies planning more hiring and 9 percent planning cuts.
CAREERXROADS has just announced its 50 Best of the Best --
a list of the leading job and resume Web sites.
Authors Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler note, "While the online
employment industry is certainly stabilizing, the number of
jobs listed on these key sites continues to grow. Even with
our current economy, companies are still hiring, and you can
find the job opportunities on these sites." Crispin and Mehler
have been watching the online employment industry since its
inception, and the CAREERXROADS Best of the Best list is now
in its eighth year.
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QuintZine: Topics in Upcoming Issues
WATCH FOR feature articles on these topics in upcoming
issues of QuintZine:
* Crafting a successful e-mail resume
* The interview as sales call
* Getting the raise you deserve
* 10 things I wish I'd known before starting my first job
* Letters of recommendation
* Why, how, when to use a career coach -- and whom to choose
* Employer research: step by step
* Learn about careers through job-shadowing
* Balancing career and family
* 10 job-search reality checks
* Is job flexibility right for you?
* First days on the job: Strategies to get ahead
* Dealing with a bad boss
* Making your case for telecommuting
* A day in the life of a recruiter
* Don't wait by the phone: Following up on all job leads
* Dining etiquette
* The relationship between personality and career choice
* What employers are really looking for
* New series: 10 mistakes to avoid in: resumes, cover letters, interviews, salary
negotiation, career change, networking, job-search
* Quintessential Career Profiles of YOU, our readers
* Q&As with well-known career experts
* Book reviews
. . . and much, much more!
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