Quitting, Getting Fired, Redundancy. The Right Way to Dealing with Leaving your Job

I was asked for advice on what to do when someone decides to quit their job or they regrettably end up getting fired from their work. In light of the economic downturn, many companies are also being forced to have voluntary or involuntary redundancies. Whilst I have not had that unfortunate situation occur to me, I thought about the best steps to take should something like that ever happen.

Leaving a job is often upsetting, whether you were fired or finally decided to quit. You may have trouble thinking carefully about what you should do when coming across such a situation. Here are some suggestions I think you should read and remember to follow.

Don’t tell off your boss and co-workers, even if you think they deserve it.

When you leave your job, you will be feeling very upset, especially if you are leaving on bad terms.

You may want to tell your boss or co-workers what you really think of them.

Don’t do it, even if they truly deserve it. You never know who you will meet down the road and who you may have to work with one day.

Make sure to ask for a reference that you can use for a future job.

This may sound like an odd thing to ask if you are being asked to leave your job.

However, you will have to include this job on your resume (CV), so you should try to make sure you get either a good or, at least, a neutral reference.

This of course depends on the reason you were fired. If you have been fired because of some serious offense, this may be unnecessary to ask for.

However if your parting is due to something less serious, you may be able to ask your boss for a reference, even if things didn’t work out.

Update your resume (CV) and prepare a Covering Letter to use for a new job.

This way you will be ready to look for new jobs and send off your resume and covering letter, inviting prospective employers to contact you for an interview.

Take some time to relax and get through that difficult day you’ve been through and to recover.

Going through this is something very difficult and it will make you feel bad. It will take time to get over it, so give it some time for you to let it settle, but be sure not to linger too long. You need to start looking for new jobs. Get ready to use your updated CV and submit it to online job agencies.

Also, look at companies you are interesting in working for; read up on what their vision and objectives are – if you find that you agree with what they want to achieve and they have a job availability, research it further and find out who you should address your covering letter to. Be specific, show that you are genuinely interested in the company and you’ve taken the time to find out more about them and the job they are offering.

Don’t say bad things about your employer or any of your co-workers to any prospective employers when you go for a job interview at a new company.

It will make you look bad, as your prospective boss will ask you the reason you left your previous job and what caused the bad relationship with your previous employer. They will suspect that you might have been at fault.