How to calm nerves about leaving a long-term job?

Question

I have been at the same workplace for over 6 years. I am nervous to leave for a new position, although it would be better for me to work closer to home (recently started evening classes). What is a tasteful way to leave a job you've had for a long time - and how can I stop being so darn nervous about it?!
Also, should I give my leave before I find a new job (if I'm actively searching) or should I wait til I get a new job, and hope they can wait the two weeks for me to finish out my old job?

Answer 1

Wait until you get the new job before resigning from your current one.

6 years is a long time, but it's your choice as to whether you want to concentrate on the previous 72 months of work, parties and people. You've gotten comfortable, and change for some people is difficult.

However, if looking forward to your future causes you to think of all the possibilities before you, then you should outline things to come, such as graduation, new friends, more money, better job opportunities...

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I just wanted to say DON'T leave a job unless you have another job lined up and you know that you are officially hired and have a start date. I was going to be 'hired' at one job...and after I basically had the job, the manager's boss didn't want her to hire me...so they backed out on me after I had given notice at my then-current job. Fortunately, I was able to stay at my job (they just pretended like they didn't get the notice I gave and were just glad I was staying there for a while, because a lot of my co-workers weren't reliable) until I got another one.

I've learned from my many years of job experience and looking for another job...that most employers consider potential employees who are currently employed over unemployed ones. That's just one of the cruel unfair things of the world...just like the "if you don't have experience, you can't get experience; and you can't get experience if you don't have experience" thing.

It is a bit of a challenge to step away from a job you are so used to...not knowing what is next. But don't give any notice until you actually have a job lined up...otherwise you'll encounter the extremely hard time that I had in my younger years. The clock keeps ticking...you keep being unemployed, and a lot of places don't want to hire an 'unemployed' person. After a while...your experience becomes a bit void, because there is then a gap in employment. And it's not worth it to go through all of that.

Keep actively searching...I searched for months before I got a new job lined up. I start on April 2, and I gave the letter of notice in today at my current job. That I have found a full-time job (my current job is 'part-time' with more like full-time hours sometimes, after 1.5 years of no full-time positions available). And...I gave him the option of working around my other full-time job schedule, or let me know immediately if the answer is 'no'...so I can put in my notice. I'm only giving a weeks' notice. Most employers are not interested in waiting 2 weeks for you to start...they usually want somebody as soon as possible. This new job will be full-time...it's through a staffing agency, which is an excellent way to get your foot into the door of a company. But do be nice when you give notice...be professional about it when you write it, even if the job is absolutely crappy. Of course, in interviews...leave out anything that gives you a bad view in the eyes of the employer. If the boss was a bad boss...just shrug it off and say to the new employer that you are looking for more opportunities and also needed to relocate. I've learned to never rail on a former boss...new employers see that as insubordinate and feel that you might do the same thing and defy authority at their job.

Anyway...my suggestion...give a weeks' notice AFTER you already are hired and have a start date for another job. :-)

Now with my situation...I could be a little bit more harsh to my manager, because A) I'm one of their most experienced reliable employees they have B) They are working around other peoples' full-time jobs and letting them work there too. C) They would be violating company policy by discriminating against me in refusing to work around my schedule...but letting co-workers do so. So my manager can't put anything to it so to speak. Anyway...not that those things in particular apply to you.

But anyway...just try to get another job first before any type of notice. :-)