It's decades since anyone asked me why I left, or why I was leaving. In my earlier life as a middle manager, I did a lot of hiring and I found it was not productive at all to ask why someone left their last job. Either they'd flat-out lie or I'd be subjected to half an hour of whining about how rotten their boss was, how their co-workers were picking on them etc .. I was never interested in that anyway. If they didnt get on where they were, I didnt care. The important question was . 'would they get on well with us?'. There are much better ways to evaluate that.
Any interviewer who asks "why are you leaving?" is either inexperienced at interviewing candidates, or not very smart, and is going to have employees running rings around them. For those who have trouble answering the question, the standard response looked for by most interviewers is something like "well I enjoyed it there, and the work was quite challenging, but I'm looking for new challenges, something that will stretch my skills a bit, expand my opportunities, and I think (insert name of company) offers these sorts of opportunities better than where I am now." It's inoffensive, doesnt give anything away, doesnt whine about your previous employer, and if you are leaving because the boss caught you with your hand in the till or up his daughters dress, you havent told any lies. And it gives the interviewer no useful information at all. As to the original questoin .... before you consider quitting, I'd say look for opportunities where you are. It's often easier to get a job at your current company than a new company. If you tell your boss (or their boss or however high up you dare go) that you are looking for something new and more challenging, any manager worth his salt will grab hold of you with both hands. Any manager needs people who want to succeed. They'll love you if you go to the right person - someone who isnt in 'CYA'* mode. (* CYA=Cover Your Ass) Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:32:35 -0000, Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which will turn the question into 'why are you leaving'? > > Ade > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198892 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
