You’ve decided to leave the organization, and the decision was driven by your needs as a working parent. Maybe you’re taking a new job with fewer hours or less travel so you can spend more time with the kids; maybe you’re “up-ramping” and taking on a position with more responsibility, pressure, and pay – so you can afford those looming college bills; or maybe you’ve decided to put your focus on responsibilities at home before looking for a different opportunity.
When You’re Leaving Your Job Because of Your Kids
You’ve decided to leave the organization, and the decision was driven by your needs as a working parent. How do you leave in the right way? How can you be credible, honest and transparent while acting in your own best interests, and how do you preserve the long-term career capital you’ve worked so hard to create? Here are seven tactics any working parent should use when transitioning out of a job. As a longtime human capital professional, Daisy Dowling watched many employees make career changes, some very effectively and gracefully, and learned their personal techniques and approaches. Now, as an executive coach and advisor to working parent professionals, she works with many executives seeking to make career transitions smartly, and advises them on incorporating these strategies in their moves. And as a full-time working mother who’s changed jobs twice since her first daughter arrived five years ago, she’s had the chance to test them herself. They work.