Erin Chisman , Owner Dane County Career Counseling We talk a lot about how to GET a job on my facebook page and group , but what about when a job just isn't working out? Today I'll talk about what I've found to be the best practices for resigning from a job. But first, some background... I've been an employer since 2003. Since that time I have been responsible for the interviewing, reference-checking, hiring, disciplining, and firing of hundreds of employees. I've done this in several roles for a handful of companies: as a Board President, a Sole Proprietor, a single-member LLC, and as an Executive Director. I've had employees quit professionally, as well as not-so-professionally -- everything from a nicely written letter to walking off the job in the middle of a task, with no warning. Generally, leaving your job comes down to one or more of these reasons: Fear that you may be fired soon Life circumstances have changed -- had a baby, got married, ...