Try to keep your mouth shut until you have a job offer, especially if your move is not entirely certain. There are only a few cases in which I think …

- Alexandra Levit

If the job is not what you expected and not even your cup of tea, stay put and learn as much as you can while you carefully consider your next move.

- Alexandra Levit

Maintaining strong references is a critical part of effective networking, and I suggest sending your best contacts periodic updates, e-mails just say…

- Alexandra Levit

If you must leave your job after three months - and I recommend staying a year unless you're totally miserable - then downplay the short tenure both …

- Alexandra Levit

One of the toughest situations to be in is when you are objectively good at something, but realize that it's making you unhappy and unbalanced.

- Alexandra Levit

You never know when a new job isn't going to pan out, or circumstances change, and you'll want to return to your previous company. I myself have done…

- Alexandra Levit

People can be so petty, can't they? This is why you should only give as much notice as is considered culturally appropriate in the organization, and …

- Alexandra Levit