If you are given a choice to leave the organization rather than be terminated, take the resignation and run! Well, before you run, do your due diligence with HR and get something in writing that shows how your employment will be coded in their system. If they code you as a termination, and you have nothing to support that it was a resignation, there is really not a lot you can do. Documentation is important when the story doesn’t match. The organization has no vested interest in your future, so don’t put yourself in the position where you have …read more

Freddie Mac CEO David Moffett announced today that he is resigning his position, effective no later than March 13, 2009. Board chairman John Koskinen says that they intend to name a interim CEO before March 13 to replace Moffett.
Says Moffett in his resignation letter:
“I have enjoyed my time as CEO of Freddie Mac and I wish all the great employees the very best in the days to come.”
Although Moffett leaving is a blow to Freddie Mac, the FHFA expects to continue running like clockwork, which is especially important right now. According to their press release, Freddie Mac has helped …read more

The governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, has been a hot topic this week in the news and dare I say in the blogosphere. I have hesitated about writing about the mess I see with this governor. Why? Because accept for God’s grace, there is no one immune from allowing their impulses to dictate their behaviors. And for the consequences of that choice to become public.
As a blogger in the career niche I get lots of comments about people losing their jobs – terminations, specifically. People who get fired for one reason or another. One person recently wrote that he/she …read more