辭職前該考慮的五個問題
Thinking About Quitting Your Job? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions First
辭職前該考慮的五個問題
The economy is getting better, but good jobs still aren't exactly growing on trees. Here's what to consider before you leap:
不斷髮展的經濟並不能保證人人都有好工作。下列是你辭職前應該考慮的一些問題：
1. Is there any way to redeem the job you have?
還有其他方面能補救現在的工作嗎？
There are many reasons to hate a job. Maybe you have a terrible boss. Maybe your employer has draconian policies about leave, or supports a culture in which it's totally OK to call you on your days off or even your vacation. Think carefully about whether you really need to leave in order to make your day-to-day life better.
討厭一份工作的理由有很多：也許是因爲老闆是討厭鬼、也許老闆有苛刻的請假制度或者經常在你請假或者放假期間叫你回來加班。爲了保證日常生活質量，離職前還是考慮清楚爲好。
2. Can you get laid off, instead?
能用下崗代替辭職嗎？
If you quit your job, generally speaking, you won't be entitled to unemployment. Nor, most likely, will your employer offer you any severance pay. For these reasons, it's obviously preferable to be laid off than to quit. Keep your ear to the ground, and prepare to graciously volunteer as tribute, if layoffs arrive.
辭職並不等同於失業，你前老闆也不會支付你失業金。因此，最就算白乾一段時間，也要等一等下崗機會。
3. Will you be able to support yourself in the possibly not-so-short term?
找到下份工作前是否能維持自己生活？
Most financial experts will tell you that you need to have six months of expenses saved up, in order to protect yourself from financial disaster. This is especially important if you quit a job without having another one lined up.
大多數理財專家會建議你做好辭職後六個月的生活預算，這樣可以讓你免受經濟危機。這對還沒有確定下份工作就辭職的人非常必要。
4. Have you learned from the experience?
是否能從這份工作吸取經驗？
Even the worst job can teach you something. Sometimes, it's that you don't want to be in that line of work, or that you prefer to work for a larger or smaller company, or that your industry is in trouble and it's time to make a change.
最差的工作也能讓你成長。有時是因爲你不想在做這個領域，或者想去大點或小點的公司，或者這個行業不景氣，這樣也確實到換工作的時候了。
5. How will you describe the situation to future hiring managers?
怎樣向未來的僱主解釋離職原因？
You need an elevator pitch to describe why you left, and it should focus on the positive, even if that's a stretch. Now's not the time to badmouth your soon-to-be previous employer or boss – especially if they deserve it.
講述離職原因時通常要給自己一個臺階下，應該着重講積極的方面，即使有時必須把這些誇大。注意這並不是說即將成爲你前老闆壞話的場合，即使他們確實很差勁。
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