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Always think of each career move as a stepping stone – as you move forward, every stone

brings more choices, each leading to a different destination.

“Too often I still hear about problems that people discover shortly after joining, so you need
to do your research properly”, says Bates.

“Nothing is too much.”
Preparing for key business meeting is, of course, critical, and you need to plan the

resignation meeting with particular care.

“Take no risks, so make sure you’ve got a rock-solid, binding-offer letter on your hand
before resigning,” says Bates, “and make sure that you have truly decided to go, and have rehearsed

your responses to the “why?” questions that you will inevitably be asked.”
Having done all that, there still might be one hurdle to cross very few buy-backs actually

work.
“My experience is that many people who are bought back actually only stay for a few more

months.”

Follow this advice and you will not find yourself in the wrong job with the wrong employer.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON THE JOB AS A FACT

OF ETHICAL CHALLENGE

Sexual harassment is a fact of life in many workplaces.
To avoid sexual harassment managers must have some definition of the term. Is it

harassment if a supervisor demands that his secretary sleep with him to keep her job? Yes. Is it
harassment if he flirts with her, or tells her an off-color joke? May be. If he tells her she looks nice,

is that harassment? Probably not, but not everyone agrees. Most workers recognize this

“unwelcome”. Others insist that an action must be repeated to be offensive.
In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling that stated that requiring sexual contacts as

a condition of employment or promotion violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Requirement of
sexual contacts or unwelcome sexual advances and coercions (sexual harassments) are crimes and

are subject to punishment according to the laws of many countries.