Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07

tutes will depend upon the nature of
your work and the custom in your
particular house. If you are an ex-
ecutive or department head, you are
expected to give more time than II
you are an ordinary clerical or manual
worker. who can readily be replaced
In general. you should give as much
| time as your employer would give you
In notifying you that the period OF
employment had come to an end.
Opportunity to Meet Offer.
Secondly. unless your relations with
your present employer are unpleasant.
you should give him an opportunity
| to meet the offer Of an outsider before
definitely committing yourself to
| make a switch. But, in doing this.
YOU must act in good faith. and not
| put yourself in the position Of playing
| off one against the other. The hest
! procedure Is simply to inform your
employer that you have received an
other offer Of employment, which Is
/ so attractive that you plan to accept
! ii after giving due notice. You might
| properly add, however, that as mat
ter of courtesy to your employer you
/ decided not To accept the other propo-
sition until YOU told him about 1t.
That is az far as you should go.
! You have put your employer on
notice. The next move is up to him.
| He can keep you or not. depending
on his conception Of your value to the
organization.
In protecting yourself :ou should
make sure you do not formally or even
tentatively resign from your present
post before getting the new offer in def
mite. -cancellable form, preferably
in writing. Some conscientious en-
nlpXcG ~ fhnit. HnCira n nlaV fair all
around. sometimes find themselves
Whipsawed-without either job when
they get through negotiations.
Should Go Through With II.
You should definitely reject an out
side offer unless you are. prepared to
go through with it and accept the
proffered job. If disposed to use the
offer merely as a means of getting "A
raise out of your present employer,
YOU may find him ready to use the
situation as "A convenient means of
severing relations with you. DO you
give your present employer the idea
that YOU are considering another job
unless you are really willing to accept
1t. If, however, you received an offer
and decided to reject it, there is no
reason why you should not tell your
employer about the matter
Unless the inducements are over
whelming, it is better not to make the
switch. for 1t necessarily involves
jumping from the known into the I'M
known.
The chief advantage of a switch
Is to leave an employer who will not
pay you all you are worth. If the
new employer in his enthusiasm Of
fers you more than you are worth
you may as we'll assume that the pc
Rod of employment will be temporary
In the long run an employer will pay
you what YOU can earn. Some adapt
able individuals. it is true, are worth
more in one position than in another
Adaptable folk can do fairly we'll in
almost any post, but every one has A.
definite place where he can perform
with maximum efficiency.
An editor of a Southern newspaper
10 years ago came to New York as
news executive on one of the leading
newspapers. He was failure in his
new environment. He went back
home to resume his former post, at
which he had been successful. He
was adapted TO conditions in that
smaller city, and before long, won sub
stantial promotion.