IT executive recruiter Martha Heller explains what it takes to resign from a high-profile technology role without burning bridges. Credit: Thinkstock Welcome to the ninth and final episode of season one of “CIO Career Coach,” a video collaboration between Heller Search Associates, CIO.com and IDG.tv, the video division of CIO’s parent company, IDG. In this season of CIO Career Coach, we covered every major step of the job search process. Whether you are a CIO, CTO, CISO, a vice president, an IT director, or you aspire to one of these roles, these videos were designed to help you land your next great IT leadership job. I tapped my 12 years of executive search experience in corporate technology to help you determine when it is time to leave your current job, how to build your professional brand, write an effective resume, work with executive recruiters, ace your job interviews, and negotiate the job offer. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe Today’s episode is about how to resign from your current position before you move into a new one. Why do you need an entire episode on how to leave your current job? It’s simple to just resign and depart, right? What seems simple in concept can be tougher in reality, especially if you’ve been with your current employer for many years. I will be back in 2017 with season two of CIO Career Coach, the subject of which will be the top competencies of the modern IT leader. Related content feature New US CIO appointments, September 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Sep 13, 2023 7 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership interview How Huber spurs innovation in a historically decentralized business With IT/OT convergence, digital technologies, and the growing importance of data, Huber CIO Dwain Wilcox leads the creation of a cross-functional, cross-business innovation engine. By Martha Heller Aug 23, 2023 6 mins CIO Enterprise Cloud Management interview CIO Ryan Snyder on the benefits of interpreting data as a layer cake Thermo Fisher Scientific CIO Ryan Snyder discusses a tiered model used to turn data into value at the $40 billion laboratory equipment and instrument maker. By Martha Heller Aug 02, 2023 8 mins CIO Data Architecture Data Governance feature Lexmark International's Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership The multi-billion dollar imaging solutions provider has created a new revenue stream from IoT devices and software—originally designed for printers—which they now sell to connected equipment manufacturers in transportation, healthcare, an By Martha Heller Jul 19, 2023 7 mins CIO IoT Platforms Software Deployment Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe