To Tell or Not to Tell....

Ever since I started my GMAT, I always struggled with the notion to tell my employer my intentions.  It was really tough because I’m pretty open with my coworkers and manager but to be that brutally honest during a recession? And when jobs are being cut?  
I just wasn’t so sure.

So luckily, I’m pretty close with my previous managers and I have an AWESOME mentor, all who I trust to write (positive) recommendations.  After a super long talk with my mentor, we decided it was best to keep this on the low.   So I started to worry less about telling my current team and managers and more about how to construct the optional essay about why I did not tell my company.  Which I’m sure I will write about later.

In my experience, in order to decide if you will tell your company is a personal decision.  I would recommend taking these steps:

• Obtain a few mentors and confidantes at work.  People older than you and in higher positions than you probably have way way way more insight into proper protocol
• Weigh the pros and cons of informing your employer.  Are you prepared for the worst-case scenario?
• Ask admissions/current students/alums at schools you would like to apply to, to determine how recommendations are perceived and evaluated

If you are blessed to be able to tell your job, use that to your advantage!
Does anyone else have advice?  How did you tell your manager?  Why did/didn’t you?

-Motown