How To Quit Your Job Without Burning Your Bridges Whether you quit voluntarily or are fired, moving gracefully from one job to the next can be tricky.

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His fire-and-brimstone words aren't unfounded: UCLA and State University of New York-Stony Brook researchers found that, all things being equal, unemployed job applicants are viewed as less competent, warm and hireable than employed folks -- whether they were fired, laid off or quit voluntarily.

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The reason why the contest came to media attention is that Q-C Mart challenged her claim for unemployment compensation since she had voluntarily quit.

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