A lot of this has to do with the relationship prior to the break, and the person/people/org you're leaving. As far as the actions you take, no magic tricks, just be upfront and polite. It's not really any different than resigning from a job - write a nice letter thanking them for the experience and deliver it in person, soon enough that they have time to make schedule changes or what not.
Why do you want to float from place to place? There's something to be said for loyalty... no matter where you are there will always be other, more exciting and fresh opportunities out there that are tempting to grab but then you're starting over each time and you establish yourself no where.
The advantages of becoming established at one place? More opportunities within the organization such as promotion to Officer/management positions. More of that "second family" support structure that I and many others appreciate as a benefit of this field. It also tends to look way better on your resume... why would a boss hire someone who shows a pattern of bouncing from job to job, especially when there is a large upfront investment in hiring you? You also make better connections... yes it's good to have many connections but the quality of those connections are also important. If they're all only very superficial, they won't do anything for you.
I understand that sometimes it's to your advantage to leave one organization for another and I'm not arguing that you shouldn't leave, but don't forget the larger picture... and I really don't see why your goal would be to "float from place to place."
MY BIGGEST FEAR with any forum is being taken out of context.
I meant other people float place to place.
I just intend to leave on for another, if all goes well stay there.
The place I am at, the active people, ie , riding in the buses are all noobies; less than a year. They all hate the veterans, except for the President they elected to shape things up.
The ones with experience have it elsewhere.
The veterans of the service, many are not even EMTs, many of them either are admin or inactive members.
It was very big in the 1970s, there are many lifetime inactive members.
There is literally only two days a week chance for me to ride along, and actual jobs are rare.
The other service, a more cohesive group, work every day, more buses, and the community still calls them direct. They have more social activiites.
I do not want to pit one against the other, but, the reality is it would be better for me to be with the other service.
And I googled old news paper articles, it seems like every year or so, a new group of people join the place to re-vamp it......
They actually stayed afloat four years ago by selling their building and moving in to a storefront.
I would love to help, see the service grow back, but I dont see that happening.
The most skilled EMT, is actually there, the other guys say, because he can get away with being cocky and doesnt have to listen to anyone else.
Another issue is the smoking, EVERYONE chain smokes.
I also dislike the cruising. I can tolerate being in the back to respond to a job, or transport, but I hate the circling the same block 20 times to check some girl in a skirt out.......
We have assigned cross street locations to await calls or buff the radio from.
The president actually asks us to do that to save fuel.
But they like to cruise, explore, stop by places during downtime.
I could do that in the front seat only....road suck in nyc....
