This cast describes steps to take when you realize early in a job that you don’t like it.

One of the things that has changed as individuals have had to take over their own career management is more mistakes made by younger professionals. Years ago, larger organizations had a more complete HR approach, and managed their employees’ careers. No longer. Now, younger associates don’t have an HR advisor to turn to, or if they do the advisor is unlikely to have solid recommendations for them (or worse, they tell several people of the problem). More experienced managers and executives are often caught off-guard by the mistakes of their junior team members.

So, what to do? Well, first, we recommend you shut up about it.