1.   A year ago, Yankowski abruptly quit to take the job of chief executive of Palm Inc., the California company that markets such handheld devices as Palm Pilots.

2.   But eager to work for unions, he quit to take a job in the research department of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

3.   Greenberg quit to take a job at Summit Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm, Fidelity said.

4.   He quit to take a top administrative job with the LCRA.

5.   He then served as deputy mayor and manager of public works for the City and County of Denver until Currigan quit to take a job with an airline.

6.   He learned this week that his successor had quit to take a full-time job.

7.   Hurley replaced veteran manager Larry Greenberg, who quit to take a position at Boston-based Summit Partners.

8.   Last August, Mandl abruptly quit to take over a small wireless company.

9.   Santibanez worked for three months, then quit to take a job in Texas.

10.   The pair quit to take responsibility for the improper behavior, Nomura said.