How To Quit Your Job The Right Way
You’re starting a new role, or even if it’s because you just can’t deal with your boss anymore, whatever the reason you’re quitting. Congratulations! Nothing lasts forever. You are excited for your next job but it’s important to make sure you don’t leave your current position in a way that could haunt your career for years to come. It’s good manners to leave gracefully and it’s smart to leave generously. Here’s how to resign in style!
1. Make sure you decrease the surprise.
If you think people don’t like surprises… organizations hate them! Giving ample notice can be difficult, but you can almost always soften the blow. The night before you plan to resign in person, write your boss an email with the subject line “My Future”, and say
“I hope we can sit down tomorrow for a conversation about my future beyond this company”.
That gives your manager at least 12 hours to process your departure.
At that meeting you may be yearning for some real talk about why you’re leaving… the terrible management, the low pay, but whatever it is that is pushing you out of the company leave it in the past. Everyone you work with can be a reference down the road, stay positive when it comes to telling your boss why you’re leaving, less is definitely more!
2. Another tactic to resign in style is to accommodate in helping smooth your departure, offer to put together an operating manual for your replacement or say that you will be on call to that person for three months.
Softening the blow from your departure could well pay dividends in the future, hospitality is an island… you’ll see almost everyone again.
3. Finally, express your gratitude to your boss and your colleagues.
Thank them for the opportunity to work there. Tell them it’s been a great experience both personally and professionally, say this even if you’re not really feeling it at that moment, (it’s very hard to be mad at a person who’s thanking you).
Resigning can be one of the hardest things to do well in your career, these strategies won’t make it easy, but they will make it better for your company, for you and for your future. If you like this type of information.
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Until next time, happy job hunting,
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