Finding the Best Way to Resign
When its time to leave the company you currently work for you
should always act in a professional manner. Remember you may
need them for a reference and also you never know when you may
cross paths with them again.
Just imagine if you had let your emotions run away with you and
you had told the boss exactly what you thought only to find
later that they knew your new employers or worse still
eventually ended up working with or in your new company.
So best thing to do is always keep things on a nice basis. Keep
calm, never express any anger. The following are some points you
may wish to note:-
You should:-
* Stay professional * Advise your employers face to face and
give them your resignation letter * Remember you may come into
contact with them at a later stage * Chose your references
carefully and let them know your intentions and why you think
you're suitable for the new job. * Avoid any insults or
aggressive conduct
You should never:-
* Hand your notice in when you're angry * Think that you have to
give any reason at all why you want to leave - it's your choice
* Vent your frustration at them telling them of all the bad
things you don't like about their company.
If the issue that made you want to think about leaving related
to financial reasons you should tell them so. It's possible they
may want to think about increasing your package rather than
losing you to another company. Sometimes a letter of resignation
can trigger this but you need to think carefully you don't want
to be back in the same position in another year's time and you
would also be messing about the company that has made you the
offer and that might scupper any chance of you getting back in
with that employer in the future.
When you resign it's a good idea to do so after you have
obtained another position. Not only would that give you less of
the obvious financial strains that leaving a job without one to
go to would produce but you would also be better placed. It's
often a fact that employers often prefer to employ those that
are already in employment rather than those that are not. So try
to get your ideal new job secured first. A number of online job
sites can help you find what you need in this direction. The
online job site www.redgoldfish.co.uk is extremely useful for
finding new jobs and can help you secure your ideal job using
the free services the site offers. Even if you dont have a
current CV the site will help you build one free of charge so
that you can present your details to new employers in the best
possible light. It's nice to be in a position of power when
resigning knowing that you have an alternative job lined up, so
you should take advantage of the free job sites available on the
internet as one of the ways to put you in a position of strength
when you make that resignation decision.
Despite the fact that it's a good idea to find alternative
employment first prior to resigning many employees do resign
without a job to go to, often it might be because they want to
take a gap from work to reassess what they want to do next or
just to take a holiday to think things over. What ever your
reasons or choices for wanting to resign you should always think
carefully about it and always go about it in a professional
manner.