| Leaving a job is hard sometimes. But I have found that | | | | to work, find something positive about your time there. |
| writing your resignation letter is something that you | | | | Just remember that most likely, you and your employer |
| want to put some thought and time into. It is a | | | | were happy for you to be working there. |
| reflection of your professionalism and can help you | | | | Step 3 |
| down the road. And besides, it is the right thing to do. If | | | | If you can, find some way that you have helped the |
| possible, you do not want to leave a job on a bad | | | | company and work that in. After all, unless you are |
| note when you don't have to. | | | | parting company on VERY, VERY bad terms, you |
| Step 1 | | | | time there was productive and good for the company. |
| Don't burn bridges. From experience, you NEVER | | | | Step 4 |
| know whom you will encounter down the road. They | | | | Also, find some way to leave the door open for you |
| might be the one that makes the decision if you get | | | | to possibly work there again. Or, if you don't want to |
| hired or they could be your new boss. I even had to be | | | | work there again, a well-written letter of resignation |
| interviewed by an ex-girlfriend 10 years after we | | | | can go a long way toward getting a positive letter of |
| broke up! Burning those bridges can only work out | | | | recommendation from your boss or employer. |
| badly - and it rarely benefits anyone. If there are some | | | | Step 5 |
| problems or issues that you can bring up that might | | | | For the technical parts of the resignation letter, be sure |
| help things after you are gone, it is perfectly fine to | | | | that you give a specific date that will be your last day |
| add those. But, make sure to make the issues that you | | | | and try to work in a sentence or two about what you |
| raise constructive and not petty or cruel. | | | | will try and do to help with the transition either before |
| Step 2 | | | | or after you are gone. |
| Be positive. Even if it was the worst place in the world | | | | |