When It Comes Time to Quit: Dos and Don'ts
At some point in their career, you will probably make the decision to quit your current job and move on.
How you leave your job and the impressions that you leave on your boss and coworkers are just as important as the quality of your work when it comes to how people remember you. How you resign has the potential to create a lasting and important impression on those around you.
In your excitement about your fabulous new job, and in your haste to wrap things up with your current company, try to make graceful exit.
Here are some suggestions:
Do Resign in Person
This is a serious conversation and it deserves a conversation, not just a letter. Ideally this should take place in an in-person meeting. If your boss is traveling and you just can't wait until he or she returns, then you should consider whether it makes more sense to speak with the boss on the phone, or to have the face-to-face conversation with your boss's boss. Two weeks' notice is still the norm for most professional positions. Resist the urge to broadcast your news to your peers and co-workers before you have spoken with your boss. You and your boss should also agree on how your resignation will be announced internally.
Don't Resign by E-mail
Maybe I am old school, or just old (now 14 years into my professional career), but, to me, resigning via e-mail seems sort of cowardly. One of my pet peeves is when people hide behind e-mail to avoid difficult conversations. If your boss has any soul, he or she will appreciate your forthrightness and dignity in initiating a difficult conversation.
Don't Be a Jerk
Take the high road. The "resignation conversation'" is not the place to air your grievances and litany of the 101 Things That Are Wrong With This Company. This is immature and unprofessional. Of course, your boss will certainly want to know what compelled you to seek other opportunities, but put this information in terms of what is right for you about your new job, not what is wrong in your current position.
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Worst Way to Quit? Do's and Don'ts
Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor
Diplomacy is defined as "tact and skill in dealing with people." While it's always a good idea to be diplomatic in your personal and business dealings, it's especially important when you are leaving a job.
The world is much smaller than we sometimes think. You never know when or how paths will cross again, especially considering the fluidity of today's job market. When you're leaving a job, it's not the time to burn bridges. Years down the road, you never know who will be interviewing you for that job you're dying for or who will be hired to sit in the cube next to you.
Here are some do's and don'ts to consider before your last day, whether you are leaving by choice or not.
Do use professionalism and courtesy in announcing your intention to leave the company. Advise your direct supervisor first. Then tell colleagues and department staff.
Don't do it at the last minute. Give your employer advance notice so there is enough time to arrange for your successor. Generally, acceptable notice is two to four weeks. Work with your current and future employers to set a time frame that works for both them and you.
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeek...Comes_Time_to_
From India, Coimbatore
733At some point in their career, you will probably make the decision to quit your current job and move on.
How you leave your job and the impressions that you leave on your boss and coworkers are just as important as the quality of your work when it comes to how people remember you. How you resign has the potential to create a lasting and important impression on those around you.
In your excitement about your fabulous new job, and in your haste to wrap things up with your current company, try to make graceful exit.
Here are some suggestions:
Do Resign in Person
This is a serious conversation and it deserves a conversation, not just a letter. Ideally this should take place in an in-person meeting. If your boss is traveling and you just can't wait until he or she returns, then you should consider whether it makes more sense to speak with the boss on the phone, or to have the face-to-face conversation with your boss's boss. Two weeks' notice is still the norm for most professional positions. Resist the urge to broadcast your news to your peers and co-workers before you have spoken with your boss. You and your boss should also agree on how your resignation will be announced internally.
Don't Resign by E-mail
Maybe I am old school, or just old (now 14 years into my professional career), but, to me, resigning via e-mail seems sort of cowardly. One of my pet peeves is when people hide behind e-mail to avoid difficult conversations. If your boss has any soul, he or she will appreciate your forthrightness and dignity in initiating a difficult conversation.
Don't Be a Jerk
Take the high road. The "resignation conversation'" is not the place to air your grievances and litany of the 101 Things That Are Wrong With This Company. This is immature and unprofessional. Of course, your boss will certainly want to know what compelled you to seek other opportunities, but put this information in terms of what is right for you about your new job, not what is wrong in your current position.
<link no longer exists - removed>
Worst Way to Quit? Do's and Don'ts
Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor
Diplomacy is defined as "tact and skill in dealing with people." While it's always a good idea to be diplomatic in your personal and business dealings, it's especially important when you are leaving a job.
The world is much smaller than we sometimes think. You never know when or how paths will cross again, especially considering the fluidity of today's job market. When you're leaving a job, it's not the time to burn bridges. Years down the road, you never know who will be interviewing you for that job you're dying for or who will be hired to sit in the cube next to you.
Here are some do's and don'ts to consider before your last day, whether you are leaving by choice or not.
Do use professionalism and courtesy in announcing your intention to leave the company. Advise your direct supervisor first. Then tell colleagues and department staff.
Don't do it at the last minute. Give your employer advance notice so there is enough time to arrange for your successor. Generally, acceptable notice is two to four weeks. Work with your current and future employers to set a time frame that works for both them and you.
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeek...Comes_Time_to_
From India, Coimbatore
Really Good Information. Each and every Employee irrespective of Co., should consider these points.
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Hi Peer,
Thanks for such a useful information.
I have observed u giving such useful information every thime. Now, its our time to learn from you as much.
We are very new in the industry and this Site is really helpul for us to learn such things from you senior people.
Thanks once again
Manish
From United States, Falls Church
Thanks for such a useful information.
I have observed u giving such useful information every thime. Now, its our time to learn from you as much.
We are very new in the industry and this Site is really helpul for us to learn such things from you senior people.
Thanks once again
Manish
From United States, Falls Church
Hi Peer,
Surely a very good posting. I fully agree with the point that sufficient notice should be served by every employee before leaving any company. Would like to add one point:
Being in today's so called fast paced recruitment, I have often come across a belief that the lesser joining time given to a candidate the better it is for our TAT. This is a classic example of contradiction where WE BEING IN HR are discouraging the right practice of NOTICE PERIOD and in turn we are pressurising the Recruiter of that other company.
Just think of this....If notice period is made as an industry norm which is to be respected by all PROFESSIONAL employers and Employees, it would save recruiters from so much trouble and maddening pressures.
Regds,
Poorvi Shah
Hyderabad.
Surely a very good posting. I fully agree with the point that sufficient notice should be served by every employee before leaving any company. Would like to add one point:
Being in today's so called fast paced recruitment, I have often come across a belief that the lesser joining time given to a candidate the better it is for our TAT. This is a classic example of contradiction where WE BEING IN HR are discouraging the right practice of NOTICE PERIOD and in turn we are pressurising the Recruiter of that other company.
Just think of this....If notice period is made as an industry norm which is to be respected by all PROFESSIONAL employers and Employees, it would save recruiters from so much trouble and maddening pressures.
Regds,
Poorvi Shah
Hyderabad.
Hi, Peerji, Thanks a lot. Very informatic. As a senior member of HR, still there are lots of things we have to learn. Keep posting and guide us when we need. Regards, Niyati
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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