Resigning: 3 Key Tips
6 February 2015
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Your decision is made, and it's irreversible: you're resigning. After months of questioning and hesitation, you're sure of yourself; you're leaving your job, changing horizons and perspectives.
So how will you announce it and proceed to remain within the "rules of art"?
Resigning well, an art.
No, you can't slam the door and leave, no. You will be forced to go through the "no breakage" box; in other words, that of discussion and negotiation, the basic idea being to remain correct and ensure the handover with professionalism.
Thus, it is wise to notify your company as quickly as possible, namely when you have your firm job offer in hand. Remember that your manager and your HR department would be very upset to learn from someone else about your departure.
The usual procedure is simple: notify orally, first, confirm with an official resignation letter (sent by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt), second.
In this letter, you will take care to specify your personal details, a few lines indicating your wish to resign, the date of your departure, and this, naturally taking into account your notice period. Remember to also indicate the position you held and the date of entry into office.
No one is obliged to explain the reasons for their departure in the letter, but you are, of course, free to do so if you wish.
Furthermore, absolutely avoid getting angry or stating your professional bitterness and frustrations; this is neither the place nor the time. Indeed, your career still has a long way to go, and you may well meet colleagues from your current employer along the way, whether as suppliers, clients, or partners. You also don't know if you won't work with your current employer again for a new opportunity, an interesting new position. So be intelligent enough not to close any doors.
Explaining the reasons for your departure, a protection.
Often, the boss receives the resignation request as a betrayal, an abandonment of the Company. Consider that the ideal, so that both sides experience the departure well, is to take the time to provide explanations that will assure your manager that this new job is a real opportunity for the rest of your career.
However, if, on the contrary, you have been ostracized by your employer for a long time, take the time to negotiate your departure correctly (training, for example...).
Negotiating your notice period, a wisdom.
Even if the duration of your notice period is already fixed by the collective agreement, it remains perfectly negotiable. This gives you one more reason not to absolutely refuse to fulfill your period, which could harm you very significantly (for example, result in an obligation to pay compensation to your employer for "sudden breach of contract").
Be wise enough to remain on excellent terms with your manager(s) and colleagues and leave only under the best conditions, if this proves realistic, of course.
Everything must be based on the old system of "give and take": you help train your partner, you give reasons, you negotiate your notice period, and in return, you can leave your old position more quickly.
The ReKrute.com Team
So how will you announce it and proceed to remain within the "rules of art"?
Resigning well, an art.
No, you can't slam the door and leave, no. You will be forced to go through the "no breakage" box; in other words, that of discussion and negotiation, the basic idea being to remain correct and ensure the handover with professionalism.
Thus, it is wise to notify your company as quickly as possible, namely when you have your firm job offer in hand. Remember that your manager and your HR department would be very upset to learn from someone else about your departure.
The usual procedure is simple: notify orally, first, confirm with an official resignation letter (sent by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt), second.
In this letter, you will take care to specify your personal details, a few lines indicating your wish to resign, the date of your departure, and this, naturally taking into account your notice period. Remember to also indicate the position you held and the date of entry into office.
No one is obliged to explain the reasons for their departure in the letter, but you are, of course, free to do so if you wish.
Furthermore, absolutely avoid getting angry or stating your professional bitterness and frustrations; this is neither the place nor the time. Indeed, your career still has a long way to go, and you may well meet colleagues from your current employer along the way, whether as suppliers, clients, or partners. You also don't know if you won't work with your current employer again for a new opportunity, an interesting new position. So be intelligent enough not to close any doors.
Explaining the reasons for your departure, a protection.
Often, the boss receives the resignation request as a betrayal, an abandonment of the Company. Consider that the ideal, so that both sides experience the departure well, is to take the time to provide explanations that will assure your manager that this new job is a real opportunity for the rest of your career.
However, if, on the contrary, you have been ostracized by your employer for a long time, take the time to negotiate your departure correctly (training, for example...).
Negotiating your notice period, a wisdom.
Even if the duration of your notice period is already fixed by the collective agreement, it remains perfectly negotiable. This gives you one more reason not to absolutely refuse to fulfill your period, which could harm you very significantly (for example, result in an obligation to pay compensation to your employer for "sudden breach of contract").
Be wise enough to remain on excellent terms with your manager(s) and colleagues and leave only under the best conditions, if this proves realistic, of course.
Everything must be based on the old system of "give and take": you help train your partner, you give reasons, you negotiate your notice period, and in return, you can leave your old position more quickly.
The ReKrute.com Team
