Submitting a letter of resignation and calling it quits

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Bill Pflanz

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Re: I resign, here's my letter - Submitting a letter of resignation and calling it qu

I agree with Wes that it is always a good idea before giving advice about leaving a job is to think about whether you would give the same advice to your daughter, son, wife, close friend etc. It does make you think twice.

As far as the original question, I always believe you should provide minimal information about your reasons for leaving. In this case, talking about health problems is probably not a good idea since it could effect future employment. It is really none of the company's business what your personal reasons are and you have every right to leave assuming no employment contract. You can always just leave it that you are resigning to pursue other opportunities. It is always good practice to let your former employee know that you enjoyed your time at the company, think highly of them, would consider returning at some future date etc.

The other issue is that your resignation can be impacted by the location and size of your company or industry. If you plan to look within the same city or industry, there is plenty of opportunity for off the record conversations between hiring managers in social or business events. In that case, you hope to leave on good terms and supports what I said previously about your final meeting. Large companies are less likely to want to give referral letters for legal and time constraint reasons. Small companies might provide a referral letter if you are leaving on good terms.

I think we had previous discussions on references and whether they should be provided. My feeling is that you should keep with the facts in your resume and interviews and only get into references if you progressed far enough that they insist on it before hiring. At that point they have invested enough time that only serious problems would be an issue. Many companies don't even bother about references anymore.

Bill Pflanz
 
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Re: I resign, here's my letter - Submitting a letter of resignation and calling it qu

Don't burn your bridges.
But, if you're going to burn your bridges, nuke 'em.
Tempting specially after a bad experience :mad:, keep it civil. Your actions (negative) may have future consequences and bite you in the butt. And you'll never know when you may need to cross that bridge again.

I'm sure you wouldn't really give that advice to a son or daughter, setting the kid up for a blindside attack at some point in the future when a really important job or promotion is on the line and the researchers are going all out to discover something, anything, to torpedo a candidate.
:agree1:
I've look into other sites and they whistle the same tune, "getting a referral letter before leaving" is an excellent move.

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.
 
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