Don't Burn Your Bridges

What is the right approach for handing in your notice?

Linda O'Mahoney, Marketing Manager

We’ve all done it in jobs throughout our careers…fantasised about walking into the boss’s office, declaring “I quit!” and then turning and strutting straight out the door. As much as we’d love to, we all know that it’s completely the wrong way to resign.

But what is the right approach and just how honest do you really need to be about your reasons for leaving?

How you start and how you end a job are more important than what happens in between.

Whatever your reasons are for leaving, believe me, your colleagues will want to know…and if they don’t get the facts then that infamous grapevine will go into full rumour mode! It’s up to you to set the tone.

How you start and how you end a job are more important than what happens in between. That first impression you worked so hard to maintain should be replicated in your departure.

Strategize your departure

How much notice do you need to give?  For some very odd reason as soon as you hand in your notice you are viewed as an outsider as you are excluded from internal meetings and social events no longer hold the same appeal.  Y