How To Get The Job You Really
Really Want - And...Finally - Resignation
Yep, here we are, in the home straight. You have the
offer, confirmed in writing, and you want to start. The final thing
you have to do is resign from your current company. You are
probably feeling proud and elated at the moment, but I have to say,
resigning is not a pleasant thing to do. After all, you are
effectively rejecting your current employer, and, as much as they
try not to, some will take it personally. Fact of life.
Now, it is another fact of life, that as we move
quickly into the second half of the 00's, skills are becoming more
and more scarce. So it is possible that you will be asked to
stay.
You could be offered any of the following;-
Your boss will be surprised, hurt, angry or
whatever. He'll tell you that you are making a big mistake.
The future looks really rosy for both you and the company. The
company you're going to isn't right for you, after all they do such
and such. Take a couple of days, think it over, I'm sure you'll come
to the sensible decision.
This happens with increasing regularity, and it does
make the decision to leave all the more difficult. However, this is
one area, I can definitely help with. Once you have resigned, GO.
There will be exceptions where you get a
counter-offer that is simply too good to turn down. However,
research and my own experience suggests, that if you were unhappy
enough to resign once, within a year, you will have left
regardless. This is a fact. If you do accept a counter
offer, make sure it leaves you in a position of power. If not, it
will likely be much sooner than a year before you are looking
again. This is particularly the case where the counter offer is
just a sweetener. In this instance the root cause of the original
problem has not been changed, and will surface again sooner or
later.
Here's a common example. The reason you decide to
leave is because you do not get on with your boss. Your boss,
knowing you are key to the team, offers a substantial rise. Great,
you accept the counter offer. However, the root cause of the
problem, the friction with your boss is still there. In fact it is
probably worse, because the boss now resents you more, having had to
give you a large rise. So despite the rise, the situation has
deteriorated.
The best advice is trust your original instincts, and
follow through with the offer you have just received. You made the
decision for a number of reasons. Follow my advice GO. Obviously,
be gracious, flattered even, but GO.
The final
word on leaving. Make sure you leave on good terms. You never know
when someone from your past company may turn up in your new
company. You never know when you might find a previous colleague on
a future interview panel. The rising star from
your last
employer who suddenly turns up on the board of your current
company. You just never know, so leave on good terms.
If you need help
resigning... www.i-resign.com
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