* Keep it short
* Include the current date and your last date of employment
* Thank them for the opportunities and wish them the best
* Do not vent your anger or frustrations
* Do not burn bridges or endanger future references
Resignation Meeting Face-to-Face
* Keep it as short as possible
* Be prepared for the counter-offer.
* Attempt to remain standing during meeting.
* If seated and boss is attempting to counter offer, place hands on desk and stand to regain control of the meeting.
* Accepting a counter offer will kill your advancement opportunities in your current company.
* Remember, you are never as valuable to your employer as the day you resign, not before or after.
* By resigning you have established your disloyalty; they will not forget that.
* Your manager will make a counter offer because they are buying time to find your replacement.
* Simply say, "Thank you ____ for everything you have done for me. I am hereby giving you my notice of resignation. My last day of employment will be ____. This decision is final and irrevocable."
Resignation Meeting By Telephone
* Keep it as short as possible (10 minute maximum)
* Be prepared for the count-offer.
* Accepting a counter offer will kill your advancement opportunities in your current company.
* Your manager will make a counter offer because they are buying time to find your replacement.
* Simply say, "Thank you _____ for everything you have done for me. I am hereby giving you my notice of resignation. My last day of employment will be _____. This decision is final and irrevocable."
* Do not let them put you on hold.
* Stick to your guns, do not agree to meet at another date to discuss the matter further, especially if they fly you to corporate office. They are buying time.
Managing Change
Your job represents one of the closest things you have to "security" - we all strive to have our jobs be as secure as possible. For many of our candidates, an impending job change can bring up fearful thoughts. Fear is inherent - especially in a job change - because there are many unknowns to take us outside our comfort zones.
The pressure is on to secure another great opportunity - and to do so without making mistakes. Consider some definitions of security: freedom from danger; safety; freedom from anxiety, or care, uncertainty or doubt; confidence; and assurance. The ultimate job security lies in your level of confidence and abilities, together with such factors as personal circumstances, career track, and job environment. Change, on the other hand, is: to give a different position, status, course, or direction, to; make a shift from one to another; to undergo transformation, transition, or substitution; to become different in one or more respects. Change is the natural order. All things do change, and will change.
The trick is for you to manage the changing environment to your advantage. Whatever your position, your top career priority is knowing when -or if- it's time to make a transition. It's a judgement call for which only you can be responsible. As employment professionals, we see "fear of change" on a daily basis. An entirely human trait, it is unavoidable. About 90% of our candidates are confronted with "fear of change". Eventually, most candidates "walk through " whatever fears they have and land new and better positions. Others determine that, after considering all factors, things really are fine in their current positions. However you react , we encourage you to ask yourself, throughout your placement process, "Am I going to let this fear of change get in the way of my career advancement"? If you should decide to stay put for any reason, communicate those thoughts and if appropriate, don't continue to interview for other positions.
Any "fear of change" will become most intense when you are facing another offer - no matter how high or how low. Once you have identified your next most exciting career move, your final job is to "walk through the fear" of receiving that new offer by saying that one word that is one of the most confronting words in the English language: YES! Beware the comfortable past: it's natural pull can be toward "No". If your "No" surfaces during the process, NO PROBLEM (just tell us!).
And remember: even though recruiters are proactive agents of CHANGE, if you don't win, our clients don't win either! Our mission is making sure that everyone wins.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it"
People who operate with the philosophy “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” seldom make great strides forward.
Progress is driven by people who consistently make improvements on things that aren’t broke.
In spite of how comfortable you are in your current position, there are almost certainly platforms available in which your clients, your family and you would be better off than where you are now.
The Question is- how MUCH better off would you have to be to make it worth the pain of change?
You will never know unless you ask.
We can confidentially help answer that question with much less pain than you might think.
My professional staff and I understand the typical issues affecting the move to a new Broker/Dealer, and we know most of the current pay-out and transition packages available in the market.
We understand these things because we talk to 100+ financial advisors each and every day.
I promise you, if we understand your situation, we can help you answer that question.
It is a simple Gain vs. Loss proposition.
The only thing you have to lose is 20 minutes of your time.
What you have to gain is a potentially significant financial and lifestyle improvement for your clients, your family and yourself.
You NEED to spend the 10-20 minutes necessary to uncover the improvement for something that is not necessarily broken.
Call us---I promise it will be painless, interesting, and will not take longer than 10 minutes, unless you want it to.
Employers frequently will not interview a candidate unless they feel he/she has a good chance of qualifying and this is often determined through a resume. It saves your time and theirs. A resume is often reviewed by several people, and a favorable comment by any of them may secure an interview.
Name: Thomas J. Smith
260 Westchester Drive
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
(216) 526-6740.
EDUCATION: Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio B.S.M.M., graduated upper 20%. Numerous sales training courses.
EMPLOYMENT:
11/87 to present
Company Name
Medium sized manufacturer ($35 million annual sales) of the following products:
Hydraulic-pneumatic seals, oil gasketing, soft packing, molded-extruded rubber, metal packing and plastics.
POSITION: Sales Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES: Generate sales volume equal to or higher than quota at acceptable gross margins. Consult with customer production engineering on proper design and economical use of products. Insure continued customer satisfaction. Obtain additional sales leads. Keep controllable expenses at a minimum. Submit complete, accurate, understandable data on jobs sold.
CUSTOMERS: OEM’s, Machine Tool Builders, Automotive Equipment Manufacturers, Oil Refineries, Chemical Plants, Steel Mills, Water Works Distributors.
CONTACTS: Project and Production Engineers and P.A.’s
TERRITORY: Cleveland, and surrounding territory within 50 mile radius.
VOLUME: Built territory from $260,000 to $2,300,000 in the last three years (785% increase).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Obtained company’s two largest accounts, number one out of Twelve people for the last two years.
FOLLOW THE ABOVE FORMAT FOR ALL JOBS YOU’VE HELD. KEEP YOUR RESUME FACTUAL BUT BRIEF.
Obviously your background will be different from the fictitious one presented here. In your resume, include products, processes,
Machine familiarity, customers and supervisory responsibility that may interest a prospective employer. Under accomplishments,
