Safely Transition into Your New Opportunity
Hooray! Your new opportunity with, more money, new people, new location, and better benefits yes baby. Signing on to a new job can be stressful and exciting both at the same time. The word gets out to your current co-workers that you are leaving and the questions pile up. Your going to have to CYA (cover your ass) to successfully transition out of your current job without usage of friendly fire or enemy fire.
Safely Transition into Your New Opportunity
Hooray! Your new opportunity with, more money, new people, new location, and better benefits yes baby. Signing on to a new job can be stressful and exciting both at the same time. The word gets out to your current co-workers that you are leaving and the questions pile up. Your going to have to CYA (cover your ass) to successfully transition out of your current job without usage of friendly fire or enemy fire.Giving the proper notice, when you accept your new offer-letter the new company usually once you to start within 2 weeks. If the new company wants you to start right away because of some training program you need to enroll into beware that your current job wants to download all the information in your head that is not already on paper. You know the projects that only you know the details. Could projects now be in jeopardy and if you leave early, your company sees this as you smacking them in the face (Ouch).
Don't smack your company in the face.
Write a resignation letter that explains in detail when your last day will be and how much you appreciate the learning experience you have encountered.
Emotions are everywhere! Your emotions, coworkers, vendors, security guards, even the janitor knows you by first name. Everyone fills you with feedback and asking tons of questions. Most of these feelings will be positive but some will be negative. Coworkers can be jealous, the old "Nothing Personal" but I hate you for leaving before me, or can you take me with you.
Keep a level head because you do not want to burn any bridges just in case you current company opens up a position they should have had while you were there. Play the "Murphy's Law" game and expect the unexpected. Do not crap on your desk as you out-process. The environment that made you want to leave could turn for the better and the enticement to come could make you smile.
Emotions are everywhere! Your emotions, coworkers, vendors, security guards, even the janitor knows you by first name. Everyone fills you with feedback and asking tons of questions. Most of these feelings will be positive but some will be negative. Coworkers can be jealous, the old "Nothing Personal" but I hate you for leaving before me, or can you take me with you.
Keep a level head because you do not want to burn any bridges just in case you current company opens up a position they should have had while you were there. Play the "Murphy's Law" game and expect the unexpected. Do not crap on your desk as you out-process. The environment that made you want to leave could turn for the better and the enticement to come could make you smile.
Play the "Murphy's law" game.
Prepare documents that will help your replacement. Clean out your desk with all your belongings with a quickness, even if you have to stay late to do it. Too many things pop up out of know where your last few days so get things done early. How many days will you need to take off before starting on your new job?
Turn in all items of value such as Blackberry's, laptops, thump drives, and portable hard drives. Make sure to get a receipt. When you leave, you do not want any misconceptions that you may have taken something with you that needed to turn over to your replacement.
Your last check should not be a surprise to you. Did you receive any corporate training? Were you negative vacation and sick? If you received training, some companies pro-rate meaning you only owe based on the timeframe that has passed within one-year period. If you were negation vacation or sick, you had better believe it would affect your last check.
Turn in all items of value such as Blackberry's, laptops, thump drives, and portable hard drives. Make sure to get a receipt. When you leave, you do not want any misconceptions that you may have taken something with you that needed to turn over to your replacement.
Your last check should not be a surprise to you. Did you receive any corporate training? Were you negative vacation and sick? If you received training, some companies pro-rate meaning you only owe based on the timeframe that has passed within one-year period. If you were negation vacation or sick, you had better believe it would affect your last check.
Do not trash your company on your way out
Thank-you-letter expresses your deepest appreciation for those who have helped you to become successful. You never know when a new opportunity might open up that makes you smile and you want to return to the same company you just left.
Exit interviews may not be mandatory, but whatever you do please do not trash your company, on the way out the door. Think about leaving on good terms. A good reference is worth it.
Will your manager counter offer to keep you around? Do you really have an option to return someday if your current situation just does not work out? Everyone has at least one nightmare transition story.
Curtis Valentine (aka) Mr MakingUsmile
Exit interviews may not be mandatory, but whatever you do please do not trash your company, on the way out the door. Think about leaving on good terms. A good reference is worth it.
Will your manager counter offer to keep you around? Do you really have an option to return someday if your current situation just does not work out? Everyone has at least one nightmare transition story.
Curtis Valentine (aka) Mr MakingUsmile
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- Making Your Boss Smile
- What kind of relationship do you have with your boss? Does your boss want you to be successful? Does the boss see you in the positive or negative? People that please their boss are the ones that get promotions, raises, and other rewards. Every Boss has an A-Team. Are you on the A-Team? What exactly is it that supervisors/bosses want? Below are a several suggestions that have been through the trial and error test.
- Check Your Employees Temperature
- If you do not have enough resources or there are many constraints, you could witness an engine blow, a mental breakdown with your staff or yourself.
- Lying on your Resume
- Think twice about smashing your reputation into little pieces. Companies do check your résumé for accuracy. Technology today it's very simple to check out someone's background with a few clicks on the internet. Its tough being out of work, but the embarrassment of a situations you cannot handle will be nerve racking when word gets out that you lack the skills to do what your résumé says you can do.
- Driving Past Fear To Explorer Your Passion
- If fear is the reason why you cannot pursue your dreams, put fear in the spotlight by writing down your fears. Before you can stop fear, there will be potholes, detours, and traffic jams to avoid. The question becomes how can you workaround life's obstacles?
- Are you the New Manager or Supervisor
- Are you the New Manager or Supervisor
Understand your co-workers that you considered your friends may not handle your new role as well as you would have liked? Will upper management except your management style that has yet to be developed? Have you ever made the comment "if I were in charge things would be different"?
Did you leave your last job peacefully?
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DongMei
Oct 29, 2010 @ 7:19 pm | delete
- Very good advise for anyone leaving their job. I love that "Do not crap on your desk as you out-process" . That really does say it all.
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