When you are ready to resign, why not do it with style. You don't have to just cover the minimum you are required to under the terms of your contract when you write a resignation letter, you can go further and resign with style.

Of course, you could just write your resignation letter and say that you are giving your notice of resignation and that you will be leaving on a certain date, but where is the fun in that?

So let me show you how to write a resignation letter and how to resign with style.

Of course they need to know the basics when you leave and you need to be sure of meeting your contractual terms, but that that should not prevent you from being able to resign with style.

Now lets say you weren't happy and could not wait to leave the miserable job; what you probably want to do is tell your boss to stick the job and where you'd like him to shove it. That might give you a small shiver of pleasure, but it would be very short-lived and soon forgotten. Whats more you then effectively close every door that may have given you a way back if you should ever need it. So DON'T DO IT.

Far better to cover the formal bits by saying " as required I am giving one month/ three month's notice of my resignation and will leave on 31st August 2007". Always address your letter to your immediate boss by name, so its a personal letter of resignation.

Then you can have some fun with your letter saying something like this " there are many things I would like to say about working with you, getting to know you and your management style, but suffice it to say, I will be taking that experience with me to the new job".

This can be interpreted in two ways:

The genuine boss will have received a compliment - you have learned something positive for the future;

The bad, arrogant boss will think he has received a compliment, but you will have learned what to avoid in the future.

Only you will know the reality of which it was. This is one way of how to resign with style.

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