Once you’ve accepted the offer with your new employer and set the start date, obviously the next step is to let your current employer know you’ll be leaving. Write a brief letter of resignation (the operative word there is “brief”).
If you feel a need out of loyalty or guilt to write anything more than a few short sentences, curb it. The only information your letter needs to contain are the following two (possibly three) items:
— that you are leaving your current company
— what your last date of employment will be, and
— if you feel comfortable adding a sentence or two about how you enjoyed working for your current company, and you appreciate the opportunity to have been a part of the organization, tack that on
It should NOT include:
— why you are leaving
— where you are going
— what you will be doing in your new position
— how much you will be making when you get there
— how bad you feel about leaving (or conversely, how glad you are to be going!)
Make an appointment with your boss and hand deliver the letter. Tell him verbally the same...