Creating a Professional Resignation Letter


by Joseph Pressley - Date: 2010-07-13 - Word Count: 536 Share This!

There are a lot of reasons why people quit their job. On the lighter side, you might be transferring to a new residence far from work or you want to go to back to school and much better if you have been offered with far greater opportunities on another job. However, you may resign for some reason where you got into trouble with the management that you almost got your pen stun gun and use it on somebody or you just do not love working at your workplace with your office mates.

These are few of the common reasons why people quit their job. But generally when you want to stop from working on a certain establishment, as a professional and educated person, you need to write a resignation letter. This is a document that will inform the management the date when you will effectively resign and maybe some of the reasons why you want to quit your work.

If you are already certain that you will stop working with the management, your next move must be to inform them with the help of your resignation letter. If you do not know how to write one, here are some tips on what you need to include and what not to place so that you will make a professional and acceptable letter as possible.

First of all, you must take into account to make a brief letter informing them with what your point is which is to resign from work. Avoid very lengthy explanations. Keep it as concise as possible. You may include in your letter the expression of gratitude to the company for giving you the opportunity to work with them. This will somehow express how much you have appreciated the chance of showing what you can do in the workplace.

If you are stopping from work due to some positive reasons, you can include writing it in your resignation letter. However if you have experienced troubles with the company, you can just keep it to yourself. You must remember that the letter will be included in your employment file for future reference. Show professionalism as much as you can even while you are already quitting your job.

You can include your contact number or even your email address if you want to offer help just in case they need you. They may not be able to accept the offer anymore but at least you have expressed your concern even if you are not involved with the company matters anymore.

Lastly as mentioned, be careful with what you write in your resignation letter. Since it is already a permanent document that will be included in your file, you must be good in your selection of words on what to write. Even if due to your uncontrolled anger, you have thought of stunning someone at your office with your air tazer, you must not vent it out in your letter. If you left the company with grudges, just state the date of your resignation letter and no further explanations.

These are helpful tips that you can follow when writing a resignation letter. Since it is a permanent letter that will be included in your employment file for future reference, you must write it well.


Joseph Pressley is a certified TASER instructor and a Tae Kwon Do black belt and a father of two. He is the co-founder of BestStunGun.com which provides a good variety of Stun Gun and Tazer for personal protection. To learn more on how these products can save your life, please visit http://www.beststungun.com.n
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