alright fam we are back and I am Jennifer Tardy I'm your curvier success
coach and in this video I'm going to share with you when is the best time to
put in your letter of resignation yes this video is all about submitting your
letter of resignation because now you've gotten this new job and you're trying to
figure out when to tell your current boss and make sure you stay tuned all
the way through to the end of this video because I have a couple of bonus items
that I do want to discuss with you and make sure that you know about all right
so let's jump right in so you're at the place now where you've gotten an offer
from the new company and you're trying to figure out when do I let my current
boss know one of the things that I always say is make sure that you first
understand two things one the contingencies of your current offer of
employment so if they say that they need to do some checks on you some checks by
way of your education check certification check previous employment
check criminal background check if they have to do all of that before it all
seals the deal then you may want to make sure that everything is all done before
you submit your letter of resignation now if you know that nothing is going to
come back by way of a criminal check or a previous employment check or just
anything that they're checking on you then you know go ahead and submit your
letter of resignation but understand that you're doing it at your own risk
I've done it both ways before I know that nothing is going to come back but
in the other hand sometimes I just want to be safer than sorry
so make sure that you understand the contingencies of the offer letter some
offers have no contingencies in the moment that you signed that offer letter
and submit it then that job is yours now another thing that I want you to do
prior to submitting your letter of resignation make sure that you talk to
someone human resources so that you have a
clearer understanding of what penalties and we'll call them penalties you have
by leaving the company so this means that I understand what happens to your
benefits do your benefits get cut off on that day does it get cut off at the end
of that month how does that work if you have any vacation time that's left over
how does that work is it a use it or lose it policy meaning once you leave
the company you can't get paid out for the for those vacation days so and there
are other you know things like any payback clauses maybe you've used the
company's tuition reimbursement program and you have to be an employee for a
certain period of time afterward otherwise you have to pay money back so
you just want to make sure that you know about all of those things that may be
penalties for you before you submit your letter of resignation so once you have
that cleared up once you understand your contingencies and and one really really
important thing make sure that you have also gone through your email your your
files whether they're electronic files with or hard copy files so that you
already know and you already have saved those items that you want to have saved
and all of this needs to happen prior to submitting your letter of resignation
because you probably don't know what's going to happen the moment that you tell
your organization that you're going to leave there are some organizations that
will ask you to leave that day some will ask you to leave that moment some will
allow you to submit a two-week resignation or two week notice and
that's completely acceptable but you want to be prepared and you want to set
yourself up in a positive way just in case any of these funny things
happen to you now I mentioned that I have another tip for you as well -
towards the end now my tip for you is it's better to submit your resignation
in person and even though you're going to ver
we share with your manager that you are submitting your letter of resignation
and it's effective this stage you also want to follow up with a letter so a
letter I typically put it in an envelope but you don't have to put yours in the
envelope that you want to give to them after you submit your letter of
resignation and I also recommend that you do with that morning too
don't wait around to the end of the day because you're just going to have your
own anxiety around what could be first thing in the morning
allows your manager to be able to make the right phone calls and plan and get
back to you at the end of the day if necessary so so like I said make sure
you do it in the morning make sure you do it in person and make sure that you
follow up with an actual letter that you give to them as well too so I hope that
these tips helped you I congratulate you for taking this chance on the next job
opportunity but we want to make sure that we're smart in our transition as
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success back home as always I'm Jennifer Tardy I'm your career success coach and
I will see you back here again soon take care