Teryl @ Work

Exit Strategy or Networking Opportunity - former title Sometimes when you have resigned, it just feels like you can't wait to get out of there. The new position beckons, all bright and new, glistening with possibilities, and it is so unfair that you have to work out your notice period, with good grace, especially when you are earning much less money. Turn it around in your head, and treat every day of your notice period as an opportunity to build new connections with your colleagues. This is not about being insincere or a real Uriah Heep, but more about realising that this is your last chance at your current company to add another brick (or two) to your career wall. Its easy to forget that the next time you are job hunting, the person doing the hiring might be a current colleague or even one of your direct reports! Enjoy your last month, keep learning and developing, and tie up as many loose ends as you can.   Document those that you can't and offer to assist te...

So the deed is done.   Your resignation letter is in your boss's hands, and you are wondering whether you made the right decision. In fact, you are now pretty sure that you have made a mistake, but withdrawing doesn't seem possible either. What to do? Whatever you are going to do, do it quickly, but do take a moment to think it through.   First of all, this is not a counter offer situation, you just simply know you don't want to leave.  So its not a negotiation, its a discussion. There is a school of thought that believes once you have made a decision you need to stick to it at all costs.  Some rather dreadful events have happened as a result of this kind of thinking.   I believe that not all first decisions are good, and admitting that you have changed your mind can be a mature decision.   If you do it too often, though, it will definitely be viewed as indecisiveness. Draw up a list of reasons you resigned, and reasons you want to stay, and evalu...