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If you have seen the movies, social media trends, and various online posts, there seem to be two different ways to quit a job. They also seem to be on completely opposite ends of the spectrum from one another too. You can turn in your two weeks’ notice and quietly leave your job when the time is up, or you can make a massive scene about it and end up in a screaming match with your boss.

However, what if you could leave any job (even the jobs you hate) on good terms where you feel good about yourself and look forward to the future, rather than throwing yourself into the black void of an uncertain job market? There are a few ways to leave a job gracefully, showing that you are able to let go of a past job with no malice, and then use the experience to get towards a brand new job.

There are a few ways to leave a job gracefully, and this article is going to list a few of them that you can use the next time you need to exit a position.

Leave A Heartfelt And Grateful Resignation Letter

One of the best ways to leave a job gracefully is to focus on what you have learned and how it has helped you on your journey toward your future career. Even if you want to be a race car driver and have spent the last six months working as a janitor, you still learned something. Maybe humility, persistence, or a strong work ethic, and all of these will benefit your future career.

Instead of simply turning in a two weeks notice letter and leaving it at that, you can take the time to write a letter to your boss and thank them for all they have done for you. Talk about the good times, the skills you have learned, and the experience you have gained, and thank them for all they have done. Even if you hate the job, you can be grateful for something, so don’t be afraid to let your emotions out.

It will leave a positive note with your boss, and in the business, and will make you leaving your job a lot easier.

Offer To Train Your Replacement

If you are a higher up in the company, you will be leaving a void behind you whenever you leave. Someone needs to fill your position, and the company can flounder a bit as they try to find, hire, and train your replacement in all the things you did.

This takes time for sure, and one of the best ways you can quit your job with grace is to offer to train the person replacing you. After all, who better for the replacement to learn from than the person they are replacing?

The person who knows all the tricks and who has been working in the position for the longest time is the perfect mentor. If you did an excellent job in your post, then you can offer, and most of the time the answer will be yes.

Especially if your training can improve the organization’s Microsoft 365 offboarding process! Getting you out and getting your replacement in can be even easier if you two are working in tandem.

Show Appreciation For The Job And The People Working In It

It doesn’t matter if you are the type of person who makes close bonds with the people they work with, or if you simply see ‘work friends’ as your ‘friends you have at (and in the context of) work.” You should still attempt to show appreciation for the job. Even if it was the worst job in the world, it was a paycheck and a purpose, and you can at least appreciate that.

So thank the coworkers who helped you out, the mentors that got you where you are today, the people who supported you and gave you the problems to solve, and the job itself. You can throw a big party or just say thank you, but make sure to walk out of the door with appreciation for the job and what it gave you.

Because even if you just got experience, the job still gave you that! Even if it is experienced in the field of work you don’t want to do!

Leaving With Grace Is Powerful

You might think this only applies to people who love their jobs and this won’t work for people who hate every second of their work with a burning passion, but it works for everyone.

No matter what, leaving with some level of grace and positivity is always going to make you feel better and see the good side of the job. Even if you need to work very, very, hard to see the good.

Plus, whenever it comes to things like letters of recommendation, professional testimonials, and other resources that a past job might give out whenever you are seeking a new job, if they remember you leaving with grace, you will get more resources. Certainly more than someone who left after keeping their heads down or someone who stormed out the door after making a big scene.

So the next time you need to leave a job or a position, try to walk out the door gracefully. It might be hard, and it might not give you much, but you will feel better about yourself, better about leaving, better about the job, and you might just make the people you used to work with smile too.

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