The Best Resignation Letter you'll ever read

Congratulations! You’ve taken the difficult decision to change jobs, gone through a lengthy application process, been offered your dream role and read through your contract before signing on for a new chapter in your life.

 However, one not so simple and potentially awkward task remains………..Your resignation letter!

Our top 3 tips will help you craft that resignation letter in no time, so you can stop worrying about the present and move on to your new bright future.

1. To The Point: Get straight to the point, there’s no point in sugar coating it, your leaving and that’s what your employer needs to know

2. Be Polite: Thank your employer for the opportunities you’ve had/skills you have gained, so be polite and remember you’ll need a reference (if not today, maybe some date in the future)!

 3. Notice Period: Make sure and state how much notice you are giving, along with your proposed finish date (make sure this is in line with your contract requirements). Your employer may need one or more hand over sessions so someone knows what you have been working on.

 Remember it is best to keep your resignation letter professional, it will be held on file and should you ever wish to return (it does happen) then you want them to remember you for the right reasons.

All that said, if you want to be more creative, below is one of the best resignation letters we have ever read. It IS real so names and companies have been deleted to protect identities...! 


Dear xxxxxx 

After an appropriate period of deliberation, I have come to the decision to tender my resignation from now. Effective next week. 
Please know that I still maintain a high level of respect for you as managers and team, and I thank you sincerely for the support and assistance you have offered me from each of those roles. 

I have been proud to work for xxxxxxxxxx over the past 2 years; it has been a journey that has provided me an unparalleled foundation to move forward to new and exciting opportunities.

As such, this summer I have decided to become a professional pirate. It has always been a dream of mine to live the life of a swashbuckling corsair, beholden to none and master of all I survey. 

Once my crew of unabashed rogues is assembled, we shall take to the capacious expanse of the high seas to pursue fortune, fame, and hair-raising adventure. Our path may not be filled with the porcine comforts and technological marvels this company provides, but we shall nonetheless move forward to carve a name for ourselves in the annals of bold insurgency and death-defying derring-do. 

Once I have a keen blade at my hip, a guitar over my shoulder and the jolly roger is flapping in the skyline I believe I’ll find my true calling. 

Please note I am currently accepting applications for First Officer, if you are at all interested in applying. I will provide a partial travel insurance plan, which will offer immediate coverage of all maladies other than scurvy and the occasional bout of rickets. 

Kind Regarrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddsss 

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Happy Birthday to us... we are FIVE!!!

The sun is shining and from our North Coast office I watch another Easter season draws to a close, and I cast my mind back to this time five years ago when I took the plunge to go out on my own and set up Epitome. What an unbelievable five years we have had, we have filled more than 1000 jobs for over 600 companies across Northern Ireland and even spread our wings to the rest of the UK and Ireland. And to think it all started back just before Easter 2010 when during a sales strategy meeting at my last formal 'employer' I sat up and said 'NO'. I said NO to charging clients 20% placement fees, NO to speccing out countless CVs to companies on the hope of getting a hit, NO to prepping candidates for jobs that they really weren't suited to. I thought I wanted out of recruitment all together but once I had time to think and took the Easter holidays to recover from my sudden outburst (and imminent unemployment) I realised that I didn't want out of recruitment I wanted to create a service that offered employers a real alternative to the traditional recruitment agency. From there Epitome Recruitment was born. Offering our clients a real alternative to the standard recruitment solutions is something we are passionate about. But getting the message that we are different is something that we continue to struggle with. Companies shut down at the mention of recruitment - not another recruitment agency being a response we hear often. And candidates continuously try to oversell themselves and expect us to 'find them a job'. What we have created in the last five years is a fresh and transparent approach to recruiting, we do that by primarily not making promises we might not be able to keep. After-all Recruitment involves people, and anyone involved in hiring staff will testify that when dealing with people nothing should be taken for granted. What we do promise is: We will get your vacancy maximum exposure across the job boards and social media, we can also link in with your own career site. We will take away all the time consuming and boring admin that comes with hiring. We will screen ALL applicants against client criteria, if they don't fit they don't get through We will give ALL applicants a response to each and every application they make We will only charge the client a FLAT FEE depending on the service they select, therefore if you find a great candidate and want to pay them more that originally intended we won't increase our fee. We will work with our clients to design and launch a recruitment campaign that will attract and engage applicants We will give our clients access to ALL their applications if they want them, via our bespoke applicant tracking system We have come so far in the last five years and we are only getting started. If you want to find out more about our services and how we can help you recruit successfully contact us today. But for now I am off to eat cake and celebrate the first five years with the team. Best regards Emma Gunes Founder & Owner Epitome Recruitment