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Take a look at TabStart's curated collection of online resources that will help business employees craft the perfect farewell message upon their departure from a company. While any worker is sure to be excited about beginning a new chapter of his or her professional life, it is imperative that an employee leave a company having expressed gratitude for the years spent there. Employees should be honest, warm, and thoughtful as they recall the memorable events and special friendships that they have experienced over the years.
These resources offer ideas, tips, and hints for crafting a gracious, thoughtful farewell message to employees, colleagues, and bosses.
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Farewell Message from Employee to Colleagues - If you're leaving your current job and you're at a loss as to how to bid farewell to your colleagues, check out this page from the career counseling site Career Bright. In addition to providing sample farewell letters for inspiration, this article offers some tips, such as making your letter personal and including your contact information.
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Leaving Your Job Gracefully: Writing a Farewell E-Mail - The executive job search website The Ladders features this helpful page that explains how to leave your job with grace. Included here is a section on writing the perfect farewell letter from employees to colleagues. The Ladders recommends that you be complimentary to your company and appreciative to your co-workers. Also, The Ladders suggests that you not cite your new company because they may not have announced your arrival yet.
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NY Times Blog: The Art of the Farewell E-Mail - The Shifting Careers blog at The New York Times highlights a particularly well-crafted farewell letter that is gracious, warm, and personal. This letter was written from the heart, and it shows. Be sure to read this farewell letter for inspiration before you craft your own.
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Professional Farewell Messages for a Boss or Employee Who Is Leaving - When you are leaving a job to begin anew at another company, there are countless tasks to complete before you leave, and so you might not have time to craft the thoughtful farewell message that you know your colleagues deserve. Check out this site where you can pay to have a professional work with you to draft a beautiful, reflective farewell message.
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What Not to Write in an Employee Farewell Message - Take a look at this bitter (and hilarious) farewell letter from an employee at J.P. Morgan. This angry goodbye skewers bosses, managers, and co-workers. The author here clearly pulled no punches in drafting this spiteful letter. Be sure not to burn any bridges in your farewell message.
Use the websites below to find famous quotations and lines of poetry that would be ideal to include in your farewell message.
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Farewell Quotations to Include in a Goodbye Message to Colleagues - This page from PoemHunter.com presents an extensive list of direct quotations and selected lines of poetry that deal with saying goodbye and farewell. Browse contemplative words from the likes of William Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alfred Tennyson, and William Cowper.
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Goodbye Quotations for an Employee's Farewell Message - This resource offers a number of quotations that would be lovely to insert into your farewell letter to employees and colleagues. Amongst many thoughtful goodbyes here, Henry David Thoreau's quotation is particularly sweet: "Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes."
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How to Express Gratitude in an Employee's Farewell Message - When you leave your position at your current job, regardless of your reasons for leaving, you need to express gratitude to your employees, colleagues, and bosses. This page supplies excellent reminders of the power and importance of gratitude in the workplace.
Find inspiration from some of these famous farewell speeches, and learn how to deliver your own well-written farewell message that is heartfelt and passionate.
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Farewell Speech from the Executive Director of the IMF - This page from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presents the 2002 farewell speech of IMF Executive Director Alexandre Barro Chambrier that was presented to the Executive Board. Take note of the professional tone that is inflected with warmth and appreciation.
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Lou Gehrig's Farewell Message to Teammates and Fans - This page offers the text to Lou Gehrig's famous farewell speech in which he said, "... today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth." This page also features audio clips of this speech, one of the most famous farewell speeches in American history.
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How to Write a Farewell Speech - This page guides you through the process of drafting the perfect farewell speech if you are leaving your company. This article suggests that you offer a potted history of your time at the company and that you thank your colleagues. This page also provides advice on including humor in your speech.