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Resignation retraction letter

If you have changed your mind about leaving your job, use this sample retraction letter to take back your resignation.

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Jamieson Hughes

Ms Stacey Goh

Dear Ms Goh

As discussed today, due to a change in my circumstances I wish to formally retract my resignation from Greens Real Estate. Please accept this letter as withdrawal of my resignation letter dated 6 September 2008.

I look forward to continuing work with Greens Real Estate and apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

Thank you for your understanding and discretion.

Yours sincerely

[your signature]

Jamieson Hughes

cc [include names of anyone else in the firm who should receive this notification, for example the HR Manager]

FYI cc stands for ‘carbon copy’ from the days before computers when duplicates of correspondence were made with carbon paper – the carbon copy could be sent to another person so they had exactly the same information as the person receiving the original.

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