Do you plan on quitting your job? Here are 5 things to do now. Are you about to leave your current job for an incredible new one? Let’s get you prepared to make that transition graceful and smooth, shall we? Here are four things our Ignite Your Potential career coaches say you should do before quitting your job:
1. Ask Current Co-Workers at Your Job to Write You a LinkedIn Recommendation
Try to think of colleagues, people in leadership, or even those who report to you, that have a good vantage point on the work that you’ve done. This is a great time to ask if they would be willing to write you a recommendation on LinkedIn. Even if you already have a job lined up, most of us are unlikely to go back later and do this type of “housekeeping.” Why not take care of it now as another way to archive the work you’ve done.
2. Make Those Last Doctor and Coaching Appointments Before Quitting Your Job
Do you have unused medical privileges that you’ll be walking away from? Or, are your old benefits more robust than your new ones will probably be? If so, consider booking your last checkups and appointments while still covered on your current employer’s plan. Do you have a stipend for professional development? The San Francisco career coaches and Los Angeles career coaches at Ignite accept these types of payments. You can use our career coaching as you onboard to your new company.
3. Give Your Laptop and Phone some TLC
You know how you’ve kind of adopted your company-provided equipment as “yours?” Right. Now is the time to digest the fact that you aren’t, in fact, the owner of said equipment. More than likely, your employer may review all of the files on that computer and contacts on the phone. They may scrub them, and hand them out to someone else. Given this, it’s critical that you copy all of the personal files that you need and delete the ones you don’t.
4. Make Things Easy on Your Successor From Your Job
Even if you’ve been working in a House of Misery, it’s just plain jerkish to leave a bunch of loose ends or tangled messes. In your last weeks on the job, make every effort to get things organized and prepared for whoever is going to pick up where you left off. Take good meeting notes, save your files in an easy-to-understand manner, and generally approach your work with the mindset that someone else is going to have to do it very soon. Also, if possible, offer to help select and train your successor.
5. Figure Out How to Move Money After Quitting Your Job
Financial planning can be confusing under the best of circumstances. Don’t let this critical matter fall through the cracks as you make a job transition. If you have a 401(k) or other money coming back to you as you part ways, understand how the payout or transition needs to work before you goof up anything vital. And then manage the money transition right along with yours.
The beginning of a new year is the most inspiring time to make big moves to improve your career or life. Quitting your current job can do just that. If you’re going to be among those who make great leaps in 2020, make sure they’re pirouettes, not belly flops.
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