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When to Set Out-of-Office Before Leaving Job (Timing Guide)

Here's the short answer: turn on your final out-of-office 60 to 90 minutes before you log off on your last day. Not days earlier. The right window ...

Why You Miss Coworkers You Weren't Close To: A Guide

If you miss coworkers you were never really close to, you are not imagining it. The ache of leaving a job often lands hardest on acquaintances. The...

Writing LinkedIn Recommendations Before You Leave: 4 Templates

Here's the short answer. Before your last day, write 4 to 6 LinkedIn recommendations for the people whose work you watched closely enough to speak ...

First Monday After Your Last Day: What Nobody Tells You

Here's the short answer: the first Monday after your last day feels weird because nothing structural tells you what it is. You wake up to no standu...

Giving Notice Before the Holidays: A Timing Playbook

Here's the short answer: for a clean December exit, hand in your notice on the first or second Tuesday of December, right after lunch, so your last...

Returning Your Work Laptop: 90-Minute Handback Checklist

Here's the short answer. Before you return your work laptop, delete personal files, saved passwords, and private messages from browsers and chat ap...

LinkedIn Requests on Your Last Day: A Better 3-Window Plan

Here is the short answer. Do not batch-send LinkedIn connection requests on your last day. Spread them across three windows: Week 1 of notice for t...

LinkedIn Requests on Your Last Day: A Better 3-Window Plan

Here is the short answer. Do not batch-send LinkedIn connection requests on your last day. Spread them across three windows: Week 1 of notice for t...

LinkedIn Requests on Your Last Day: A Better 3-Window Plan

Here is the short answer. Do not batch-send LinkedIn connection requests on your last day. Spread them across three windows: Week 1 of notice for t...

Who Should Have Your Personal Email When You Leave a Job?

Here's the short answer: give your personal email only to the coworkers you would still reach out to if neither of you worked here anymore. For mos...

How to Hand Off Your Email Inbox Before Your Last Day

To hand off your work email inbox before your last day, do this in order: triage with a 1-year date filter, archive what is done, reply to open thr...

Cold Feet After a New Job Offer: Why It Hits and What Helps

Cold feet after accepting a new job is the quiet doubt that hits in the week or two before you start, when the relief fades and you suddenly wonder...