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Training Your Replacement Before You Leave: A 5-Day Handover Plan

Here's the short answer. The best way to train your replacement is a five-day plan that mixes documents with the two things that don't fit in a doc...

Thank You Message to Manager When Leaving a Job: 5 Templates

Here's the short answer. A good thank you message to your manager when leaving a job is two to four sentences, names one specific thing they did fo...

Missing Your Old Coworkers After Leaving a Job: Why It Hits

Here's the short answer. Missing your old coworkers after leaving a job is normal, often peaks three to six weeks in, and is mostly grief for a dai...

Missing Your Old Coworkers After Leaving a Job: Why It Hits

Here's the short answer. Missing your old coworkers after leaving a job is normal, often peaks three to six weeks in, and is mostly grief for a dai...

What to Take Home Before You Leave a Job: Checklist

Before you leave a job, take home your personal belongings, copies of your own work samples you have permission to keep, your professional contacts...

How to Quit a Job You Just Started: The Clean Exit Guide

Here's the short answer. To quit a job you just started, tell your manager first and in person (or on video for remote), keep the reason short and ...

Last 1:1 With Your Manager Before You Leave: 7 Questions

Here's the short answer: your last 1:1 with your manager is not a debrief or a goodbye. It is a working meeting that locks down the handover, the r...

Goodbye Email to Clients When Leaving Your Job: Templates

Here's the short answer: send a brief, warm goodbye email to each active client three to five business days before your last day. Name the date you...

Leaving a Job You Love: How to Say Goodbye to a Good Place

Leaving a job you love is harder than leaving a bad one because the grief is real and the choice is yours. The short answer is to let the sadness b...

What to Do in Your Last Two Weeks at Work (8 Regrets)

Here's the short answer: the regrets people have about leaving a job are rarely about the work. They are about the people they meant to thank, the ...

LinkedIn Recommendations Before You Leave: Who to Ask

Here's the short answer: ask for LinkedIn recommendations during your last week at the job, while you are still fresh in everyone's mind. Send a sh...

Farewell Speech at Work: A 2-Minute Template That Lands

Here's the short answer. A good farewell speech at work runs about two minutes, thanks the people who shaped your time there, names one or two spec...

How to Tell Your Boss You're Quitting: Word-for-Word Script

Here's the short answer. To tell your boss you're quitting, ask for a 15-minute private meeting, open with one direct sentence ("I've decided to le...