Career Deep-Dive
Leaving a Job Gracefully Checklist
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16 itemsExit well — the industry is smaller than you think. This free leaving a job gracefully checklist gives you a 16-item head start so nothing important slips through the cracks. it's been shaped by real families using it in real moments — the kind you don't get a second chance to prepare for. Use it as-is, or open it in Checkbloom to customise every item, share it with anyone by link (no account required on their end), and tick things off together in real time from any phone. When you're offline, changes queue and sync the moment you're back. Every Checkbloom template is free to preview and free to download as a PDF. Create a list from this template and share it with anyone by link — they can check items off in real time with no account or app download required.
How you leave is remembered longer than how you arrived.
What's on the list
- Confirm the new role in writing before resigning
- Read your contract for notice and clauses
- Plan the resignation conversation with your manager
- Write a short professional resignation letter
- Agree a transition plan and last day
- Document your responsibilities and key contacts
- Hand off projects with written summaries
- Introduce stakeholders to your successor
- Save personal files and remove personal data
- Settle expenses and outstanding paperwork
- Confirm final pay, holiday, and benefits
- Roll over or preserve your pension
- Say thank you to people who shaped you
- Update LinkedIn after your last day
- Stay in touch with key relationships
- Take a breath before the next role begins
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