Welcome back to my channel clean up your room today in this video I want to talk
to you about the three most important things that you need to do during the
last days of work I assume that you're watching this video because you've
already made the very brave decision to quit your job and you've already handed
in your resignation letter to your boss but if this is not the case and if you
are still in doubt of whether or not you should leave your job right now then I
would recommend you to first check out my other video on whether or not you're
ready to quit your job but let's say that you've already made up your mind
and now you have two weeks or a month left at your old job and you're asking
yourself what should I be doing during this time some people might be tempted
to just relax and slow down and just let the time run out but I would say do the
contrary once you've made this very difficult decision of quitting your job
then there should be this feeling of ease and usually there is even this
extra amount of energy that you can actually use to your advantage so here
are the three most important things that you should do during the remaining time
at your job number one network this might sound counterintuitive but this is
the exact right time to network get in touch with some of those colleagues that
you've barely spoken to get together with them for a lunch or a coffee break
and tell them a bit about your plans you don't need to tell them about everything
but you can just give them a rough idea about what you're planning on doing next
for example you're planning on opening a cafe or you're becoming a full-time
business consultant because oftentimes your first customers and clients will be
your former colleagues or even your former boss so by telling them a bit
about your business plans you've already kind of warmed them up so after you left
the company you can approach them again and then talk to them more about your
business number to get as many references and recommendations as you
can and these are the sources and forms of references and recommendations that
you can get number one a work reference from HR simply ask your HR department to
issue you a letter stating how long you work at that company what your last
position salary and responsibilities were number two ask your boss for a
letter of recommendation this is the perfect time because your boss will
still remember very well what you what you did and what you contributed to the
company and to the department number three get recommendations from your
colleagues or your skip level manager or your managers managers these could be
written recommendations as well as simply LinkedIn recommendations or you
can just ask them for a favor in case that in future you need a
reference whether or not they would be willing to be your reference you might
not be thinking of this now but believe me these will come in very handy at a
later point in time so rather than asking these people later months or
yours when they don't even really remember what you did anymore it is much
easier and much more efficient to ask them right now while their memories
still fresh number three and you're working on a high note while it might be
very tempting to just pass on all your house finished projects and tasks to the
next colleague who will be taking over your position I would recommend you to
take as much ownership as you can and tie up any loose ends
producing stellar work until the very last day will make a very good
impression not only on your boss but also on your colleagues so although
you're leaving your company the people there will never forget how professional
you were at work so in other words you own
one reputation and you never know with whom you'll cross paths again in the
future so you better not burn any bridges I hope this video was useful to
you please leave your feedback and your thoughts in the comments below and also
let me know if there's anything in particular that you would like me to
cover in one of my next videos thank you so much for watching and see you again
soon