Exercise: First 7 Days Checklist / What To Do in Your First 30 Days

Use this to help clients take useful first steps without trying to solve the entire search at once. ☐ Gather separation, severance, benefits, final pay, and unemployment information. ☐ Save current resume, older resumes, performance reviews, job descriptions, and project notes. ☐ Write down possible target roles, industries, companies, work arrangements, and dealbreakers. ☐ Check LinkedIn basics: headline, contact info, recent role, location, and visibility settings. ☐ Identify 10 target companies that could be worth researching. ☐ List 10 safe contacts to reconnect with first. ☐ Collect 2 to 3 job postings that look interesting, even if they are not perfect matches. ☐ Prepare your resume, LinkedIn URL, questions, and target role ideas for coaching. ☐ Avoid panic-applying before your direction and materials are reasonably clear.