Career & Work Checklists
Job interview prep, resume building, workplace productivity, meetings, and professional career advancement checklists.
Plan Career Goals
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan career goals covering identify strengths and interests and define short & long-term objectives, and essential action items.
Start Job Search
Complete step-by-step checklist to start job search covering define target job details and compile target companies list, and essential action items.
Search Job Boards
Complete step-by-step checklist to search job boards covering create profiles on major sites and configure advanced search filters, and essential action items.
Prepare Resume
Complete step-by-step checklist to prepare resume covering use ats-friendly document format and update contact links and linkedin, and essential action items.
Write Cover Letter
Complete step-by-step checklist to write cover letter covering find hiring manager's name and write strong opening statement, and essential action items.
Build Portfolio
Complete step-by-step checklist to build portfolio covering select best 3-5 projects and write concise project case studies, and essential action items.
Prepare for Interview
Complete step-by-step checklist to prepare for interview covering research recent company news and draft behavioral star stories, and essential action items.
Practice Interview Questions
Complete step-by-step checklist to practice interview questions covering draft common question responses and prepare career gap explanations, and essential action items.
Schedule Interview
Complete step-by-step checklist to schedule interview covering respond to invite immediately and provide multiple open slots, and essential action items.
Send Thank You Note
Complete step-by-step checklist to send thank you note covering write custom thank-you note and reference a interview detail, and essential action items.
Negotiate Salary
Complete step-by-step checklist to negotiate salary covering research local market salaries and define target range & minimum, and essential action items.
Plan Career Change
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan career change covering identify target industry focus and list key transferable skills, and essential action items.
Update LinkedIn Profile
Complete step-by-step checklist to update linkedin profile covering upload professional headshot and write keyword-rich headline, and essential action items.
Plan Remote Work Setup
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan remote work setup covering designate quiet work area and invest in ergonomic chair, and essential action items.
Plan Freelance Work
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan freelance work covering define service niche offer and choose billing pricing model, and essential action items.
Plan Weekly Work Schedule
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan weekly work schedule covering list weekly deliverables and block deep-work focus hours, and essential action items.
Plan Daily Tasks
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan daily tasks covering write daily to-do list and select single priority mit, and essential action items.
Manage Projects
Complete step-by-step checklist to manage projects covering define project scope & goals and select project tracking board, and essential action items.
Prepare for Meetings
Complete step-by-step checklist to prepare for meetings covering review meeting agenda topics and read distributed documents, and essential action items.
Track Work Goals
Complete step-by-step checklist to track work goals covering review annual objectives (okrs) and set up tracking dashboard, and essential action items.
Plan Leave
Complete step-by-step checklist to plan leave covering check accrued leave balance and select travel calendar dates, and essential action items.
Prepare for New Job
Complete step-by-step checklist to prepare for new job covering confirm start day details and complete onboarding paperwork, and essential action items.
Prepare for Employee Onboarding
Complete step-by-step checklist to prepare for employee onboarding covering create onboarding schedule and provision laptop and accounts, and essential action items.
Leave a Job
Complete step-by-step checklist to leave a job covering draft formal resignation letter and schedule resignation meeting, and essential action items.
Prepare for Employee Offboarding
Complete step-by-step checklist to prepare for employee offboarding covering confirm final work date and notify it departments early, and essential action items.
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