Unemployment Checklist
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- Work
- Maintain professionalism during the termination process.
- Ask your employer when you will receive your final paycheck.
- Determine from your employer when your insurance benefits will end.
- Ask whether the employer will be providing a severance package.
- Start looking for another job.
- Personal
- Talk to your family and keep a positive attitude.
- Find out where to go for help.
- Look at housing alternatives.
- Apply for energy assistance programs and find alternative energy sources.
- Look for employment programs and services.
- Make sure your resume is polished.
- Work your network, contacting everyone you know.
- Financial
- Prepare a household budget to see where you spend your money and where you can save.
- Lower your monthly bills by negotiating with your vendors.
- Lower your utilities by using energy saving steps.
- Determine other ways you may have to make an income like selling items you don?t use.
- Cancel unnecessary bills or memberships.
- Notify Your creditors that you've lost your job.
- Legal
- Meet with an attorney to review your termination and severance package, if any.
- If you are offered a severance package, don't sign without reading it first, and consider having a lawyer review it.
- File for unemployment.
- Contact your savings plan administrator to determine what you should do with your 401(k).
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Alex Strickland
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Who it's for
This Unemployment Checklist is for anyone who wants a simple, practical way to get things done without missing steps.
- Avoid forgetting - keep all your Unemployment essentials in one place (external memory)
- Save time - start from a proven Unemployment structure instead of a blank page
- Stay on track - track progress, come back later, and keep momentum
- Coordinate with others - share the list and divide responsibilities
- Learn the process - follow the steps in a sensible order, even if it's your first time
How to use it
How to use this Unemployment Checklist
- Save Unemployment Checklist to your free Checklist account so your progress is saved and synced across devices.
- Customize it in the app: remove anything that does not apply, then add your own details for Unemployment (dates, sizes, addresses, notes).
- If others are involved, invite them to collaborate and divide responsibilities.
- Work through the list: check items off as you go, and set reminders for time-sensitive steps.
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