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Severance and Benefits Review Checklist
SEVERANCE AND BENEFITS REVIEW CHECKLIST General guidance only, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Verify every item against your actual documents, and consider an employment atto…
The What-Happened Explanation Script
THE WHAT-HAPPENED SCRIPT Formula: brief factual reason + no blame + forward pivot. Keep it to 2-3 sentences, then redirect to what you want next. STEP 1: PICK YOUR TRUE, NEUTRAL RE…
Your 7-Day Reset Plan
YOUR 7-DAY RESET PLAN Two to three focused hours a day, no more. Recovery is part of the plan. Check off each day. DAY 1 - STABILIZE [ ] Fill in the First 24 Hours facts log [ ] Sa…
Firing-Type Decision Tree
FIRING-TYPE DECISION TREE Pick the branch that matches your exit. It changes your rights, your unemployment eligibility, and the story you tell, so name it before you do anything e…
Know Your Federal Rights on Day One
KNOW YOUR FEDERAL RIGHTS ON DAY ONE The leverage you actually hold in the first hours, with sources. General guidance, not legal, tax, or financial advice; verify against your own …
When to Call an Employment Lawyer: Red-Flag Escalation Checklist
WHEN TO CALL AN EMPLOYMENT LAWYER: RED-FLAG ESCALATION CHECKLIST Most exits do not need a lawyer. These patterns do warrant a consult before you sign or waive anything. Your same-d…
Acute-Window Scripts: Access, Property, and Getting It in Writing
ACUTE-WINDOW SCRIPTS For the once-only moments in the first hours. Say them calmly; do not sign or argue under pressure. GET THE REASON IN WRITING (HR is vague or stonewalling) "I'…
First-Move Decision Aid
FIRST-MOVE DECISION AID Two inputs, one first move. This is a bridge to the next course, not your final career plan. STEP 1: MY RUNWAY BAND (from the reset plan's estimate) Runway:…
Cold Outreach + Follow-Up Script Pack
COLD OUTREACH 1) Cold email to hiring manager (under 150 words) Subject: [Role] on your team - quick question Hi [First name], I saw [Company] is hiring a [role] on the [team]. [On…
Outreach Tracker Setup Spec
OUTREACH TRACKER (Google Sheets, one tab) Header row (paste as row 1): Company | Role | Tier | Source | Contact name | Contact role | Contact link/email | Status | Date last touche…
Weekly Funnel Review Worksheet
WEEKLY REVIEW - WEEK OF [date] Numbers (count tracker rows by status): - Outreach sent: ____ (warm/referral: ____ , cold: ____) Replies: ____ -> reply rate = ____% - Conversations:…
Channel Yield Ranking (evidence-ranked)
CHANNEL YIELD RANKING Where to spend your outreach effort, best-yield first. Only the referral/connection ranks carry cited evidence; the rest are ordered by mechanism and marked d…
Scored Cold-Outreach Swipe File
SCORED COLD-OUTREACH SWIPE FILE Four anonymized messages, scored line by line (STRONG / WEAK), then a why-them teardown bank across eight role types. Use it to pressure-test your o…
Positioning Statement Worksheet
Use this to define who you help before you edit any profile field. Everything downstream (headline, About, resume summary) inherits it. TARGET ROLE (the job you want next, exact ti…
Outcome-Bullet Rewrite Framework
Turn duty bullets into evidence. Run every resume bullet through this. FORMULA: [Strong verb] + [what you did] + [quantified result or scope] BEFORE -> AFTER 'Responsible for manag…
Recruiter Visibility Settings Checklist
A perfect profile is invisible with the wrong settings. Work through these in one sitting. AVAILABILITY [ ] Open to Work turned on [ ] Audience chosen: recruiters-only (discreet, n…
AI Artifact Workshop: copy-paste prompt pack
Use these to draft fast, then verify. UrFired is an AI-upskilling platform because the skill pays: in the 2024 Microsoft and LinkedIn Work Trend Index, 71% of leaders said they wou…
Annotated Before/After Resume Teardown
A full resume run through an ATS, every parse failure marked, then fixed. Read it against your own draft. ===== BEFORE (two-column 'designer' template) ===== [NAME + TITLE sit in t…
Confidential-Role Proof Swipe File
For roles where the real work is confidential (ops, finance, analytics, product), you can still ship clickable proof. Adapt the closest worked example. Each is sanitized: company a…
Firing / Gap / Short-Tenure Decision Tree
Find your row, then apply each of the four columns. Rule for every cell: state facts, point forward, never explain or apologize on the page. CASE: LAID OFF / ROLE ELIMINATED - Resu…
The "Why I Left" Script Builder (layoff, restructure, and fired)
The rule for every departure: neutral fact, no blame, forward pivot, then stop. Pick your true category, keep it to 2-3 sentences, and match your wording to your separation paperwo…
STAR Story Bank Worksheet
Build 5-6 versatile stories. MIT CAPD advises 3-5 in bulleted outline form (not scripted); the top of that range covers the competencies because one strong story answers 3-4 questi…
Post-Interview Thank-You + Follow-Up Email Pack
THANK-YOU (within 24 hours, under 150 words, personalize per interviewer): Subject: Thank you, [Name] Hi [Name], Thank you for taking the time to talk today. I especially enjoyed […
Role-Family Swipe Files
Filled-in openers, departure lines, and STAR skeletons for four functions. Swap in your real specifics; never borrow numbers that aren't yours. === SALES (AE / account management) …
Role-Family Research Checklist
Which sources actually move the needle, by function. Everyone reads the JD and the company site; this is what to add for your role. SALES / ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT: [ ] The sales motion…
Interview Self-Scoring Scorecard
Run this on a recorded rehearsal of any answer. Score honestly; the point is to beat your last rep, not to feel good. EVERY ANSWER: [ ] TIME: did it land in range? (Self-intro 60-9…
Red-Flag Due-Diligence Decision Tree
Three questions, the tell in each, and the rule for when a flag is a dealbreaker. You just got burned once; the job of these questions is to keep it from happening twice. Ask evenl…
Master Counteroffer Email Script
Subject: Re: Offer for [Role] Hi [Name], Thank you for the offer. I've read it carefully, and I want to be clear: I want to join [Company], and I'm confident I'll make an impact on…
Compensation Research and Anchor Worksheet
ROLE / LEVEL: [ ] LOCATION / REMOTE: [ ] DATE: [ ] MARKET DATA (at least 3 sources; note base vs total comp) 1. Source [Levels.fyi / Glassdoor / LinkedIn / Payscale / Blind / BLS O…
Offer Acceptance Checklist
CONFIRM THE WRITTEN LETTER SHOWS [ ] Correct base salary (the negotiated number) [ ] Sign-on bonus: amount, payment date, any clawback terms [ ] Bonus target or commission structur…
The Offer-Call Playbook
Keep this open during any live offer call. Do not counter numbers off the top of your head; your only jobs on the call are to stay warm, buy time, and avoid locking yourself low. I…
Recruiter-Line Decoder
Recruiter phrases decoded. What they say -> what it usually means -> your one line. 1. "What are your salary expectations?" Means: they want you to anchor first, ideally low. You: …
Negotiating-From-Behind Scripts
For the candidate with a gap, one offer, and income pressure. The rules: ask on value, never on need; pick one lever; ask once. ONE-LEVER SELECTION (pick the single highest-value t…
Benefits-Timing Gap Worksheet
Use before you commit to a start date. Goal: find any health-coverage gap and price the cheapest bridge. STEP 1 - THREE DATES A. Old job-based coverage ends (last day): [date] B. N…
30-Day Cash Plan Worksheet
30-DAY CASH PLAN | Date: [today] A. CASH I CAN ACCESS NOW (no penalty, no borrowing) Checking .................. $[____] Savings ................... $[____] Cash on hand ..........…
Creditor Hardship Call Script
CALL BEFORE YOU MISS A PAYMENT. (General guidance, not legal or financial advice. Verify against your own agreements. For lawsuits or bankruptcy, talk to a licensed pro.) Opening s…
Consulting Bridge Outreach Email + Offer & Rate Framework
MY OFFER (one sentence) "I help [who] fix/improve [specific problem] so they [result]." Draft: [__________________________________________] MY RATE Anchor: last salary / 1,000 = $[…
Unemployment Benefit Estimator
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT ESTIMATOR -> one cash-plan inflow line (General guidance. The exact formula, weekly max, and number of weeks vary by state; use your state's official UI benefi…
Housing Cost Decision Path + Servicer Hardship Script
HOUSING COST DECISION PATH (your largest line item) Housing is typically your single largest monthly expense, so one good decision here beats a month of subscription cuts. Work the…
Family / Support-Loan Conversation Script + Informal Loan Terms
FAMILY / SUPPORT-LOAN CONVERSATION SCRIPT + INFORMAL LOAN TERMS The one hard ask most people improvise. Script it while calm. Structure it like the creditor call, not a confession:…
Money War-Room Dashboard (one page)
MONEY WAR-ROOM DASHBOARD (one page; update at each weekly check-in) The whole system on a single sheet. Pull each number from its lesson. Date updated: [____] RUNWAY Accessible cas…
Resume tailoring prompt
You are helping me tailor my resume to a specific job. I will paste two things: my full master resume, then the job description. Do this in three parts: 1) GAP ANALYSIS. List the t…
Outreach scripts pack
Keep every message under 100 words. Change one specific real detail per send. Follow up once after 5 to 7 days, then let it go. === RECONNECT (dormant contact) === Hi [name], it's …
Job search funnel and weekly review worksheet
=== TRACKER COLUMNS === Company | Role | Posting link | Date applied | Source (referral/portal/recruiter/event) | Contact or referrer | Status (To-apply/Applied/Screen/Interview/Of…
Say-It-Out-Loud Defensibility Test
Run this on any line an AI wrote or rewrote, a resume bullet, a LinkedIn headline or About sentence, a cover-letter claim, an outreach hook, before it goes out. Every item must be …
AI-Literacy Proof builder
Turn running this search with AI into evidence that you are AI-literate, the one thing this course gives you that a faster resume does not. WHY IT MATTERS (verified): Per the 2024 …
Prompt-Failure Teardown swipe file
Three real AI failures from this course's workflows, shown as the AI wrote them, then fixed, then the rule that caught each. Learn to spot the tell; that judgment is the skill. ---…
Free-Tier Capability Map (dated snapshot, with fallbacks)
What each lesson's AI step depends on, whether it is typically usable without paying, and a fallback if it moves. Vendors change plans often, so this is a snapshot, not a research-…
Model-Routing decision table
Which tool for which task, and the one-line reason. When two tools tie, use the one you already have open. - Factual company/market research (funding, news, headcount) -> a cite-fi…
First 72 Hours Stabilize Checklist
Use this in the first three days after job loss. It is general guidance; verify money and legal items against your own documents and, if needed, a professional. MONEY [ ] Runway = …
Job-Search Pipeline Tracker
Set this up as a spreadsheet with one row per opportunity. The point is that no thread ever sits without a defined next move. COLUMNS Company | Role / title | Contact (and how you …
The 30-Day Comeback Calendar (Day 1 to Day 30)
One primary action per day, and which UrFired course to open that day. This is the map; the lessons are the turns. Dates are calendar days from job loss; if a weekend falls mid-act…
Runway-to-Tempo Table
Runway = accessible cash / essential monthly expenses (from the day-2 stabilize step). Your runway sets how hard and how wide you search, and the trigger dates you pre-commit to NO…
Phase-Gate Scorecard (Day 7 / 14 / 21 / 30)
Between gates, run the 30-minute weekly funnel review from Job Search OS. The gates below check only whether you are on schedule for a 30-day comeback. Benchmarks are targets to ai…
Executive Narrative One-Pager
EXECUTIVE NARRATIVE ONE-PAGER ARC (what you built, 2-3 sentences with scale + one hard number): [For X years I led (function) at (company), running a team of (N) and a (budget / P&…
Confidential Search Firewall (Decision Tree)
CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH FIREWALL - DECISION TREE (Resolve each branch deliberately before your first external call. General guidance, not legal advice; for a real conflict, confirm wit…
Executive Recruiter Map + Reverse-Mapping Method
EXECUTIVE RECRUITER MAP + REVERSE-MAPPING METHOD (High-value channel, but only if you find the 2-3 partners who own YOUR niche. Build the map yourself; it's more current than any s…
Fractional / Interim Engagement Structuring Kit
FRACTIONAL / INTERIM ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURING KIT (Income + operating reps + optionality while the full-time search runs. General guidance; have any agreement reviewed by your attorn…
First Independent Board Seat Playbook
FIRST INDEPENDENT BOARD SEAT PLAYBOOK (The status move that reframes "between roles" as "in-demand operator." General guidance, not legal or financial advice.) WHERE FIRST SEATS CO…
Executive Compensation and Equity Benchmark Pack
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION & EQUITY BENCHMARK PACK (Build a real, current benchmark yourself, so no table here goes stale. General guidance only; verify all legal, tax, and equity term…
Executive Interview Teardown
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW TEARDOWN (The three interviews that decide senior hires. For the fundamentals, structured-interview scoring and STAR, use the Interview Prep course.) 1) THE BOA…
Four Executive Archetype Teardowns
FOUR EXECUTIVE ARCHETYPE TEARDOWNS (Complete, illustrative walkthroughs of peers, so you can pattern-match instead of filling a blank template. All names, companies, and numbers ar…
Executive Relaunch Scorecard (Archetype Clock + Gates)
EXECUTIVE RELAUNCH: ARCHETYPE CLOCK + PARALLEL WORKSTREAMS + GATES + SCORECARD STEP 0 - SET YOUR CLOCK: - Archetype: [ ] Still-employed (invisible, slow, reputation-first, no runwa…
Skill-to-Offer Mapping Worksheet
SKILL-TO-OFFER MAPPING WORKSHEET PART 1: WORK INVENTORY (list 10 to 15) For each item, fill one block: - What I did: [a specific action, never a job title] - The result: [before ->…
Cold Outreach and Follow-up Sequence
COLD OUTREACH (under 100 words) Subject: [specific to them, e.g. 'your [X] launch'] Hi [name], [One specific, researched line proving you looked: a post they wrote, a hire, a launc…
Freelance and Consulting Launch Checklist
FREELANCE / CONSULTING LAUNCH CHECKLIST (Tax, legal, and entity items are general guidance. Verify with an accountant or attorney.) LEGAL (do this first) [ ] Signed docs pulled: of…
Discipline-Indexed Offer Library
DISCIPLINE-INDEXED OFFER LIBRARY (Find your near-match, adapt it in ~20 minutes. Pilot prices are ILLUSTRATIVE anchors to adjust with the rate-benchmark table, never promises.) Eac…
Legal Self-Audit and Former-Employer Playbook
NON-COMPETE / NON-SOLICIT / IP SELF-AUDIT + FORMER-EMPLOYER PLAYBOOK (General guidance, NOT legal advice. Read what you actually signed. Enforceability varies widely by state and c…
Reconciled Rate Model, Benchmark Sourcing, and Objection Pack
RATE-BENCHMARK SOURCING + LIVE-CALL OBJECTION PACK (The reconciled model matches the Money Reset course so you get ONE answer. Starting sanity checks, not market rates; verify tax …
First $10k Milestone Map
FIRST $10K MILESTONE MAP (Turns the 8 lessons into ONE funnel with a finish line. The worked shape below is ILLUSTRATIVE to show the mechanics; your real conversion will differ, so…
Post-Exit Positioning Kit
POST-EXIT POSITIONING KIT STEP 0 - PROFILE BASELINE [ ] Profile photo on. (LinkedIn: photo = 21x profile views, 9x connection requests; directional platform data.) [ ] Open to Work…
Headline Teardown Library (14 before/after across industries)
HEADLINE TEARDOWN LIBRARY Each entry: the default (before) -> the repeatable rewrite (after) -> the exact edit. Find the one closest to you and copy the move, not the words. 1. OPS…
Comeback Hook Swipe File (40) + Dead Post Autopsy
COMEBACK HOOK SWIPE FILE (40) - fill the brackets, matched to your pillar type TEARDOWN / FRAMEWORK (pulls jobs): 1. Most [role]s get [task] wrong in the same three ways. Here's th…
Contribution-First Networking Kit
CONTRIBUTION-FIRST MESSAGE SCRIPTS (first touch, no ask) A) Show them something you made "Hi [name], I wrote a short breakdown of [topic] and used your point on [specific thing] as…
Name-Search Reputation Audit + SERP-Control Playbook
NAME-SEARCH REPUTATION AUDIT (do this logged out + incognito) Run each search, record first-page results: 1) [your name] 2) [name] + [city] 3) [name] + [former employer] 4) "[name]…
Scored Authority Diagnostic
SCORED AUTHORITY DIAGNOSTIC Tally each stage 0-3 (one point per signal true right now). A stage is STEADY at 2+ held ~2 weeks. STAGE 1 - PRESENCE [ ] 8+ posts on cadence in last 30…
30-Day Operating Calendar + Weekly Scorecard + Day-30 Decision Rule
30-DAY OPERATING CALENDAR (about 30-45 min/day; every day has one task) WEEK 1 - FOUNDATION D1: photo + Open to Work decided; publish positioning as your headline. D2: rewrite Abou…
Career Context Pack + Command Center Instructions
The reusable foundation for running any job search through an AI Project. Build these five files, upload them to a Claude or ChatGPT Project, and paste the instructions block into …
AI Job-Search Prompt Library
Six prompts that run the whole search from your command center. Paste each into a project that holds your Career Context Pack. 1) OPPORTUNITY SCAN: Score this posting against targe…
Job-Search Funnel Bottleneck Cheat Sheet
Update your funnel weekly, find the biggest drop-off, and apply the matching fix instead of just doing more of everything. TRACK THESE STAGES: Applications -> Responses -> Screens …
Done-For-You Starter Kit: Gold-Standard Context Pack + Tracker Spec
A fully populated example of every artifact this course asks you to build, from one anonymized case ("Jordan Reyes," a customer-success lead laid off in a reorg). Study it to rever…
AI-Inflation Red-Team: Verb-by-Verb Teardown + Reference-Check Test
How language models quietly inflate a resume, and the honest downgrade for each. Run this on every AI-rephrased bullet. Left is the version the AI reaches for; right is what you ca…
Outreach Swipe File: 8 Reply-vs-Silence Teardowns
Eight near-identical messages, one that landed and one that died, with the specific lever that made the difference. Learn why the winner won, then write for the person in front of …
Offer comparison and weighted decision scorecard
STEP 1 - Compare offers on one number (fill in per offer): Base salary: $[__] Realistic annual bonus (use last 2 years' actual % of target, not headline): $[__] Conservative equity…
Equity due-diligence questions
Send to the recruiter or hiring manager and get answers in writing before signing: 1. How many shares or units does the grant cover? 2. What is the total fully-diluted share count?…
Severance counter email
Subject: [Your name], severance terms Hi [Name], thank you for walking me through the package. I have reviewed it and want to reach an agreement we can both sign. I am requesting t…
Equity valuation calculator
EQUITY VALUATION CALCULATOR (Turn a grant into after-tax dollars in three scenarios. Private-company equity value is an estimate, not a guarantee. Tax treatment is complex and situ…
Equity tax-timing guide
EQUITY TAX-TIMING GUIDE (These decisions can swing five- and six-figure outcomes and carry short, irreversible deadlines. This is general education, not tax advice. Do not act on a…
Live-call objection decision tree
LIVE-CALL OBJECTION DECISION TREE (The moments email cannot handle. Stay warm, ask a question before you concede anything, and never counter a pressure tactic with a bluff.) BRANCH…
Multi-offer timing tree and retention-counteroffer playbook
MULTI-OFFER TIMING TREE & RETENTION-COUNTEROFFER PLAYBOOK PART 1 - VERBAL vs WRITTEN (two offers, four combinations) Both written: run the side-by-side, take your competing number …
Annotated severance release (clause by clause)
ANNOTATED SEVERANCE RELEASE (clause by clause) (A realistic, anonymized release marked GREEN = usually fine, YELLOW = read and often negotiate, RED = push back before signing. Gene…
Attorney-ROI sizing worksheet
ATTORNEY-ROI SIZING WORKSHEET (Decide whether to pay for an employment-law consult on your severance or offer. General guidance, not legal advice.) COST (known, fixed) - Initial co…
Executive agreement teardown and Five Gaps counter-language
EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT TEARDOWN & FIVE GAPS COUNTER-LANGUAGE (A realistic, anonymized executive employment agreement, redlined GREEN/YELLOW/RED, plus ready counter-language for the fi…
Executive benchmark sourcing guide (SEC EDGAR)
EXECUTIVE BENCHMARK SOURCING GUIDE (SEC EDGAR) (Build a market anchor for severance and change-in-control terms from real, current, primary filings instead of a table someone made …
Role Risk Read
ROLE RISK READ (scored) A diagnostic, not a verdict. Use observable facts from the last 90 days, not feelings. Count the boxes, apply the thresholds, then let the decision tree set…
Value Map + Outcome Translation Guide
VALUE MAP Translate what you do into the four currencies leadership pays for. Use an honest, defensible number where you can get one; a rough true number beats a big number you can…
AI Leverage Plan
AI LEVERAGE PLAN Goal: push automatable work onto tools, reinvest the time into work AI can't do, and become the visible multiplier on your team. Verify every output before you shi…
Manager Update + Manage-Up Script Pack
MANAGER UPDATE + MANAGE-UP SCRIPTS Managing up is making sure the true story of your impact reaches the people who decide. Frame everything around outcomes, credit your team, and n…
AI Role Teardowns
AI ROLE TEARDOWNS Find the seat closest to yours. Each teardown gives the three-bucket split, one copy-pasteable prompt, and the verify pass that keeps the output yours. Rule for a…
Cost-to-Replace You Calculator
COST-TO-REPLACE YOU CALCULATOR Turns 'expensive and slow to cut' into a rough, defensible number, for your own clarity and for how you talk about your work. Fill it with your own h…
Irreplaceable Leverage Inventory + Brag Doc
IRREPLACEABLE LEVERAGE INVENTORY + BRAG DOC Leverage is what makes replacing you expensive and slow. Build it as the source, not the gatekeeper: document and teach, and keep acquir…
Quiet Parachute Plan
QUIET PARACHUTE PLAN Built quietly while employed, when it's easy. This is security, not disloyalty; it lets you do your best work and negotiate without fear. This is the standing …