Always Do This Before Leaving a Job

Before you turn in that resignation letter to your boss, it’s important to take care of some data management first. In the video above, I go over the steps you should take to back up your data and erase any personal information from work devices.

Back up work files

You don’t know how quickly the IT department may revoke access to your computer, so it’s important to copy any work files to an external hard drive or cloud service. Just make your that any files you take are your work, and don’t contain any confidential information. You don’t want to find yourself on the other end of a lawsuit because you’re accused of stealing confidential company IP.

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