Transitions · Keep what is yours
How to preserve your work through a career transition.
A transition is a reason to protect your own evidence—not a reason to carry confidential material that was never yours to keep.
Public guidance only. Your Career Memory and job inputs remain private.
Sort ownership before you sort files
Personal career evidence and employer-confidential material are not the same thing. Before saving a document, ask whether you created it for your own record, whether it contains someone else's private information, and whether you have permission to retain it after the role ends.
When the answer is unclear, preserve a safe description of your contribution rather than copying a restricted source.
Capture the contribution, context, and next question
A transition record can hold the role timeline, projects, actions, observed outcomes, feedback, skills, credentials, and sources you are allowed to keep. It can also hold unresolved questions: which result needs confirmation, which credential needs an updated document, and which kind of work you want to pursue next.
Build an exit pack that stays honest
An exit pack should help you explain the work without turning a difficult moment into a performance claim. Keep exact dates, measurements, and source states visible. If a metric is missing, leave it as a gap. If a story is based on your own account, label it accordingly.
Let the next direction emerge from evidence
Once the record is safe and reviewable, compare a few target lanes or read public market evidence. A transition does not require choosing a permanent identity on day one. It requires enough trustworthy context to decide the next useful step.