# The Work History Module

The FIRM Guide (thefirmguide.com) — companion to The Recoverable Family.
Fill this in privately (any text editor or by hand), then store it in your Vault.


## Secure Guide Starter Template — Work History

> One Secure Guide entry per person, per employer or professional activity — every job, practice, board seat, or self-employment arrangement with legal, financial, or benefit relevance gets its own entry. Store this inside your Vault; update at job changes and the annual benefits review. Education entries follow the same shape.

This record is more than a resume — it is how your family claims what you earned. A pension can hide behind two acquisitions and a changed plan administrator; a career across five employers can leave small vested benefits waiting at several of them. Document the trail while you can still walk it from memory. Three purposes, in order: claim the benefits you've earned, make survivor benefits findable for your family, and preserve the professional story — what you did, what you're proud of — for the generations who will ask. And write down the negatives too: “No military service,” “no ongoing obligations” — N/A is an answer that spares your family a search.

- Employer / Position: 

- Start / End Dates: 

- Benefits Linked: 

- Vesting / Retirement Status: 

- Credentials Earned: 

- Proof of Service / Records Location: 

- Notes for Heirs: 

- Last Reviewed: 

Education: same shape, one entry per institution or program. Heirs may need credentials verified — for professional licensing, employment claims, or survivor education benefits — long after the school stops answering informal requests.

- Institution / Program: 

- Records: 

- Alumni Account: 

- Tags: 


## Family Guide Starter Template — Work History

> This template contains no sensitive information. It can be stored with household documents.

> In the matching Secure Guide section: one entry per benefit-relevant employer — vesting, credentials, records, heir notes.
>
> That detail is what makes recovery possible — and it is protected in the Vault, which opens with The Vault Key. The key is never written here, by design. The people listed on this page know how it is kept, and the steward's job is to keep that path current, so this page never leads to a locked door.

- Work and Education Information: 

- Where to find details: 

- When and How to use: 

- Who manages: 

- Who to call: 

### Additional Guidance