CMS Program Insights and Information
As you may be aware, this year I published a book based on the experience I have developed over the last 30 years in the outplacement business, and the proprietary program CMS uses to support to our job seekers.
The original goal of publishing the book was to bring practical support through a step-...
As we continue to help prepare our candidates for the interview process as part of their outplacement program, we inevitably must discuss how to negotiate a potential salary.
Some candidates, however, will have little idea about what the employer is expecting to pay, because it has not been adverti...
As we have discussed in our Trials & Triumphs series over the last few weeks, ensuring that the job search candidates that you have trusted in us to help, are aware of and are properly prepared for a variety of interview scenarios, is key to their success.
After all, what is the point of working so...
When most people go into a job interview their biggest problem is to remember and articulate everything that they have done and accomplished in the past. Unless a candidate has prepared for this, the pressure of an interview can often make their answers awkward and disjointed. The reason for this ...
As we are all aware, job interviews generally revolve around a series of questions and answers to a specific set of questions. Preparing our outplacement program candidates for a variety of questions is just one way we help them to prepare for the interview process. Helping them to be aware of the...
We recently introduced you to how we teach the former employees enrolled in CMS’s full-service outplacement program, about Emotional Intelligence and its profound effects on the interview process. As our Program Coaches get deeper into interview preparedness, they explore how ones ‘emotional state’...
Last week we introduced you to how we begin to coach and prepare our job search candidates for the all-important interview process, through the course of our full-service outplacement program.
We don’t need to be seasoned psychologists to be successful in the interview process but having a good und...
Over the last few weeks, we have introduced you to the ways in which we help the former employees who you enrol in the CMS outplacement program, market their skills and career histories - whether that be through online job postings, LinkedIn, networking, the hidden job market, via recruiters, employ...
As you know, the specialty at CMS is providing quality outplacement and career transition services to the employees who you unfortunately must part ways with. In recent years however, we have added a few other services to our menu in response to the needs of our HR clients.
One of our most popular...
Helping the job seekers at CMS to explore a wide variety of résumé marketing channels is the role of our outplacement program coaches. Helping them to increase their potential pool of job opportunities and to zero in on the right ones, is key to their long-term success. The most obvious résumé mar...
As our program coaches delve deeper into the résumé marketing component of our outplacement program, they inevitably come to point where they encourage their job seekers to access the 'Hidden Job Market'. This is especially important during times of higher unemployment rates because it helps cand...
When most candidates start the process of looking for a new job, they jump to their computers to begin researching and applying to online job postings. It is natural to want to know what kind of job opportunities are out there, and exploring online resources is a great first step in understanding...
