CMS Program Insights and Information

‘Outplacement Outtakes’ v.19 – Mohammad’s Lesson in How to Influence the Line of Interview Questions #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Jul 18, 2023

As we have discussed in our Outplacement Outtakes 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...

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Telling One that Their Job has been Eliminated, is No Easy Task #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Jul 12, 2023
 
 

No matter how many times you have do it over the course of your career, delivering employment termination news to an employee is never easy, and can never be taken lightly.

Having an objective sounding board and third-party support for your HR team members and department...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes’ v.18 – How Christopher Developed His Awareness & Preparedness for Behavioural Style Interview Questions #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Jun 28, 2023
In last week’s blog, we talked about how we help CMS outplacement program candidates prepare to effectively answer technical interview questions.  This week our focus is on how our Program Coaches help their job search candidates in the preparation for Behavioural Style...
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‘Outplacement Outtakes’ v.17 – How Jen came to Understand the Value of Formal Interview Preparation #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Jun 21, 2023

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...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes’ v.16: Raj’s Lesson in How Important Good Listening Skills are to Landing his Dream Job’ #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Jun 14, 2023

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...

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Financial Counselling Support for Peace of Mind – A Key Component to CMS Outplacement #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Jun 07, 2023

Once the initial feelings of shock start to wane, most of the candidates who have joined the CMS outplacement program report that worries of replacing income and supporting personal finances at home become top of mind – even if provided with a substantial severance package.

That is why the...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes’ v.15 – Maureen’s New-found Understanding of How Her Emotional State Affected Her Presentation in the Interview Room #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices May 31, 2023

We recently introduced you to how we teach your former employees, who are enrolled in CMS’s full-service outplacement program, about Emotional Intelligence and its effects on the interview process.  As our Program Coaches get deeper into interview preparedness, they explore...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes v. 14 – Addy’s Enhanced Understanding of How Human Emotions Plays a Role in Interviews #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices May 17, 2023

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...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes’ – v.13, Helping Anthony to Effectively Prepare for Competition! – Setting the Interview Stage. #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices May 10, 2023

Over the last few weeks, we have introduced you to the ways in which we help your former employees who are enrolled in the CMS outplacement program, market their skills and career histories – whether that be through online job postings, social media, networking, the hidden job market, via...

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Coaching for Sustainable Enhanced Employee Performance #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices May 03, 2023

As most of our HR clients know, our specialty at CMS is providing quality outplacement and career transition services.  In recent years however, we have added a few other services to our menu in response to the needs of our Human Resources clients.

The objective of our...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes v.12’ – Josef’s Lesson in how Relationships he Built in the Past, can be Helpful to His Future. #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Apr 26, 2023

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...

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‘Outplacement Outtakes v.11’ – Broadening Lee’s Marketing Efforts – and therefore, his opportunities! #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #humanresources #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementservices Apr 19, 2023

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...

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