CMS Program Insights and Information

 At CMS we strive to keep our ears open to the needs and wants of our HR colleagues when it comes to outplacement and career transition support for outgoing team members.

As you may recall, this past November we introduced a wider variety of options regarding our flag-ship Full-Service Outplacement...

At the moment an employee is told their services are no longer required, their mind generally turns to the questions of ‘why?’, ‘why me?’, ‘how is this going to affect my family?, our finances?’  Not to mention, ‘what am I going to do next?’.

Jumping into a job search immediately after leaving a jo...

As we can all generally attest to, whether it is a customized résumé or an introductory cover letter, writing about ourselves for ourselves, can be a bit of challenge.

In a competitive job market, how one delivers their personal introduction through a cover letter can make all the difference in sta...

Personalizing outplacement programs is the only way to make them matter.  Why spend valuable budget on cookie-cutter programs that don’t truly help someone through a life-changing moment? Learning that one has lost their job is bound to prompt a series of emotions from shock to fear, despair to sham...

Why reinvent the wheel? Within the Résumé Writing chapter of our Canadian Career Management System is a strategically developed résumé writing database designed to help our job seekers to articulate just what they have done over the course of their careers.  Of course, they innately know what they h...

Goal setting is probably the most important thing one can do when between jobs, especially if when between jobs involuntarily. 

Many people in this unfortunate position will have a knee-jerk reaction to find a new job as quickly as possible—randomly applying to any job posting that closely resemble...

It’s awful to feel that we have failed at something. Ugh. Even the idea that we may have failed at something is an uncomfortable thought. Likewise, the perceived idea that we have failed when we lose a job, even if it’s through no fault of our own, will generally result in initial feelings of disbel...

When a team member is made redundant, they are sure to respond with waves of emotions, and a variety of thoughts about their initial and future next steps.  Generally, they will first need time to focus in on what is important to them, their families and for their careers going forward.

As our Prog...

 To our valued HR colleagues, 

As the year-end approaches and your team begins to plan for potential organizational changes in 2026, I thought you may be interested in previewing our 2026 HR Manager's Guide in advance of the new year.

We continue to offer a range of meaningful outplacement service...

 I’m sure we can all agree that 2025 has been especially challenging when it comes to cost of living expenses and economic uncertainties on a number of levels.

It is especially important to us at CMS, to ensure that all job search candidates who join our full-service outplacement programs have the ...

Personalizing outplacement programs is the only way to make them matter.  Why spend valuable budget on cookie-cutter programs that don’t truly help someone through a life-changing moment? Learning that one has lost their job is bound to prompt a series of emotions from shock to fear, despair to sham...

It is important to us at CMS that our outplacement program candidates have a well-rounded experience while working with us. Encouraging the organization of their job search, the use of personal exercises as well as a program feedback questionnaire is part of how we accomplish this.

For Lori, the ov...