CMS Program Insights and Information
Ensuring that the job search candidates that our HR colleagues 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 hard to develop a strategic career development plan and an effe...
In a recent 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 more behavioural style interview questions.
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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 ...
We recently introduced you to how we teach the former employees enrolled in CMSâs 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 âemotional stateâ...
The way people search for jobs has always been evolving. From CMSâs beginning in 1981, we have watched how technology has been the key catalyst of those changes - from shifting the focus on paper rĂ©sumĂ©s, in-person drop-offs, direct mail campaigns, phone calls and faxes to the use of email, social m...
 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 donât need to be seasoned psychologists to be successful in the interview process but having a good un...
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, to market their skills and career histories - whether that be through online job postings, LinkedIn, the hidden job market, or via recruiters, employment a...
Helping the job seekers at CMS to explore a wide variety of résumé marketing channels is a large part of 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 ob...
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 candid...
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 wh...
Everybody has their own unique style when it comes to learning new things and working in general. Some learn best by doing, talking and collaborating, while others learn most easily by reading and listening.
The same is true when one is learning how to find a new job. For example, some of the cand...
 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...
