CMS Program Insights and Information
 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 ...
There are three main pillars that can describe the CMS full-service outplacement program. In our last blog, we discussed the value of Pillar #1 during job loss and career transition when emotions tend to run very high: personalized program coaching.
This week we focus on Pillar #2, which is equall...
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...
As part of helping their candidates look for a new job, CMS Program Coaches also encourage their outplacement program clients to explore current job market trends, and outlooks as they relate to their particular industry, position, and career stage so that they can anticipate outcomes and potential ...
As we have discussed over the last several weeks, interview preparation is key to one’s job search success. However, once interview day finally arrives our outplacement program candidates may need some help to stay focused on all the preparation they have completed!
As we can all relate, nerves can...
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-...
 During the interview preparation process of the CMS outplacement program, many candidates express their worry about how to answer the question, why did you leave your last position? – especially when it wasn’t their choice to do so!
Many are coping with their own personal understanding of what may...
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...
Let us know what you need! – At CMS, we are always open to customizing outplacement solutions!
At CMS we strive to offer a range of meaningful, cost-effective outplacement programs to our valued HR clients, with the goal of providing service options that meet the varying needs and budgets that come...
In our last 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 interview questions.
Most job s...
