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Over the past decade, the combination of breakthroughs in
technology, individual concerns surrounding job termination,
and social attitudes to sudden job loss have changed the dynamics
of job loss dramatically. Catalyst Careers has responded to
this new reality with a unique set of custom designed career
transition and outplacement services packages.While it is
important to understand and deal with issues of personal and
emotional support during this often unsettling and stressful
time, the new emphasis is on providing an objective assessment
of career strategies, evaluating professional positioning
in the labour market, and learning the self-marketing techniques
professionals need to move their career forward.
Your former employees are all individuals with unique needs
during this often difficult time in their lives. All Catalyst
Careers consultants are trained to constantly acknowledge
each client's requirements and adjust our program offerings
to focus on their needs at each point in the career transition.
Our programs are powerful, adaptable, and most importantly,
they get results!
1) Gets control over employee termination benefits and costs
with individual packages and costing -- you only pay what
your budget can afford. You can get a quote anytime!
2) Allows you to manage cashflow and tight HR budgets by paying
only for services that your former employees need.
3) Controls the level of service that optimizes every individual
outplacement situation.
4) Provides your former employee with the expert career counselling
and job search services they need to assist them in their
transition - making things progress faster and easier for
you and for them.
All Catalyst Careers Transitions™ programs offer guidance
and assistance in the termination planning process, including
notice periods, severance, and the logistics of the termination
meeting. We can also provide support and guidance to your
remaining staff at the critical time of the termination, all
at no additional cost.
1) Receives the
best career transition expertise available, including one-on-one
counselling with our fully-qualified career counsellors, access
to impressive career planning tools, and unrivaled choices
of special seminars.
2) Gets a realistic and attainable career
plan, and the opportunity to take charge of his or her own
career, specifically identifying and addressing their fundamental
strengths and weaknesses.
3) Obtains ongoing support services
and expert career guidance and job search consulting during
their transition.Each program is client-focused, and customized
to each individual, and exclusively utilizes one-on-one counselling
designed to get your former employee's career refocused and
reinvigorated as quickly as possible.
At Catalyst Careers we believe your former employee finds
a fulfilling career through best fit. We address the critical
issues of career positioning and strategic self-marketing
through time-tested and successful methods. Through education
about the changing world of work, the individual gains a sense
of power about their abilities that will help them through
this stressful time. We also provide continuing support during
the employee's first year in their new role.
Most HR professionals are trained to evaluate the outplacement
needs of each individual undergoing termination. Our Career
Counselling Specialists are also trained to provide you with
additional guidance with the entire termination and severance
process, including Pre-Termination Counselling termination
planning, guidance in handling the entire process … all
at no additional cost.
We all recognize that we are dealing with one of the most
important aspects of the lives of the individuals affected
in any termination, and since each individual's circumstances
are unique, you need unique, tailor-made solutions that are
still affordable.
Now you can design your own customized outplacement program
that suits the needs of each individual. You determine the
services to be received, and your budget, based on the situation.
It's easy! Simply choose the modules you feel are required
to encourage your former employee to take the next progressive
steps in their career:
IT'S AS EASY AS 1-2-3! FOR YOUR PERSONALIZED QUOTE, CONTACT
US
Before the actual termination, we can provide guidance and
assistance in the termination planning process, including
notice periods, severance, and the logistics of the termination
meeting. We can also provide support and guidance tips for
your remaining staff at the critical time of the termination
-- all at no additional cost.
While the employee needs the most support, we assist with
the critical issue of professional and objective assessment
of their current situation and options. This learning phase
assists the employee to achieve greater self-confidence through
thinking of him or herself as a winner, not a victim. We cover
what to tell family, friends, colleagues, and others; how
to handle upcoming social situations, and the realities of
replacing familiar support systems (fax, computer, voicemail,
etc.).
An evaluation is completed with the candidate to determine
the most effective Job Search Strategy, and an action plan
is formulated.
We teach the essentials of Résumé writing for
the real world, including definition of overall career objectives,
conveying accomplishments in the most influential manner,
differentiating distinctive skills and abilities in order
to position our candidates competitively in their chosen specialization.
The resume serves 3 essential roles:
1. It helps to define each candidate's Unique Selling Proposition
- why they can do the job better than anyone else
2. It is an essential self marketing tools that must be effective
in obtaining interviews
3. It usually serves as the de facto Agenda for most interview
meetings
Our strategic approach to Résumé design and
contents adds just the right amount of power and marketing
savvy to successfully get interviews.
One of the most overlooked areas of the Job Search process
is the employment Interview itself. Our professional Career
Coaches, trained in the latest interviewing techniques, deconstruct
the interview process and define simple but effective tactics
that our candidates can use to outshine the competition. Videotaping
is also a standard component of our program if required.
The job search itself can be a daunting journey - we assist
with regular strategy and coaching sessions to determine progress,
constantly evaluating, and adjusting tactics if necessary.
Regular ongoing and focused guidance to our candidates helps
them maintain their motivation and achieve their stated career
transition objectives in a more timely manner. Issues relating
to Time and Stress management are also monitored and reviewed.
Catalyst's distinctive Networking program highlights the
real power of effective networking, and teaches the fundamentals
to tapping this tremendous job search strategy. We focus on
the positive aspects of networking and incorporating it into
each individual's on-going career plan.
We teach the techniques that help to maintain and control
their ever-expanding network as a critical resource base.
Catalyst Directions is a unique proprietary assessment program
developed over several years by our career counsellors. Catalyst
Directions is a proven program that provides a workable framework
for our clients in which to reevaluate their career path,
identify areas of strength and weakness, explore new or existing
opportunities, and establish a new direction for their careers
that is in direct harmony with their overall life goals.
Easy. Just contact us and we
will be happy to meet with you to discuss your particular
requirements in more detail.
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