CMS Program Insights and Information

The way people search for jobs has always been evolving. From CMS’s beginning in 1981, we have watched how technology has been the key catalyst of those changes - from shifting the focus on paper résumés, 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 don’t 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...

At CMS, we understand that as an HR professional, planning for the messaging of difficult news can be almost as stressful as delivering it to outgoing employees. 

The purpose of our HR Manager's Portal is to relieve some of the related administrative burden on generally over burdened HR Leaders, by...

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...

As you know, the specialty at CMS is providing quality outplacement and career transition services to the employees who you unfortunately must part ways with.

In recent years however, we have added a few other services to our menu in response to the needs of our HR clients and their teams.

The foc...

The outplacement programs implemented at CMS include a series of comprehensive steps.   Once we’ve completed the all-important step of writing an effective résumé and ensuring a professional LinkedIn profile is established with our job seekers, the real work begins.  The résumé marketing efforts as ...

As an HR professional, you understand how drastically recruiting has changed over the last few years, and that technology has played the greatest role in how employers find new candidates – and how candidates search for new work.

It is our job at CMS to ensure that our job seekers are well versed i...

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...