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To our HR colleagues,
As summer begins to close through September, I thought I would take this opportunity to re-introduce you to the full-service outplacement programs at CMS and how we might be able to help your employees if organizational changes are in the cards.Â
As you are well aware, when an em...
In our last blog we started a discussion about how we help our outplacement program candidates answer tricky interview questions, especially the one concerning why they left their previous position.  If one didnât leave their previous role on their own volition, there are generally only two other
...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? â especially when it wasnât their choice to do so!
 In our last blog, we discussed one of the top two goals that we at CMS have. Goal #1 as you may recall is to provide our valued HR clients with responsive, professional and personal support â support that they can rely on to be consistent and helpful during the course of difficult decision making
...We recently gathered at CMS to reiterate and reconfirm our primary goals.  And, although simple and straightforward, I thought I would take this opportunity to share them with you.
Goal #1Â â to provide our valued HR clients with responsive, professional and personal support â support that t
...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.  Of course, many jobs already have a set and advertised salary as they may be linked to established pay scales, parti | ...
As we have discussed in our Outplacement Outtakes 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 o
...No matter how many times you have do it over the course of your career, delivering employment termination news to an employee is never easy, and can never be taken lightly.
Having an objective sounding board and third-party support for your HR team members and department managers, can go
...In last weekâs 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 | ...
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 ...
As we are all aware, job interviews generally revolve around a series of questions and answers to a specific set of questions.  Preparing our outplacement program candidates for a variety of questions is just one way we help them to prepare for the interview process.  Helping them to be aware of t
...Once the initial feelings of shock start to wane, most of the candidates who have joined the CMS outplacement program report that worries of replacing income and supporting personal finances at home become top of mind â even if provided with a substantial severance package.
That is why the provis
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