Outplacement

Outplacement Counseling

In today's competitive global marketplace, companies can no longer promise even the most loyal, productive employee a guaranteed job for life. The need for flexibility requires the ability to adjust to rapidly changing business conditions. Yet, employees who recognize that job security is dead may respond by abandoning company loyalty. "Why should I knock myself out for my employer when they might let me go tomorrow?" Even worse, disgruntled employees can pursue expensive and time-consuming legal recourse in light of an unexpected job termination. Meanwhile, your remaining employees are watching carefully -- knowing that how former co-workers are treated today is how they may well be treated tomorrow.

Outplacement counseling provides an affordable, cost-effective, and humane option when downsizing, organizational restructuring, or individual termination situations are required. Business Development Group brings more than 12 years of collective experience to the table. Our professionals have been extensively involved in a wide range of individual and group outplacement situations throughout central Wisconsin, across all major industries and work sectors in the local economy. We've worked with individuals at all levels of the organizational pyramid, from CEO's to entry-level shift workers and everything in between.

A range of service packages are available to meet your budgetary needs, offering options including the following.

Transition Pre-Planning

Successful job transition requires organizational pre-planning. Discussing your organization's options before making the announcement can spell the difference between a smooth transition and a disastrous one. Business Development Group offers transition pre-planning support to assist key organizational decision makers in outlining your transition plans.

Career Assessment

The days of one life, one job are ancient history. The average person entering the job market for the first time this year can expect 9 to 13 job changes in a working lifetime, including 3 to 5 radical career shifts! People outplaced from an existing job at any time in their working life need to consider the possibility of retooling for a new, different career. Business Development Group offers a comprehensive package of services designed to help people make informed, realistic, proactive decisions about the next stage in their careers -- whether that means changing fields or work sectors, starting a business, going back to school, transitioning to retirement, or more.

Resume and Tool Development

In a world in which as few as one of every 250 resumes generates a job interview, it's important for job seekers to be able to differentiate themselves from the competition on paper. Business Development Group provides a full package of resume, cover letter, and related tool development services. We tailor individualized written tools to the unique, specific needs of each job candidate... and just as important, we teach job seekers how to use those tools, not just hide behind a sheet of paper.

Market Research and Strategy Planning

When it comes to the job search, one size doesn't fit all. Different strategies are required for different situations, different job targets, different markets, different people. Business Development Group will make sure that outplaced job candidates don't spin their wheels or invest their time in ineffective, outmoded search strategies. We'll invest our time, energy, resources, knowledge, and experience to help job seekers segment the market and connect to viable opportunities quickly.

Interview and Offer Negotiation Support

Even experienced managers can struggle when it comes time for that crucial job interview. It's all too easy to interview from "the wrong side of the desk" -- to miss that golden opportunity to make a good first impression. Business Development Group provides extensive coaching in image management, anticipating and handling key interview questions, presenting key competencies in the interview, offer negotiation, follow up, juggling multiple job opportunities, and more.

Logistical and Consulting Support

The services of Business Development Group are individualized -- tailored to the specific needs of each job candidate. People aren't just numbers to us -- they're people, with unique life histories, needs, concerns, strengths and weaknesses, objectives, and obstacles. We'll provide each job seeker with what he or she needs to succeed, including comprehensive logistical support and access to one-on-one consulting sessions with an experienced, qualified job search professional.

To learn more about our professional outplacement services, call Business Development Group at (715) 849-1968, or contact us by email at membree@dwave.net. We're eager to talk business with you!

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