Action Management/OI Partner's Executive Outplacement Program

LEVEL: Executives/Senior Management

OBJECTIVE: The Executive Outplacement program aids executives and senior management in transitioning smoothly to new, fulfilling positions or careers.

BENEFITS: Action Management/OI Partners offers a comprehensive Executive Career Transition Program that incorporates a wide range of career management issues. Individuals are provided with an assessment of their own management and interpersonal styles which assists them in evaluating career alternatives, including re-employment, self-employment, purchase of a business and other significant career options. The Executive Outplacement program helps individuals regain control over life and career decisions and helps to lower the duration of the job search. The program provides:

• Support of consultants who are sensitive to the needs of highly placed executives;
• Exploration of a range of options;
• State-of-the-art technical resources; and
• Private, well appointed offices.

EXECUTIVE EVALUATION: The evaluation is conducted in three consulting sessions and follows exercises in the Action Management/OI Partners workbook. The sessions are devoted to assessing the needs of the candidate, discussing career transition issues, and analyzing the candidate’s personal history, which is developed by the candidate and the consultant. The analysis uncovers behavior patterns and trends established over a period of many years in the candidate’s life and career. Areas of strength are identified and focused on; adverse factors are analyzed in terms of possible remedial action.

CAREER ASSESSMENT: After the evaluation, the candidate works with the consultant on developing a personal mission statement, which results in a career objective. A resume is developed, as well as a biography and a marketing strategy (including networking list) that reflects the candidate’s aspirations and the realities of the marketplace.

RESOURCE BANK: Each office has a resource bank of local and regional professionals in fields that are useful to Executive Outplacement candidates, such as financial consulting, venture capital, computer skills development, and image consulting. Together with their counselor, candidates choose those professionals they would benefit from meeting.

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING: Executive Outplacement candidates are assigned only to members of the Quality Management Team or other designated senior consultants. Special training is provided for the consultants. Candidates are encouraged to meet with their consultant at least once a week. Ongoing one-on-one consulting is provided until the candidate has successfully started in a new position.

TAILORED SERVICES: TWENTY-FIVE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

Additional career assistance service offerings
designed to extend program range and support

With guidance and input from the Action Management/OI Partners Consultant, specific service offerings are chosen that best address career search needs.

• Strategic networking
  
• Effective telephone techniques
  
• Effective letter writing techniques
  
• Responding to employment opportunities
  
• Web-based postings, advertisements, etc.
  
• Interview training techniques, practice and videotaping
  
• Establishing job campaign strategies
  
• Effective campaign management
  
• Understanding stress and its impact on the search
  
• Reference preparation-personal and professional
  
• Documenting the search process
  
• Time management during the search
  
• Use of campaign progress reports during the job search
  
• Effective presentation and discussion of potential salary issues
  
• Negotiating the offer to include salary, benefits and other job related perks
  
• Identifying entrepreneurial resources on business acquisition, starting a business, franchising, consulting, marketing assistance, etc.
  
• Spousal counseling
  
• Exploration and contract of interim consulting assignments
  
• Individual consultant meetings to discuss any and all job related issues
  
• In-depth review of handling networking meetings vs. interview specific situations
  
• The new offer and contract
  
• Negotiating a good deal
  
• What to ask for
  
• Entrepreneurial assessment-delivery of entrepreneurial interest tests
  
• Image and personal presentation considerations
  
• Financial considerations during career transition
  
• Marketing via key strengths and accomplishments
  
• Transitioning into the new job and company

Candidates will also have access to:

In addition, the Executive Outplacement program provides the following services:

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND OFFICE FACILITIES: Office support includes use of an office, secretarial support (24-hour maximum turnaround time), access to computers, e-mail, on-line calendars, on-line contact management databases, fax machines, 24-hour voice mail, telephone support services, and personalized business cards, stationery and mail.

RESEARCH CENTER: Access to directories (both print and CD ROM), industry publications, company information, and web-based research sites are provided.

FINANCIAL COUNSELING: Individual financial counseling and personal tax planning is available to assist the executive in decision making concerning their financial future.

JOB DEVELOPMENT: Action Management/OI Partners’ upcoming and available positions database is available to Executive Outplacement candidates.

EXECUTIVE CAMPAIGN TEAMS: Candidates have the opportunity to meet regularly with a small group of peers to mutually evaluate campaign progress and provide assistance and support.

SUCCESSFUL SEARCH SEMINARS: Action Management/OI Partners regularly schedule workshops designed to help candidates overcome common job search challenges.

ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS PROGRAM: If an individual expresses a desire to become an entrepreneur, this program can provide a series of assessments to determine their interest. Specific manuals and guidelines have been developed and candidates are assigned a consultant who has business planning, franchising, and entrepreneurial experience.

CONSULTANT FOLLOW-UP: A consultant will follow-up six weeks after the candidate starts their new position to assess and review candidate’s progress and assimilation into a new position.

LENGTH OF PROGRAM: Varies, Typically 9-12 Months, but is available for lifetime as well.