Outplacement Services

At MORRIS • ASSOCIATES INC. we customize our outplacement services to meet specific transition needs for each organization and each employee. Individual programs can include, though are not necessarily limited to:

POSITIONING:

Assessment & Resume Development
  • Conduct initial consultation to determine transition and career needs.
  • Counsel each individual to effectively deal with the emotional aspects of making the transition out of an organization and into the work market.
  • Conduct career assessment and identify key marketable strengths, abilities and interests, as well as the potential for self-employment.
  • Review and discuss career assessment results, integrating articulated values into transition and lifestyle planning.
  • Work with each individual to integrate assessment results into a focused, future-directed resume with impact.

TARGETING:

Research, Planning and Contact Development
  • Using assessment results, help each individual target and develop their contact plan to reach out to appropriate industries, organizations and other contacts to make in their transition.
  • Provide 24-7 access to our proprietary Career Workspace online system to identify potential positions, to research and contact hiring organizations and to track search actions and progress.
  • Using Career Workspace, develop a targeted list of appropriate executive recruiters and search firms. Counsel each individual how to work effectively with executive recruiters and search firms.
  • Assist individual with interpreting and responding to advertised positions.

IMPLEMENTING:

Interviewing, Negotiating and Closing
  • Train and coach individual and small groups in effective online and in-person networking, interviewing and negotiating techniques.
  • Support, monitor and evaluate progress in the work search through on-going individual coaching and counseling.
  • Prepare individual for interviews and other important work search meetings. Debrief individual post-interviews and meetings, including constructing appropriate follow-up actions and letters.

To learn more about MORRIS • ASSOCIATES INC. outplacement services, please contact us.