CMS Program Insights and Information

Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v.16 - Carter’s New-found Understanding of How His Emotional State Affected His Physical Presentation in the Interview Room #careertransition #careertransitionservices #downsizing #employeecoaching #hr #organizationalchange #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms Jun 25, 2025

We recently introduced you to how we teach the former employees enrolled in CMS’s full-service outplacement program, about Emotional Intelligence and its profound effects on the interview process.  As our Program Coaches get deeper into interview preparedness, they explore how ones ‘emotional state’...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v.15 - Olivia’s Enhanced Understanding of How Human Emotion Plays a Role in Interviews #careertransition #careertransitionprograms #downsizing #employeecoaching #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #organizationalchange #outplacementcanada #outplacementservices Jun 18, 2025

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 und...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v.14 - Helping Tony to Effectively Prepare for Competition #careertransition #careertransitionprograms #downsizing #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #outplacement #outplacementcanada #theempoweredjobseeker Jun 11, 2025

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, market their skills and career histories - whether that be through online job postings, LinkedIn, networking, the hidden job market, via recruiters, employ...

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For Our HR Colleagues - Customized Coaching for Performance Improvement #careertransition #hrcanada #hrsupport #outplacement #performanceimprovement May 28, 2025

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.

One of our most popular...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition, v.13 - Fatema’s Lesson in How the Relationships She Built in the Past, can be Helpful to Her Future #careertransition #careertransitionprogram #careertransitionservices #downsizing #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #jobsearchhelp #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #theempoweredjobseeker May 21, 2025

Helping the job seekers at CMS to explore a wide variety of résumé marketing channels is 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 obvious résumé mar...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v. 12 - Broadening Jason's Résumé Marketing Efforts .. and, therefore his opportunities! #careertransition #careertransitionprogram #downsizing #employmenttermination #hr #hrcanada #jobloss #jobsearchhelp #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementservices #theempoweredjobseeker May 14, 2025

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 cand...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v.11 - Keeping Marlie Realistic, Organized and Optimistic when Applying to Online Postings #careertransition #careertransitionprograms #careertransitionservices #employeecoaching #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #jobsearch #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #outplacementsupport May 07, 2025

 

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...

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For Our HR Colleagues - The CMS HR Manager's Portal, for efficient program enrolment #careertransition #careertransitionprograms #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementsupport Apr 30, 2025

At CMS, we understand how planning for the delivery 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 by providing a place where you can find all the resources you need...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v.10 - Helping Vincent to Navigate the World of Recruiters #careertransition #careertransitionprogram #downsizing #hr #hrcanada #hrmanagers #hrsupport #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementservices #theempoweredjobseeker Apr 23, 2025

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 ...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition v.9 - Helping Diane to Understand the Importance of Developing an Effective LinkedIn Profile #careertransition #careertransitionprograms #downsizing #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementservices Apr 09, 2025

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...

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Trials & Triumphs of Career Transition, v.8 - Career Transition Help according to Rudy's Learning Style #careertransition #downsizing #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #humanresources #organizationalchange #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementprograms #theempoweredjobseeker Apr 02, 2025

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...

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For our HR Colleagues - Please meet Janet.. CMS's independent Financial Planner for Job Seekers #careertransitionservices #downsizing #employeecoaching #financialcounselling #hr #hrcanada #hrsupport #organizationalchange #outplacement #outplacementcanada #outplacementservices Mar 26, 2025

In this unique economic climate, I thought it would be an opportune time to re-introduce you to our Janet Gray, the independent CFP who provides financial counselling support to the employees you enrol in the CMS outplacement program.

Janet Gray is an advice-only Certified Financial Planner (CFP), ...

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