CMS Program Insights and Information
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,...
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. ...
At CMS, we understand how planning for the delivery of difficult news can be almost as stressful as delivering it to outgoing employees.
Let us take some of the related administrative burden, by using our efficient HR Manager's portal when you want to offer outplacement support.
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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...
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....
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...
The role of human resources is integral to making necessary organizational changes as efficient and as effective as possible. However, the effects of implementing difficult company decisions, especially when it comes to laying off staff can be profound on HR team members.
As an HR professional,...
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 moment an employee is told their services are no longer required; their mind immediately turns to the problem of replacing their income. For most people, having to navigate today’s fast moving job market by themselves is a lonely and frustrating prospect.
When Jocelyn was enrolled in...
As we can all generally attest to, writing about ourselves for ourselves, can be a bit of challenge. The same was true as we worked through the CMS outplacement program with Sophie.
Sophie worked in IT as an end user support team leader with her previous company. She was well trained in her field...
As an HR Professional you are in a unique, and sometimes not so envious position, when organizational changes have to be made. Naturally, your thoughts are with the people within your organization who you support on a daily basis - but at the same time you must manage the business side of...
We first met Stanley during a group meeting, as his former employer delivered the news that they were closing their textile plant by the end of the year. The news came as a shock for most at the plant who had been long tenured employees.
As we met with each employee individually following...
