Career Management

Senior Executive Career Transition

Expert career coaching for the senior level executive currently in a job search or considering a career change. Our career transition process offers a comprehensive array of services designed to assist the individual in developing a career strategy that takes them beyond the next position in an effort to meet long-term goals. We provide a valuable alternative to traditional outplacement by assisting candidates in the actual targeting and identification of the right opportunities and contacts. Each executive’s process is highly personalized and is designed to match needs, timetables and desired results.

Career Assessment and Planning

Career planning plays a critical role in the success of today’s executive who is seeking to expand current options for growth, development and career advancement, but may not desire to make a career move at this point. The program is primarily one of calibration, preparation and planning in terms of options for longer term career goals. The strategic career planning process provides an opportunity to apply decision analysis to the full range of available options including adjustment to current role, advancement opportunities or retirement.

Benefits

• Alternative to traditional outplacement firms, offering a highly tailored process based on a comprehensive personalized strategy unique to the executive.
• Exclusively focused on Senior Level Executives with services designed to accommodate their complex needs in different career stages.
• Provide sound coaching and career advice based on over 50 years experience in executive search and executive career management.
• Assist each candidate in developing a career strategy that takes them beyond the next position based on long-term goals.
• Increase effectiveness of newly appointed leaders or leaders assuming expanded roles.

Deliverables

The Executive Career Transition Process carefully considers the diverse transition needs of senior executives. It is designed to assist executives as they identify appropriate career situations and evaluate opportunities.

The following outlines the content possibilities within the framework of the career transition process.

Career and Marketability Assessment includes a career review with a psychologist or licensed professional counselor. This interaction clarifies skills, interests, motivation, and other personality characteristics that influence appropriate career directions.

• Assessment of career, skills and interest for potential career change using a combination of relevant vocational interests, personality measures and work values instruments and 360° feedback interviews using personal references.

Marketing Plan Development/Personal Preparation focuses on marketing and preparation and includes setting goals, developing a marketing plan, resume completion, networking training, communication enhancements and interview preparation and training.

• Development of a marketing strategy that will leverage the executive’s unique background and experience. Preparing to self-market includes setting goals, developing a strategic marketing plan, transferability of specific skills and functional accountabilities and targeting the opportunities that fit personal goals and aspirations.
• A critique of current resumes including specific suggestions for improvement or professional assistance developing a winning resume. Preparation of a biography, career summary and other self-marketing materials.
• Preparation to interview in any situation with advance interviewing techniques and practice with senior staff members.
• Senior level networking techniques and assistance to help uncover opportunities and to strategically position the executive to approach targeted companies.
• Exploring entrepreneurship, retirement, consulting and franchise opportunities.
• Full access to our comprehensive online portal offering a wide range of career transition resources including market/employer research, assessment tools, and links to major job boards and career sites.

Career and Marketability Assessment includes a career review with a psychologist or licensed professional counselor. This interaction clarifies skills, interests, motivation, and other personality characteristics that influence appropriate career directions.

• Assessment of career, skills and interest for potential career change using a combination of relevant vocational interests, personality measures and work values instruments and 360° feedback interviews using personal references.

Launching Search and Campaign Management provides consistent, individualized career and search coaching and consultation.

• Development of a marketing strategy that will leverage the executive’s unique background and experience. Preparing to self-market includes setting goals, developing a strategic marketing plan, transferring specific skills and functional accountabilities, and targeting the opportunities that fit personal goals and aspirations.
• Research to identify opportunities with corporations, recruiters, and venture capital firms.
• Assistance in job search activities to uncover appropriate job leads, research companies and submit resume for results.
• Support and advice on deciding which offer is best suited and negotiating the package.