What feels like the end is  often the beginning

Saying goodbye to a job is an intense experience.

After all, a company takeover, closure, reorganization or labor dispute is usually not a voluntary choice and has a major impact on yourself and your immediate environment

Only the greatest possible chance of a new job can mitigate the emotional and financial consequences.

Obviously, the intention is to find a new job as soon as possible , but on the other hand, it is the perfect time to find a job that better matches your talents and ambitions .

 

 

Why can I help you?

 

Due to the combination of various factors that reinforce each other and are rarely found in the outplacement world

 

• Experience in business , in family businesses, multinationals, in traditional structures, matrix structures, vertical and horizontal organizational forms. So I know well what is happening in companies and how these people recruit.

• 13 years of experience in Executive Search. Knowledge of how employers and intermediaries (selection and recruitment) work and think and how best to approach them

• Experience as a career and business coach . Rather than telling you what you do best, I let you discover for yourself what is best for you. No school-like one-way situations, but an awareness that you will also radiate.

• Expert in personal branding : how what you want to achieve is translated to the market in a clear and salable manner. You evolve from a 'job seeker' to a 'solution' for a company.

• After all, I once experienced it myself once, a long time ago, that suddenly, out of the blue, you can dispose of it because of a European restructuring. Know the feeling , and especially the realization that, in retrospect, this has been an opportunity for me to do something different (and better).

 

 

Admittedly, I don't really like the word 'Outplacement', if only because of the 'out'.

Rather call it a ' Transition' from old to new.

 

 

How do we work together?

 

1. Processing of the Event

A dismissal rarely comes out of the blue. It has a run-up. This is often a time of great uncertainty, conflicting information and indecision.

It may be that rumors have been circulating at your employer for some time about downsizing, you could be fired for redundancy or you are not performing well enough. You may also decide to leave.

In the run-up to outplacement, there can be anger, despair, sadness, insecurity and loss of grip and it takes time to give this a place.

 

2. Self-inquiry

If you decide to take a close look at your career, the following 3 important questions arise: Who am I, what can I do and what do I want.

Outplacement should not only aim to find a new job as quickly as possible, but to find a job that suits you, a job that gives you development opportunities, a job in which your talents are shown.

In short, and it may sound like an exaggeration, a job better than the one you had.

Who am I has to do with your motives, talents, strengths, weaknesses and competences. It is important to map these and to be able to present them briefly, powerfully and authentically.

What can I do has to do with the knowledge and experience that you collect during your career. The aim is to grow into an expert, into someone who delivers reliable results. That will give you a much easier next job.

 

3. Personal branding

 

You know where your added value lies, which job you are looking for.

How do you ensure that the rest of the world knows that too? How do you stand out positively from many other applicants?

By having a story. A strong, consistent and selling story.

Because ultimately everything has to do with how you present yourself. You present yourself with:

 

• your Curriculum Vitae

• your LinkedIn profile

• your Twitter account

• the Elevator Pitch.

 

4. Search strategy

 

How do you look for those jobs that interest you?

• Published Jobs

• Spontaneous applications to companies, section offices, Executive search (Headhunters)

• The hidden vacancies via networking

 

4. Interview training

Conducting job interviews is a profession in itself and requires thorough preparation. It is best to prepare with the STARR interview technique, so that you can answer all questions adequately.

You learn not only what to say best, how to say it, but even how to take the lead in an interview.

You will learn how to get the questions you want to answer.

 

5. Go and get the job

 

How do you ensure that you are not only invited, but also survive all stages, up to the final candidate.

How do you best negotiate a contract? (incl. your financial expectations)

 

During the entire process (from dismissal to new contract) we work together as one team with the only objective to help you find an interesting job as quickly as possible. Everything is individually tailor-made.

 

Finally: I have never met someone who I thought 'will not find a job'. Never.

Because everyone is better, more suitable for a job, than he / she usually suspects.