Outplacement Services

The information on this page is an overview of our services. As an overview, it is not meant to give you every detail about every service, nor are the services below meant to be your only choices. If you don't see a service that meets your needs, let us know — we can work something out. At O'Farrell Career Management, we work with organizations, individuals and small groups to make change work and help growth happen. Our core skills are:

§          Career coaching and consulting

§          Translating theory into application with real time, hands-on training and development

§          Creating the most complete, most professional set of campaign tools available anywhere

§          Using career-related technology in the most effective and efficient manner

§          Keeping clients positive, focused, and motivated

Manager Training. Most managers say the toughest thing they have to do is let someone go. Dave remembers having to let a salesman go many years ago. For months he had asked the VP of Sales to approve the salesman's dismissal. The VP finally said yes; Dave had to do the deed on December 18 — one week before Christmas. Fortunately Dave had some training on how to break the news and preserve the dignity of the young man who was notified. Things went as well as possible under the circumstances.

We recommend a brief training session for you and the notifying manager to make sure you deliver the message in the most humane and effective way possible.

Career Transition Orientation. If you've ever been on the receiving end of this news — as Dave has — you know what a shock this can be to your system. We help the employee(s) process the information, tell their loved ones, and manage the first few days of unemployment more effectively.

One fellow Dave met with immediately after his termination had been on pins and needles for several months. He said, "For a long while I was afraid they were going to fire me, then for a while I was afraid they wouldn't!" He was relieved to know what his status was. We recommend an orientation session immediately after notification so your employee can leave the premises knowing that they will be in good hands.

For a comment about a CTO from a VP of HR, read this quote from Rod Hewitt.

Group Outplacement Services. When you have to release a group of people at one time, we can work with you to find the optimum level of service that is within your budget. We've developed the most effective process in the outplacement industry to handle larger groups of employees. We work with groups of 12-15 departing employees at a time to get them market-ready in minimum time.

On a project a few years ago, Dave helped to provided résumés to 181 out of 182 departing employees. Many, (about 20%), barely spoke English, but he found a great way to create a good résumé for all of them. For a comment from the HR manager about this project, read this quote from Bob DeVed.

Individual Outplacement Services. Most of our work is in providing individual career transition services. We work with your departing employees to get them market-ready in minimum time; and we support them for a certain length of time during their job search.

The concepts of job search are simple; it's the application that's hard. Everyone has his or her own story to tell. Group meetings, web-based training, and 15-minute consultant meetings don't get the job done. We take the time to listen to each person's story, and then take a very proactive approach to developing the strategy, tools, and skills to find meaningful work in today's economy.