For over 20 years, Mel Schnapper, Ph.D. has been advising people in the job market how to find the right job as the next logical step on their career path or as the best transition from a previous career path. He has counseled people earning between $20,000 and $200,000.

While working at Quaker Oats and G.D. Searle, he ran many internal outplacement workshops and worked with individual managers and executives to get their job hunting campaigns organized. Over the years, besides running public and specialized workshops on job hunting skills, he has worked with individual executives from General Electric, Entemann's, Kroger, Apollo, universities and government agencies.

Whether you seek services because you are dead-ended and want to accelerate your career growth or because you and your current employer both agree it's time to part, we can help you tailor a program that will be efficient, thorough and profound. And after you have completed the program, you will be your own expert.

Outplacement & Career Counseling Services

This program, conducted privately one-on-one or in small groups, helps you get through the emotional, economic and pragmatic issues of looking for new employment/career opportunity. Clients develop a personal profile of marketable skills and develop a comprehensive campaign that will lead to employment opportunities based upon career objectives.

If you face termination or wish to change or accelerate your career, you can benefit from a supportive system which will direct your energies in a productive and efficient manner. Even executives at the highest level benefit from the services of a professional Outplacement/ career counselor.

We guarantee 100% success because we stay with you until you are appropriately reemployed.

Our services are uniquely distinguished by our training approach. We help you find an appropriate position while training you to utilize these skills for a lifetime of guaranteed employment and career satisfaction.

Our services are divided into six major areas. The specific skills for each area are listed.

IN THE CAREER GUIDANCE AREA, YOU LEARN TO:

Assess career objectives and review progress

Review current strengths and developmental needs

Identify interim objectives - job responsibilities & developmental needs

Understand how current outplacement or unsatisfactory situation occurred & how to benefit from it

Transfer skills for career alternatives

BY COMPLETING A RESUME, YOU LEARN TO:

Identify major areas of past accomplishment

Inventory skills that have led to past accomplishments

Describe the kinds of results you have achieved

Define personally motivating value system

Integrate all of the above -accomplishment skills,-results and personal values to develop a unique and powerful resume

BY DEVELOPING A SALES LETTER CAMPAIGN, YOU LEARN TO:

Identify the most appropriate business sectors and key corporate officers to receive the sales letter

Utilize various kinds of sales letters for colleagues, search firms, professional associations

Develop telephone follow-up strategy for most attractive companies select search firms by geography and specialization

Develop personal contacts, interviews and an expanding network

Use national reading services to cover all major advertised openings

Use various directories to pinpoint companies by size, industry and location

THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NETWORK BUILDING, YOU LEARN TO:

Develop telephone strategies to recruit old friends, colleagues and new contacts

Capitalize on the professional association meeting on a local, regional and national level

Expand the network through interviews, even poor ones

Use public relations techniques for gaining and maintaining high visibility

THROUGH THE INTERVIEWING PREPARATION YOU LEARN TO:

Develop a complete critique of your presentation" - including dress, hair style, mannerisms (Shopping guidance when necessary)

Prepare for typical and hard-to-answer questions

Ask questions that impress the employer and get thorough knowledge of opportunities and "red flags"

Reach key people in the organization by telephone and get past "screens"

BY PREPARING TO NEGOTIATE THE OFFER, YOU LEARN HOW TO:

Put salary into the proper perspective

Get cash equivalents - educational opportunities, extra vacation, consulting time, "perks"

Close on the final offer without bluffing or pressuring

Stall the final offer while exploring o promising opportunities

Say yes so the next raise and promotion are already under discussion

Say no and maintain future opportunity

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

Attendance at a full day Job Hunting Skills Workshop with other clients

Ongoing assessment of client about attitudes, behaviors, values, preferences and style as they relate to job hunting/ career success

Continuous feedback on interviewing and telephone techniques

At least weekly contact

Follow-up career counseling meeting after reemployment

Complete documentation of each meeting based on client's notes*

Periodic report to sponsoring company*

A pre-termination session with client's manager on how to conduct the termination interview*

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