Career Transition Coach

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Do you have deep experience working with and coaching professionals who have just been notified that their job has been eliminated?  Experience with the complete job search strategy development process?  Working with professionals from the senior executive to the individual contributor?  Market networking connections?

Are you an effective communicator skilled in helping people navigate through major change and the challenges associated with job loss? Is your work availability flexible?  If you answer “yes!” to these questions and you’re not looking for fulltime or a recurring, regular schedule, this may be an ideal opportunity for you.

This Project Consultant role for our Career Management (CM) business covers assignments in and around the Los Angeles County, with a service office located in El Segundo.

Right Management (www.right.com) is the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup, the global leader in employment services. Right Management helps clients win in the changing world of work by designing and executing workforce solutions that align talent strategy with business strategy. Our expertise spans talent assessment, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement and workforce transition and outplacement.

Right Management has over 30 years of experience in the broadest range of client solutions, large and small. Our firm has earned its reputation as a true pioneer in strategic workforce management for the sustained excellence of our execution, for our responsiveness and for the wisdom of our counsel.

Right Management has a global network of more than 237 service locations in 51 countries worldwide. Today we serve 82% of the Fortune 500 and 50% of the Global 500 companies by helping them to grow talent, reduce costs, accelerate performance and realize their business goals.

We are currently seeking an experienced Career Consultant for a project-based position to cover assignments in the Los Angeles County area, with a service office located in El Segundo.

Position Overview:

This is a project-based position with no guarantee of hours.  This position provides post-employment separation meeting support, group transition workshops and one-on-one coaching services to professionals in career transition in and around El Segundo, Santa Monica, Torrance, North Long Beach, etc. with a service office located in El Segundo.  Delivers guidance to all level of former employee (“candidate”) on preparing to conduct a successful job search.  Conducts group and 1:1 candidate training/coaching on preparing for the job market.  Content includes personal assessment, defining short-and long-term employment options and goals, entrepreneurship, resume development, personal branding, social media, networking, interviewing, negotiating, etc.  Interacts as an effective member of a market delivery team, and the cross functional team, within the local market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Typically provide clear, compelling introduction to Right Management’s outplacement services to separated employees immediately following the employment separation meeting
• Typically meet one-on-one or in a group setting with separated employee(s) to provide the details of the sponsored Right Management outplacement program, provide encouragement, and answer preliminary questions about the outplacement services and how to get started
• Occasionally deliver/facilitate engaging, impactful training including group presentations, career transition workshops; present concepts clearly and concisely; apply adult learning principles to group presentations and appropriately adjust presentations to meet the needs and level of the audience
• Occasionally provide career coaching at all levels, including executives, with the objective of achieving tangible and timely outcomes with former employees
• Occasionally coach former employees in setting job search/transition objectives while developing realistic work plans to achieve results
• Occasionally coach to develop strategic business solutions/search strategies for former employees; apply local market knowledge, business experience, information and analytical perspectives to improve and accelerate former employees’ success
• Document candidate interaction and activity according to company protocols
• Meet/exceed service quality and satisfaction standards/metrics
• Stay current on industry, company, executive, talent changes, updates, trends – through networking groups, publications, etc. – to be a source of accurate market intelligence for candidates
• Participate in continuous improvement processes for all aspects of one’s own outplacement and career management experience