The book by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones & Beth Axelrod stresses the simple keys to winning the war for leadership talent:

  1. Attracting, developing and retaining highly talented managers
  2. Better talent creates enormous value
  3. Invest in A players, develop B players, act decisively on C players.

Employee Development

How can you keep your workforce fresh?
Developing your employees in today's fast paced environments is critical to the long term success of your business.

Outplacement

   
Employee Assessments
Employment Centers
Resume Screening
Employee Development

 

There are two unique aspects of Break the Box’s contingency outplacement service: the first is the mere fact that your company doesn’t pay us until we produce results, and second, we proactively call companies on behalf of your former employee to get them interviews.

When the difficult decision is made, you can face your former employee and say:

"We’re sorry this had to happen, but we care enough about you, personally, that we've retained a ‘headhunter’ to help you find your next position.”

Our process is outlined below:

Career Planning & Goal Assessment

The number of people who don't have a career plan is amazing. Most of us realize that developing a financial plan is crucial to reaching our financial goals and more than half don’t. Even more people have failed to apply that same approach to their careers. When they do, they discover the first step in the process is an assessment of personality, aptitude, and objectives.  We provide a The Career Advisor assessment free as our starting point.  This assessment is designed to measure the skills and traits of an individual relative to those required for success in a particular vocation.

Workplace Skills Evaluation

Parallel to career goals, a thorough analysis of workplace skills is made, especially in relation to positions that the candidate will likely be pursuing. Candidates may elect to upgrade their talents through Skill Enhancement and Training. Whether it relates to computer use, software application training, or sales classes, Break the Box advises candidates on ways to improve their skill base.

Job Search Action Plan

Once we agree on "where we are," a detailed plan can be created to reach "where we want to go." This detailed activity map identifies the industries and positions that we will target on behalf of the candidate, along with the requirements and preferences associated with them.

Resume Support and Enhancement. 

The old style, hardcopy resume is very different from today's ideal electronic resume with meta-tags and keywords. Break the Box customizes candidates' resume for the types of positions they are pursuing.

Employment Opportunity Research

Using a variety of customized software and up to date research skills Break the Box  identifies hiring companies that are in the candidate's targeted industry. Software  is also used to find and locate contact people -- the actual hiring managers - within them.

Candidate Marketing Contact

Since we are also recruiters we are accustomed to placing marketing calls on the candidate's behalf.  We notify companies of "hot talent" that has hit the market, we position the candidate in an attractive light.

Interview Coaching

How often does the average person go through the interview process? Most people face it 5-6 times in their lifetime. Because today's hiring authorities are sharper than ever, the interview process can be more stressful than it's ever been. So we coach candidates on the best ways to impress their interviewers.

 

Compare approaches:

BTB:  Executive Search, Recruiter Approach
Them:  Use a Counseling "Damage Control" Approach
BTB:  Professionally develop resume for Candidates
Them:  Require Candidate to write their own resume
BTB:  Conduct exhaustive research on industry specific companies with openings
Them:  Tell Candidate how to research companies themselves
BTB:  Work on Contingency based on performance
Them:  Charge flat fees up front before any work is done
BTB:  Call companies on Candidates behalf representing them as a recruiter
Them:  Leave it up to the Candidates to contact companies

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