Outplacement and career transition

Executives: Are you facing redundancy, early retirement, or just looking for a change?

Staying flexible and competitive these days means that organisations are changing the size of their workforce even faster.

If you are a manager or director who finds yourself in the middle of one of these changes then our career transition service may be just what you are looking for.

Have you noticed that people don’t retire anymore? They just start in a new direction. If you’ve had a strong, successful career the thought of a new direction can be daunting. We can help you lay the foundations for the next phase of your life.

Organisations: Do you need help managing outplacement or supporting senior staff?

With more and more people expecting to go through several career transitions these days, it helps to have a structured approach that enables them to make a positive move whilst remaining cost effective for your organisation. Managers and teams can improve their performance – even if they are leaving your business!

We can help you with internal career counselling or provide a full outplacement service, either incorporating our range of services into an organisation-sponsored outplacement and career transition programme – or managing your outplacement entirely.

Career review

Our consultants are experienced coaches with specialist tools to help you understand your goals, dreams, ambitions, get clear on what is driving you and create an action plan to make it happen.

Career coaching starts with an interview with an experienced outplacement consultant, who will help you identify exactly what is important to you, what roles might fulfil your aspirations, and how to go about finding the career of your dreams. Ongoing coaching will support you as you build and develop your strategy plan.

CV creation

When you have set yourself a goal, the next step is to prepare your promotional material! With industry standard advice on format and presentation from one of our consultants and a CV that gets over your story effectively you will immediately be one step ahead of others.

Networking skills

Even with a top quality CV you still have to get noticed. The best way is to be proactive. Find the jobs and the people offering the jobs. Don't wait for the jobs to be advertised – the best ones never are!

Interview preparation

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. How should you prepare for that important interview? Can you handle the 50 toughest questions you might face? Our consultants will take you through them all and help you develop practical strategies for any interview.

Starting your own business

For many people, the future is not another job but a business, possibly as a consultant or interim manager. Discover whether this could be for you at one of Brefi Group's specialist workshops

• Foundations of business – how to set up your company and make sense of tax, VAT and national insurance
• Getting into business – how to sell yourself and your skills, plus marketing, branding and selling on the Internet
• Doing business – systems, processes and all the skills you need to manage your clients
• Building a successful consultancy practice – choose your services and market, and build a business plan for success

Our flagship six-month consultant training programme is for successful executives and professionals who wish to become successful consultants.

What to do next

If you are an individual facing a career change, or you represent an organisation wanting to support individuals facing retirement or redundancy, or are responsible for talent management, you could call us now. Or, you could complete our contact form, or visit our photo gallery to discover the range of activities and locations that we can arrange, or ...