The Corporate Career Advancer
The possibility of promotion and advancement drives most long-term career plans, particularly in the corporate realm. Many people find that career advancement is also a distinctive communication challenge. The idea of self-promotion is counter instinctive to many people and can limit their ability to honestly and effectively analyse and assert their skills set.
The Corporate Career Advancer offers participants the interview and presentation skills to address the often daunting challenge of formal and semi-structured interviews as well as advice on CV assessment and preparation for psychometric and competency testing.
Our approach focuses on communicating differentiation for competitive advantage. We help candidates analyse and articulate breadth of career and
employment experience and work with them to highlight personal achievement so that they offer the best possible value in interview situation.
With over 20 years experience in helping people explore their options, make the right career move and preparing them for high-level interview situations, Communiqué International is regarded as the leader in the field in Ireland and The Corporate Career Advancer consistently gains excellent feedback from participants.
If you are a medical professional seeking to advance your career, we can help you. Our unique interview technique will assist you in articulating the breadth and depth of your experience. We will work with you in preparation for a wide range of jobs in the medical sector from senior nursing positions to specialist registrar through to consultant interviews.
Key learning areas
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Assessing the job market and analysing the job opportunities
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Preparing the winning CV
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Understanding psychometric testing
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Communicating information with conviction
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Meeting the interview challenge and presenting the ‘vision’
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Differentiation within the competency-based interview structure
Cutting costs and creating new efficiencies is now a business imperative for all organisations.
Reducing staff numbers may be one of the most difficult decisions that you have to take. If you find yourself in this situation, you will no doubt wish to treat your people with the utmost integrity and maintain the values that have underpinned your business success to date.
Why choose Communiqué International?
Each of our highly qualified specialists has many years practical experience working with multinationals, semi-states and SMEs across industry sectors on all aspects of outplacement. Our values-based approach will help you maintain a positive working environment throughout the process as well as protecting your brand reputation.
Our approach is to work closely with you and your advisers, guiding you on compliance matters, developing your key messages for both internal and external audiences and devising a comprehensive outplacement programme that best suits your needs.
Managing Compliance
Communiqué International’s legal and human resource experts assist you in managing the essential legal requirements and consultation process which must be in place before workforce reduction commences.
Developing the Corporate Message
Clear and unambiguous communication of the message both internally and externally is one of the vital components of a successful outplacement programme. This helps create a better understanding amongst staff of what is happening and why.
The Communiqué International team will work with senior management to develop an ‘inescapable logic’ around the business case and to train the relevant managers to deliver the internal message clearly, concisely and sensitively. We specifically focus on: • Devising the Internal Message
• Managing the Media Message
• Developing the Change Message
Devising the Internal Message
Following the announcement of redundancies, it is vital that a communications vacuum does not develop. Communiqué International can advise and support an organisation’s internal communications function to devise a highly effective two-way communication process to deal with issues and concerns.
Managing the Media Message
Communicating effectively through the media is an important part of the process and Communiqué International works closely with an organisation’s PR department or individual PR agency in preparing and rehearsing company spokespeople for what can be a very challenging media encounter.
Developing the Change Message
An inevitable consequence of downsizing is a change in the way a company does its business. This involves everyone in the organisation having a clear understanding of what this change means. Communiqué International applies its considerable experience to assisting organisations to develop coherent change messages and ensuring their comprehensive roll-out. Back to top
Devising and delivering the Outplacement Programme
“Gearing for the Future” is Communiqué International’s programme to assist those who are leaving an organisation as a result of workforce rationalisation.
We appreciate that a range of emotions and anxiety accompanies staff reduction within a company. We ensure that our services are delivered with appropriate sensitivity and that staff are fully supported in bridging the career transition phase. This approach is designed to ensure that staff feel that their needs have been met at all stages of the process.
We offer three specific programmes for: • Executives at senior management level
• Staff at middle management level
• Other staff groupings
Each programme is specifically tailored to provide your people with the most relevant tools and techniques to assist them through career transition and to identify opportunities for the future. Back to top
Gearing for the Future –
Senior Management Outplacement Programme
Our Senior Management Programme is delivered on an individual basis over a period of 3 days. This comprehensive programme provides your senior staff with an opportunity to move forward with a clearly defined path for career development.
Programme Module
Programme Content
The Journey so far
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Situational Review and Gap Assessment
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Providing counselling sessions
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Understanding entitlements
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Identifying transferable skills
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Behavioural / Psychometric testing
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Developing an Action Plan
Making it happen
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Developing a winning Curriculum Vitae
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Performing competitively and delivering differentiation at interview *
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Search strategy and self-marketing skills development
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Identifying and developing a network
Going it alone
(optional module)
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Business opportunity development
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Relationship building and maximising networking capability
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Pitching for business in a challenging marketplace
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Exploring innovation and evaluating business ideas
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Effective financial planning
*Video-simulated interview and presentation skills training with tutor assessment and debriefing
The programme is based on one to one support agreed mutually between the executive and outplacement coach assigned. It is highly personalised, totally confidential and provides coaching and mentoring to the individual where required. Back to top
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Middle Management Outplacement Programme
Our middle management programme is typically delivered to individuals over a 2 day period. The programme is designed to provide your middle management staff with the relevant tools and techniques to assist them through career transition and to identify opportunities for the future.
Programme Module
Programme Content
The Journey so far
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Situational Review and Gap Assessment
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Managing stress
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Understanding entitlements
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Identifying transferable skills
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Developing Action Plan
Making it happen
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Devising a winning Curriculum Vitae
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Performing competitively and delivering differentiation at interview *
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Outplacement Programme for other staff groupings
Our programme for non-management staff is delivered to small groups. The programme duration is typically one day. This programme is designed to provide those staff leaving your organisation with the relevant tools and techniques to assist them through their career transition and to identify opportunities for the future.
Programme Module
Programme Content
Where to from here?
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Understanding entitlements
Making it happen
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Identifying transferable skills and developing and Action Plan Understanding the marketplace
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Using the internet to identify opportunities
Making it happen
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Planning a Curriculum Vitae
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Interview skills development*
* Key learning tools can include video simulated interviews.
Our Specialist Team At Communiqué International we have many years experience of working in all of the areas that impact on the success of workforce reduction programmes from inception to completion. Each of our specialists has many years practical experience working with multinationals, semi-states and SMEs across industry sectors on all aspects of outplacement. Our highly qualified team of consultants has broad cross-sectoral expertise in all of the following areas:
· Developing the correct messages for both internal and external audiences
· Training and rehearsing of internal presenters
· Training and rehearsing of media spokespeople
· Conducting entitlement workshops
· Providing counselling sessions
· CV preparation
· Interview training
· Jobsearch planning
· Developing the post rationalisation message
· Training for rolling out the post rationalisation message
· Support in restoring high levels of motivation
Our team is tailored to suit your specific needs and may include other experienced staff from the Communiqué International team as required by you. Back to top
COMPLIANCE MATTERS Frank Drumm
Frank is a practising barrister specialising in the area of Employment Law. He has wide experience in the private and public sectors in all aspects of industrial relations, trade union negotiation, grievance and dispute resolution, mediation and employment law as well as human resource management. Full profile Back to top
COMMUNICATIONS Peter Finnegan
Managing Director of Communiqué International, Peter Finnegan designs and directs a wide range of communications consultancy and skills-development projects across the public and private sectors. Peter holds an MSc. in Executive Leadership from the University of Ulster and Boston College. Full Profile Back to top
OUTPLACEMENT & RELATED SERVICES Michael O’Connell
Michael has in excess of 15 years experience in human resource management and organisation development. He is qualified in psychological testing and EQi and holds an MSc. in Business Administration, a Diploma in Employment Law, a Certified Diploma in Accountancy and Finance and a Diploma in Executive Coaching. Full Profile
Aibhlin McCrann
Aibhlín McCrann is a Director of Communiqué International and works on the communication elements of change management and organisational restructuring. She has extensive experience of facilitating and working with large groups to achieve corporate outcomes. Aibhlín specialises in advising on career development, CV preparation, competency-based job interview techniques, presentation skills and personnel interviewing skills training. Full Profile
Luke Monahan
Luke is an expert on leadership and organisational change and has published and consulted widely on a variety of management issues. He has two masters degrees in leadership, specialising in change management, business excellence, conflict and mediation, also in mentoring and coaching leaders, boards and senior management teams. Full Profile
Ashley Hughes
Ashley is Senior Consultant in Communiqué International. She specialises in designing and implementing bespoke development programmes for roll out in mid to large-scale public and private bodies. Ashley is a graduate of the IMI BA in Management Programme and holds a Masters in Organisational Behaviour from Trinity College. She also holds qualifications in MBTI profiling and the Thomas Emotional Intelligence diagnostic. Full Profile
Karan Thompson
Karan leads the training and skills development division of Communiqué International and offers specialist skills in the areas of business management, strategy, mentoring and transformation. She holds an MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management, a Higher Diploma in Education and a Diploma in World Class Marketing. Full Profile
If you need further information contact us at: +353 (0)1 6768998 or email us at info@communique.ie
