Applying on your own
“Why is NewPlacement coaching a good investment?”
“Wouldn’t it be better just to take my severance pay, buy a couple books and look for a new job myself? That’s always worked before.”
Maybe you could go it alone. Some people are undoubtedly excellent at marketing themselves, and some sectors in the job market are more accessible than others. However, a committed coach offers you a number of benefits difficult to achieve by yourself. For example, you cannot see yourself as others see you. A coach, however, has the necessary distance to see you with through the eyes of a headhunter or a decision-maker in a company. Your coach is experienced in business and job markets and knows how to optimize your
application activities, use both your contacts and his or hers, and help you pick yourself up and dust yourself off after experiencing a rejection.
Previous success in the job market means precious little in the present environment. Your career is most probably now at a higher level and companies expect more from you and have higher numbers of applicants.
A good severance package gives you some temporary security, but this security is an illusion; you cannot buy a new job with your severance pay.
Serious outplacement consulting focuses not only on finding your next job, but also on your long-term career.
There is very helpful application literature on the market – but most of it is for salaried employees, not for a manager’s more complex world. Inevitably these books address a very large target audience of readers; such standardization is inevitable to ensure that the book is commercially viable. A completely individual “offer” on the job market reflecting your self-confident, powerful presence is more promising, and that is what we help you to develop.
It is important for you to talk to a competent, honest partner who knows the job market and application techniques, listens carefully, and understands you. In comparison to your job market competitors who have not received such support, you will benefit tremendously from working with NewPlacement.