Cost-Benefit Analysis OutPlacement & Career

Key question: What amount do you want to earn in total by the time you retire? And what part of that do you want to invest in your career security?
 
In management, the question of "make or buy" or "return on investment" is often asked. When looking for a new challenge, you might make a similar analysis for yourself personally. When you consider that with every job search or decision you make, you are setting a crucial course for securing your income until retirement, you are easily talking about securing an amount in the 7-figure range. If mistakes are made, this amount can be significantly reduced. For this reason, the checklist should be used for self-critical scrutiny of whether one is on the right track on a stand-alone basis. Otherwise one must accept if necessary impairments regarding job level, salary, enterprise image, region as well as chance afterwards.
 
The following factors should be considered:
 
1. remaining working time till retirement?
With a remaining working time of 10 years, the cost of coaching to secure one's career is only about 1.5% in terms of future annual salaries. Even if you add in an additional NewPlacement update after 5 years, you're hovering around a 2% career protection fee over the entire period.
 
2. age corresponding with experience?
The commercial manager with 50+, for example, competes with competitors in their early 40's. The next career step may have to be announced. However, the first leap into the corporate body (managing director, board of directors) is demanding.
 
3. annual salary level in the pyramid view?
The higher the salary expectations, the narrower the target corridor in the application market. Here it requires very good and broad approaches to track down the suitable vacancies.
 
4. market demand for my offer to the job market?
The more specialized the offer, the narrower the personal job market. Few offers have to be tracked down and handled in a highly professional manner.
 
5. how high is the hidden percentage of potential job offers?
The more highly positioned or indispensable in the company, > 66% of new appointments are sought in the completely hidden market. You need appropriate networking or access to these positions. Databases of headhunter addresses are of little use to you if they are not permanently verified according to trust index, data protection, project and process management, activities without order etc. as we do. This requires a risk assessment.
 
6. length of stay in the last job > 7 years?
A long retention period in the previous company, especially in the same job, raises fears about the ability to integrate into a new company. A sophisticated application and interview strategy is needed here.
 
7. is there a proactive change story?
The market demands perpetrators and not victims. A sellable change motivation with an internal counter offer requires a lot of experience in the job application market. "By mutual agreement" or similar. Phrasing is a career killer.
 
8. can references from the current/previous company be named?
Already in the separation process the experienced coach helps to secure references.
 
9. is there disturbing information on the internet?
Despite all legislation, disturbing information on the Internet is difficult to eliminate. However, with a lot of experience it is usually possible to proactively integrate the entries into the application process.
 
10. how much does each delay of the application process cost?
The necessary calculation until the new start includes the difference in unemployment benefits and salary or loss of the sprinter premium per month and in its entirety. This risk value must be weighed against the cost of professional coaching.
 
11. is your mobility restricted?
If the target window is limited due to personally restricted mobility, you need as complete a scan of the projects in the region as possible. This will of course include headhunters in other regions who have relevant assignments. These can also be headhunters from Austria and Switzerland, for example. Good, if one can fall back in this case to a professional network.