Why Use a Career Transition Company?

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Why Use a Career Transition Company?

CareerMakers is an organization that supports companies with career transitions. Not only have we have been doing this since 1984, we thrive on the challenge. There are two avenues of specialty at CareerMakers in regards to employee transitions. The first is employee retention and career pathing programs. The second is outplacement services. When a company has several positions to fill and/or they are having a hard time holding on to good people, our career retention programs are extremely effective.

Career pathing within the organization

Many organizations are struggling to hold on to good employees. The Portland market is more competitive than many other parts of the country. How can companies hold on to their talented, skilled and successful employees? A significant solution is career pathing. One of the most common reasons people leave organizations is lack of opportunities for advancement and/or challenge. By creating a career plan for employees to follow, organizations positively impact their turnover.

Here are some areas organizations consider if retention is a challenge:

Search/recruiting costs are significant
Training new people
Damaged morale to existing staff
Vacant positions – work not getting done or people trying to do too many things
People covering work are distracted from their core competencies
Having a reputation in the job community for turnover
People just showing up for a job until something better comes along
Employees lack of enthusiasm in current position
Employees who are less productive/effective than they could be

Career pathing offers the following to an organization:

Reduced turnover
Significant cost savings – even if the program retains 2 to 3 people per year, it will pay for itself
Positive and motivating work environment
Reputation in the community as a great place to work and grow skills/talents
Open communication and support of growth within the organization
Loyal employees
A clearly defined plan for managers to use while developing their employees
Understanding and utilizing employees skills/talents and interests
Individuals accountable and responsible for their growth
Reduced recruiting costs
Consistency within the organization for advancement – reduce risk of discrimination litigation

Utilizing CareerMakers outplacement services:

Having experts to support HR in dealing with the challenges and fears of downsizing or transitions
Our program helps people who have to make the tough decisions about downsizing feel good about their employees transition – knowing they will be well taken care of
Reduces the cost of a self-administered program – people affected by transition will not be showing up to the office disgruntled, it gives them an avenue to displace their anger/fear
People being downsized are not as open to being helped directly by the company that laid them off
HR can focus on their core competencies and let CareerMakers support the affected workers
In the public eye, organizations are seen as the benevolent employer by doing something meaningful to support affected workers
HR receives reports about the service CareerMakers provides and how it positively impacted their past employees
Significantly decreases the risk of litigation because we will work with our program participants through their anger and give them lifetime support through career transitions
Once a company makes the decision to utilize CareerMakers services, they can let go and trust the transition will go smoothly