There's an old saying about "how do you eat an elephant?" The answer unquestionably is "one mouthful at a time". In my coaching practice, I am often meeting senior executives who have been parachuted in to organisations specifically to make change happen. Regardless...
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Expert or leader? A career crossroads
Many of us will reach a career crossroads. One that will determine the shape of our future. A common one is eventually having to decide whether you remain an expert or choose to become a leader. Starting out... Many of us begin to specialise very early on. Our GCSE, A...
Four reasons why recruiters aren’t talking to you
Chiumento Chairman, and former head of recruitment for a FTSE100, Ian Gooden shares his four top reasons why recruiters aren't talking to you. "Why aren't recruiters talking to me? Its a common issue raised by job applicants. The truth is there is no one answer....
UK outplacement – how has it changed?
The UK outplacement industry traditionally had a reputation for being conservative. Has that changed? Earlier this year our Chairman, Ian Gooden, celebrated 15 years with Chiumento. We asked him to look back over that decade and a half and reflect on what's happened...
Executive career transition
Executive career transition rarely ends when a delegate receives a job offer. There's still often work to do at the end of a successful outplacement programme. Chiumento MD Mike Burgneay explains how we help individuals land successfully in new roles. The first 100...
Outplacement innovation: beyond the box
When you think about organising a meeting the default solution is often to book a room or set up a Zoom/Teams etc call. This week our outplacement innovation team did something different. When innovating you want to push back the boundaries. So our MD Mike...
Why do your people need outplacement support?
With so many job vacancies out there, employers could be forgiven for asking why their people need outplacement support. Finding a job is easy, isn't it? There are lots of jobs out there. 1.1 million of them in the UK according to the latest official figures. On that...
Benefits of remote outplacement coaching
In 2015 when we started to make the move towards becoming a fully remote working organisation, and closed our city centre offices. We were definitely in the minority. All our major competitors had offices and lots of them. They had nice, plush meeting rooms in...
3 reasons why you should offer outplacement to departing staff
Offering outplacement to those staff impacted by redundancy isn’t just the right or nice thing to do, it also has many benefits for the organisation as a whole. While there are many more reasons than the three we mention below, these are what we consider our top...
The complexities of executive outplacement
We have been helping people, of all levels, for over 25 years take the next step in their career. One thing we’ve learnt along the way is that it really isn’t a case of one size fits all when it comes to outplacement, this is especially true when helping those at the...