Job Placement Program Right Management Inc'

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Job Placement ProgramRight Management Inc.
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About Right Management Inc.

• Largest global Career Transition provider
• 26 Canadian locations
• For nearly 30 years, Right Management has served
  large and medium-sized businesses in all
  industries, including 80 of the Fortune 500 and
  50 of the Global 1000 companies
• Experience working with Ministry of Defence
  U.K., Ministry of Defence Norway, Ministry of
  Defence and Recruitment in Australia

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What is the Job Placement Program?

• The Job Placement Program is a partnership
  between Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and the
  Department of National Defence to provide
  practical help finding a satisfying employment
  within the civilian community.

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Job Placement ProgramKey Components

• 2-Day Workshops For CF members to participate at
  any point during their career.
• Individual Career Coaching Need to apply and
  meet eligibility criteria.
• Job Finding Assistance Follows individual
  coaching component.

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Job Placement Program Eligibility

• Workshops
• All CF regular Force CF members who have finished
  basic recruit or basic officer training and are
  still serving or within two years after their
  release and some reservists
• One-on-One Coaching and Job Finding Assistance
• All regular force members who are in the release
  process
• All reservists who have completed 21 continuous
  months of a 24 month contract, or who served on a
  deployment in a SDA/SDO
• CF Veterans who are in receipt of the Canadian
  Forces Income Support Benefit (CFIS) are eligible
  for JPP and can apply for the program (no time
  limit)
• Survivors of a member who would otherwise been
  eligible
• All except CFIS must apply to VAC within 2 yrs of
  date of eligibility

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Job Placement Partnership
Release Instruction
Apply for JPP (VAC)
Yes
One-on-One Coaching
SCANSeminar
JPP Workshops
No
Up to 2 years post release to apply
Have a great Retirement!
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Program Components

• Career Transition Workshops. 2 full days with 4
  half day interactive sessions offered on or near
  the base/wing covering
• Career Assessment
• Understanding more about the world of work and
  how your career fits within it.
• Determine your strengths (motivated skills),
  behaviours and values.
• Examine your interests, needs and motivators.
• Identify the ideal work environment and culture
  for you ensuring the best fit.
• Résumé Basics
• Construct and deliver a 30 second commercial.
• Understand the components of a results-based
  résumé.
• Improve your draft résumé to effectively sell
  your key strengths.

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Program Components

• Job Search Strategy and Techniques
• Effective approaches to your job search. Begin
  developing a personal marketing plan/job search
  strategy
• How to respond to ads, work with recruiters and
  build a network of contacts
• How to conduct information and referral meetings
• Interview and Negotiation Strategies
• What to wear and how to interview effectively in
  a civilian setting.
• Identify the types and purposes of different
  kinds of civilian job interviews.
• Anticipate interview questions and practice your
  responses
• How to respond to salary questions in the
  interview process.
• Begin developing negotiation techniques for
  successful salary negotiations

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Program Components

• Individualized One-on-One Coaching. Whether you
  are currently in negotiations or just beginning
  your search, or perhaps contemplating retirement
  or entrepreneurship as an option, our nationwide
  team of highly qualified civilian career coaches
  will
• Identify your interests and transferable skills
  through a career assessment
• Build an individualized job search strategy
• Connect you with the people, processes and
  resources you need to access hidden networks
  and markets
• Assist you with assessing opportunities to
  determine right fit
• Coach you on managing the first 90 days of your
  new job
• Help you to explore self-employment or retirement
  planning
• Please Note You need to apply for the Job
  Placement Partnership
• program though VAC and meet required eligibility
  criteria.

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Program Components

• Job-Finding Assistance. A trained Job Resource
  Consultant will provide you with local labour
  market employment trends and industry information
  and help you to connect to civilian employers
  across Canada through
• A national Job Bank
• That is easy-to-use and allows employers to post
  opportunities on-line.
• Automatically matches you to openings at
  qualified hiring organizations
• National and regional career fairs
• Connections to local employers
• Please Note You can enter into this upon
  completion of career coaching.

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Job Bank- Snapshot
Recruitment
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Employment Outlook

• Canadian employers expect positive hiring
  environment for the fourth quarter of 2008
  according to the latest Manpower Employment
  Survey
• Report suggests steady growth in hiring activity
  over the upcoming quarter in Canada, according to
  employers surveyed.
• Net employment Outlook for Canada is 13

Manpower Canada, Q4/08 Manpower Employment
Outlook Survey
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Employment Outlook
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On-line Resources

• Marketplace Resources Right-from-Home,
  easy-to-navigate internet portal gives you
  anytime, anywhere access to information and
  resources, including
• Premier research databases of current company
  data for over 17 million companies World Wide
• Seven eLearning modules with just-in-time
  information and guidance on topics such as résumé
  writing, self-marketing, interviewing and
  negotiating techniques
• Comprehensive start-up info for entrepreneurs
• National Job Bank and Talent Profile Bank

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Key Points

• Portability and flexibility
• Right decision right fit
• Skills for life

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JPP Satisfaction Levels

• Statistics and feedback from participants who
  attended JPP workshops  
• The overall satisfaction level based on close to
  900 participants at these workshops was 4.7 out
  of 5.
• Top 3 Actions steps after taking workshops
• Update résumé.
• Practice interview skills.
• Research Job Market.
• Feedback
• Excellent workshop. Very happy I did this.
• Great course! Thanks so much.
• Excellent source of information I learned a
  lot.
• Brought a good awareness of what to expect on
  the outside.
• Workbook is very informative and will come in
  handy over the next several months.
• Everybody should have the course-very
  informative.
• Facilitator was excellent at relating material
  to real world events.

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Feedback from members who completed the
One-on-One process

• I found the time working with my coach to be
  very informative and eye opening. She took the
  time to meet me around my scheduleShe patiently
  helped me prepare several different content and
  style resumes for the various positions I was
  interested in. As well, she guided me on what to
  expect during the interview process and advised
  me on how to make the interview less
  intimidating.
• Overall, a very rewarding and enjoyable
  experience. I enjoyed working with Right
  Management and will recommend them to several of
  my military colleagues who are retiring in the
  next few years.
• I greatly appreciated all the extra time and
  effort you dedicated to my cause. Your advice on
  how to properly/professionally communicate with
  potential employers was invaluable. I thank you
  for the exceptional guidance and support you
  provided me during my interview process In
  particular, your advice on how to negotiate for a
  higher salary was immensely appreciated! I would
  not hesitate to work with you again in the
  future.

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Scheduled Workshops (Base/Wing)

• Dates for next set of workshops will be
  determined by BPSO and
• staff. If you want to attend a workshop please
  call (name) at the
• BPSO office, to register.

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For More Information

• Workshop Registration
• Contact Right Management at
• 1.888.221.2202, or
• www.jpprightfromhome.ca/EventsCalendar/
• Releasing members and Veterans VAC Offices or
• Call VAC, toll-free
• English 1.866.522.2122
• Français 1.866.522.2022