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Dawson Consulting Group
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Houston, TX  77057
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A Silver Lining to Layoff Clouds

While companies are downsizing and laying off employees, Dawson & Dawson Consultants has good news for these companies and their employees. Celebrating 25 years of success in the career transition industry, they have assisted companies through the global oil bust in the 1980's, the U.S. recession of 1992 and many restructurings, acquisitions and mergers across industries. Dawson & Dawson Consultants has a proven process and system that has achieved excellent placement results in project after project. With an average 93% program participation rate, and an average time - to - placement of 2.7 months, Dawson & Dawson Consultants can assure transitioning employees that there is hope after layoff.

Lee Clippard, an executive who was victim of an all too familiar layoff scene in corporate America shared, "I was 53 when the ax fell and started my latest company at 56. Age is not the issue -- it's your attitude. Outplacement helped me realize what I needed to focus on and assisted me in quantifying and qualifying new goals after my layoff. Dawson & Dawson Consultants helped me dream, then turned the dream into a plan, and supported me to turn the plan into a reality. I will actually have a better conclusion to my career and stronger retirement even with the late start! We have found a niche that suits our 'life" goal perfectly. No airplane, no corporate oversight -- just plain old services delivered directly to clients. Everything Dawson & Dawson Consultants said was true!"

Dawson & Dawson Consultants combines a unique set of resources and processes to help transitioning employees achieve their career goals. Job Search: The Total System, 2nd edition is the heart of their process and presents the techniques for employees to market themselves in a tough job market. With internet communications and recruiting tools playing a big role in today's business and job market, Dawson & Dawson Consultants was the first in their industry to develop a web-based service delivery resource, DawsonLink.com. The applications and tools on DawsonLink.com are integrated with The Total System and face-to-face interactions with clients. Sheryl Dawson, president of Dawson & Dawson Consultants, says, "Meeting clients where they want to be is essential to gaining their involvement in the outplacement program -- participation is the key to success. DawsonLink.com provides the resources to help transitioning employees use the internet effectively in their job searches from their homes." Fully integrated with the Dawson & Dawson Consultants programs, the web-based resources, DawsonLink.com, are just one more element that gives their clients an edge in the tightening job market. "For job seekers the key to success in a tough job market is to recognize that they need only one opportunity!" says Sheryl Dawson. "In other words, they should not focus on all the media announcements of layoffs, but rather on finding the one job or opportunity that best fits their skills and interests. They should also recognize that they have lost only a job, not their skills and career." When job seekers follow the steps of The Total System with that positive mindset, they achieve a better job, with a better company, for better pay. In a competitive job market, having the edge on your competition means:

• A+ RESUME: Having an A+ resume that stands out from the profusion of resumes which typically provide little to distinguish a candidate.
• NETWORKING: Networking with companies and individuals to find the best jobs rather than using Internet job leads alone.
• RESEARCH: Researching industries and companies to uncover the "hidden" opportunities -- those not listed.
• A+ REFERENCES: Utilizing A+ cover letters and having written references that validate your accomplishments.
• INTERVIEWING ADVANTAGE: Preparing for interviewing by researching the industry, company and position, practicing the tough questions and being one step ahead of the interviewer. Remember that the interview is to get the offer, not the job! You decide if the offer is right for you.
• MONEY FOLLOWS VALUE: Negotiating from your strength -- the value you bring the company's bottom line.

These and other techniques from The Total System are what give Dawson & Dawson Consultants clients the edge in the job market. A classic example is how three Dawson & Dawson Consultants clients, who transitioned from the same company as a result of a restructuring in the purchasing group, succeeded in a crowded job market. They learned through a recruiter that out of over 200 resumes received for one position within a governmental entity, all three Dawson & Dawson Consultants clients were selected to be interviewed among a slate of only six candidates! Beating all odds that they were actually the best candidates from among 200 resumes, they proved that a Dawson & Dawson "A+" resume is like a giant magnet to interviewers! Later the recruiter shared that two of the three Dawson & Dawson Consultants clients were offered the position based on superior interviewing skills -- they declined the offer to accept other job offers for better pay with organizations better suited to their career objectives. This level of success is the rule among Dawson & Dawson Consultants clients who follow The Total System.

For companies, Dawson & Dawson Consultants excels at project management utilizing another web-based resource, DawsonLink-QA.com, which is a comprehensive proprietary information management system for their consultants to track the progress of their assigned clients. Providing client reports utilizing DawsonLink-QA is efficient and effective for Dawson & Dawson Consultants and enables them to share accurate documentation of project results with client companies. These reports are particularly valuable to measure company return on investment in outplacement services.

Integrated with these high tech resources is Dawson & Dawson Consultants's proven process and the counseling support of experienced consultants. Job Search: The Total System has enabled tens of thousands of transitioning employees to find better jobs, for better pay, faster through the linkage of their well defined and practical job search steps and a highly motivating process uniquely described as the "Cycle of Success." When economic times are tough, it's good to know that there is a best-practices program to lighten the dark clouds of change and provide a silver lining of new opportunity.

Dawson & Dawson Consultants, Inc. is a Houston-based, global human resource consulting and training and development firm specializing in business development, performance and retention strategies, team and career development, executive assessment and coaching, and career transition and outplacement. They are certified as woman owned by the Houston Women's Business Council. For more information, call 713-784-3197.