How can your organization modify its workforce to respond with agility to market conditions and trends-- without compromising either productivity or employee morale? How, when re-structuring is inevitable, can you be confident that your departing employees will be supported during the job search interval, and directed successfully to new and rewarding careers?

By choosing a career transition consulting firm that appreciates your organization's unique challenges and goals, and responds swiftly and competently to the diverse needs of your employees, whether entry-level administrators or senior executives.

Career Partners/Hazell & Associates (CP/Hazell &Associates) is a leading management consulting firm with over 20 years of experience providing career transition services and programs. We have worked in partnership with more than 700 organizations of all sizes, industries and sectors to plan and implement workforce re-alignments and retractions. Our team of expert consultants employs proven coaching techniques and in-depth assessment tools to swiftly evaluate employee potential and identify realistic career paths and opportunities. CP/Hazell & Associates' programs are flexible, best-practice, and supported by personalized feedback from expert coaches as well as by leading edge technology. We produce demonstrable results within your time-lines at a competitive cost.

At CP/Hazell & Associates, one size does not fit all: we tailor our programs to each candidate's specific needs. Our modular approach, which enables candidates to choose modules that correspond to their situation, affords flexibility for the employee and cost savings for the employer. Where many of our competitors have moved to group or virtual program delivery, CP/Hazell & Associates still believes in the value of one-on-one interaction. Nothing can replace the "human touch".

Our core program for middle management and administrative staff includes:

• A personalized needs assessment performed by a dedicated coach
• One-on-one coaching sessions, with guaranteed confidentiality
• A dedicated coach who provides support throughout the program
• Interpersonal communications skills assessment and report
• Access to the exclusive CPI Online Career Portal (OCP)
• Weekly networking sessions and 24/7 job search services

Programs provided by CP/Hazell & Associates enable corporate clients to minimize risk by maintaining a constructive relationship with outgoing staff. Our support services alleviate the burden on your Human Resources Department to manage departing staff, thus maximizing your business productivity. And while our coaches assist each employee in exploring and evaluating appropriate opportunities for future re-assignment, we also keep our eye on the wide screen: your organization, and its changing needs.

CP/Hazell & Associates offers employers assistance with pre-termination support by:

• crafting internal and external communications about the restructuring
• planning individual or group notification sessions for employees
• preparing and coaching managers by means of simulated terminations
• supplementing, or "standing in" for, Human Resources professionals
• empowering departing employees by providing on- or off-site career centres
• re-assuring and re-engaging remaining staff through clear directives

Few consulting firms can match CP/Hazell & Associates in its scope of coverage, which extends around the globe to 160 locations, representing 2000 consultants. Within Canada, the CP/Hazell & Associates organization comprises 24 locations, including all major centres (14 owner-operated offices are located in Southern Ontario). This platform allows CP/Hazell & Associates to deliver integrated HR services with consistency across North America. At the same time, the local owner-operated offices provide highly personalized support to job candidates via coaches who possess an intimate knowledge of the local market and economy.

The world-wide network of CPI "owner-operator" offices confers multiple advantages, primarily in Hazell & Associates' access to knowledge and information, but also in cost-savings to our clients. Our connection to CPI enables us to provide our clients with exclusive services:

• a state-of-the-art on-line career centre in English and French
• an on-line Candidate Tracking System shared by all CPI companies
• CPI Smart Search: the most comprehensive data-base of Canadian companies, listing more than 150,000 organizations and including over 10,000 retained and contingency recruiters. Each candidate is granted a unique User-I.D. and password.
• access to job banks, a virtual "prospect manager" and the ability to receive automatic alerts of events at targeted companies.
• Resume Maker: the leading resume writing tool for creating professional resumes on-line.
• industry bench-mark processes, ideas and best practices that meet the international standard

Organizations that strive to retain a competitive workforce within a compassionate employee environment must confront formidable challenges: globalization, galloping technology and a seismic economy, to name a few. The career transition professionals at CPI/Hazell & Associates face a corresponding challenge: to guide our clients through restructuring initiatives with sensitivity and integrity, providing effective personalized coaching and services to minimize stress and upheaval while re-orienting and re-energizing the employee community at all levels.

We're equipped for the challenge. And so are our clients.