The Customer:
Central Government Department
The Brief
The change programme had highlighted a number of groups of people who required varying degrees of career support: high flyers, returners from secondment and maternity leave, those planning to take retirement, staff in the poor performers category, individuals whose jobs were ‘at risk’, and managers who required additional support to secure internal opportunities. After a competitive tendering exercise VT Methven was tasked in delivering an effective career transition programme tailored to each of the groups within a tight budget.
The Approach
A number of meetings were held with the senior HR and key operations team members, to enable VT Methven to understand the department and why the business decisions had been taken.
The groups and individuals making up the groups were reviewed and totally tailored programmes were put into place. We carried out group work and some 1-1 support, covering topics such as: Career appraisal (achievements, skills, strengths, values & needs audits), CV / Letter writing, Job Search campaign, Marketing campaign, Effective Interviewing. Other modules such as Retirement Planning, Self Employment, Portfolio Career & Financial Planning were introduced as applicable.