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For over 20 years, Keystone Associates has been helping our clients successfully address their career management needs.  Our experienced staff is completely focused on serving the unique needs of each customer and the employees entrusted to our care.

Management Support during a Reduction in Force
Keystone Associates assists our clients and their management teams in the areas of planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting all phases of a reduction in force.  Additionally, we discuss and review all appropriate communications, devise effective exiting processes and coordinate schedules and timetables for timely and effective notifications.

Our proprietary Notifier Training program provides instruction to members of the management team charged with communicating the separation notices to employees.  We work closely with each client to finalize a script and provide managers with the tools necessary to conduct the separation meeting effectively.  In the training, we focus on the logistics of the separation, the importance of delivering a clear and consistent message and any specific concerns about employee reactions.   We also provide training for managers to minimize the effects of the reduction on remaining employees.  Managers who skillfully handle the separations of affected employees have a better rate of retaining staff and improving the morale and productivity of remaining employees.

Keystone also provides On-site Support on notification day to meet with each of the separated employees individually.  There are multiple benefits – for both affected employees and the client – to having Keystone representatives on-site during a reduction.

Keystone can provide the following benefits to the affected employee:

• Assess the personal impact of the announcement
• Offer emotional support
• Assist the employee with an exit plan from the organization
• Reinforce that the decision is final
• Help formulate a statement to give to family and friends
• Introduce Keystone’s career transition services with handout materials, schedules and directions to increase utilization of the services available

Keystone can provide the following benefits to the organization:

• Assist managers and HR representatives with potentially troubled employees
• Provide support to managers during a time of stress
• Deflect negative feelings through positive positioning of our client as an organization that cares about its employees

Career Transition
Career transition services are available with varying features and in varying program lengths depending on the needs of the employee.

The Comprehensive Career Transition Program offers complete career services including one-on-one consulting, administrative support, online resources, networking opportunities, job development and private office space and is delivered in a variety of program lengths starting with three months.  The Career Advancement Program is a blended delivery approach combining one-on-one consulting, intensive group learning opportunities, online resources, job development, resume development and access to the career resource area for six or twelve weeks.  Keystone’s FastStart Program assists employees with a “jump start” to their job search through an intensive one-day seminar with additional private resume development consultation, resume production and Online Career Center access. For organizations looking to provide career transition services to employees in a private group setting, the cost-effective Job Search Seminar is delivered in a two-day workshop and is often combined with the Job Development Program which extends participants’ services for 45 or 90 days and includes private consultation time with the seminar consultant, resume development and production and access to the Online Career Center and other web-based resources.

Career Management
Career management services are designed to help both organizations and retained employees effectively handle career challenges.  Keystone’s career management offerings are custom designed consulting services that address our clients’ internal career planning challenges.  We are especially experienced with:

A Career Resource Center brings Keystone’s services to an organization to provide career management assistance to employees looking for internal or external career opportunities. Redeployment services assist employees with internal job searches when their current positions have been eliminated. Our Partner Relocation Career Assistance Program provides Keystone’s quality career services to a trailing partner and is an added benefit to our corporate clients’ recruiting efforts. CareerKey features consulting services and a variety of related assessment tools to organizations and their employees looking to increase job satisfaction, improve performance or meet new challenges.

Recruitment
Today, it’s more important than ever to fill your open positions with the right talent.  Keystone Associates offers several beneficial services to recruiters.

The Keystone JobSite is an online tool that our candidates use in their job searches.  This comprehensive database features open positions from leading organizations and recruitment firms.  By submitting your openings, you are broadening your search – at no charge – to hundreds of immediately available candidates.  To submit a job, simply  click here.

We also offer a way for you to access Keystone’s available pool of talented candidates.  The Confidential Candidate List is an easy-to-navigate, online tool designed to assist you in finding exceptional executives.  The list is broken out by industry and function, making it easy to browse for executives with the experience you are seeking.  To preview the Confidential Candidate List, simply  click here.

At Keystone Associates, we support our candidates’ searches with unmatched vigor, and we treat individual needs and goals with utmost sensitivity.  Our candidates are interview-ready, attuned to their skills and how to market them.  Candidates use extensive face-to-face time with their Keystone consultant to perform rigorous self-assessments, develop sound long-term strategies and hone interview skills. As a result, our candidates are uniquely prepared to move forward.