Employment Clinic

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EmploymentClinicTM

Division of L.D.A. Enterprises, Ltd.

The Employment Clinic
Outplacement Services Page

Providing Employment, Outplacement, Career Management, Resume Production,

And Reference Investigation Services

Because Your Future is Worth It

Serving job seekers since 1980

Our products include:

Candidate Representation and Career Management Services for the job hunter

Corporate Outplacement services for the employer

If you can answer yes to any of the following questions, We can help you!

Are you discouraged because you can’t find work?
Did you recently lose your job and don’t know what to do next?
Has your job search gone on for months – with no results?
Have you sent out hundreds of resumes – and had no interviews?
Are you unable to get job interviews for the right type of position?
Are you getting interviews but no offers?
Did you apply for a job where your background was perfect, but no one contacted you?
Do you understand how to tap the unpublished or hidden job market – 70% of all jobs?
Have you been passed over for promotion?
Has your career growth slowed or stalled?
Do you believe you are worth more than your employer is paying you?
Do you feel you have been discriminated against based on your age, race, gender, or ethnicity?
Do you think you have been hurt by poor references?
Are you an employer who wishes to support a loyal employee being terminated?
Are you an employer concerned about legal issues as you restructure or terminate staff.

WHO ARE WE?

Monthly Group Support Session

The Employment Clinic is the Outplacement and career guidance division of L.D.A. Enterprises, Ltd. Our staff has a wealth of experience assisting professionals and executives to find new employment opportunities, achieve employment and compensation goals, and cope with a myriad of occupational and human interface issues. We function as the job-seekers Agent. If you fit into any of the following areas, contact us now.
If you are a mid-level manager striving for advancement
If you are an executive on the rise
If you are a senior executive at the peak of your career
If you are a director or senior manager in the non-profit world
If you are a retiring military officer
If you are an educational administrator
If you are an entrepreneur or former business owner

We offer aggressive marketing and support programs tailored to the unemployed, those that are currently working but who are looking to improve their lot in life, or the executive dealing with internal growth and political issues. Whatever the situation, our focus is to help you achieve your employment and compensation objectives. We offer complete long-term marketing programs to assist the job seeker in transition, and individually tailored short-term projects to support individuals in resolving specific career growth issues. Our other divisions and services include:

The Resume Clinic offering a full range of high quality resume and cover letter products
The Reference Clinic providing reference verification services for the job seeker in transition; and nanny reference checking services for the family wishing to validate the background of nanny candidates.

Please inquire by email at Jobs@EmploymentClinic.com, or call (952) 697-3663

For a more complete view of our company and all of its services, please click on our Home Page

EmploymentClinic Products and Pricing

EmploymentClinic provides career management and support services in the following five areas:

1. Full service individualized marketing and support programs:

The EmploymentClinic offers highly supportive and comprehensive career-marketing programs designed to help you achieve your career and compensation goals. Our programs feature five major areas of focus: A.) To identify marketable skills, transferable capabilities, and career objectives; B.) To generate the maximum number of interviews; C.) To enhance your interviewing and personal presentation skills; D.) To maximize effectiveness in evaluating opportunities and negotiating specific offers; E.) To provide ongoing counseling, coaching, and emotional support throughout the chosen program.

ALL PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING BASIC COMPONENTS:

A. A series of start-up counseling, coaching, and guidance sessions conducted through individualized telephone conferences, or for those who have access, performed in one-on-one meetings in our Minneapolis, Minnesota offices. These sessions will include:

A review and discussion of personal/professional history and career objectives
Assessment of your marketable traits and transferable capabilities
The most effective method of responding to advertised positions
Using intermediaries (search firms, recruiters, etc.) to produce job interviews
How to develop and conduct a productive self-marketing program
Understanding and penetrating the hidden job market (over 70% of all jobs)
Utilizing modern networking techniques to result in potential jobs
Use of the telephone as a proactive marketing tool in generating meetings, interviews, and offers
Researching companies and utilizing that research to generate interviews
Development of sound interviewing and self-presentation communication skills to enhance your self-presentation capabilities
Important interview follow-up techniques to impact offer probabilities
Analyzing individual employment offers and negotiating your best compensation package

B. The construction and printing of your professional resume to create a succinct, cogent, and motivating presentation of your background and strengths

C. You will be provided with our published workbook and guide entitled "Tomorrow Is Today," containing important supplementary written materials to aid you in your job search. Included in its pages are examples of marketing letters for use in interview follow-up, networking, and search firm contacts. It also contains vital information on self-evaluation, interviewing, negotiating, networking, telephone usage, responding to advertisements, the unpublished job market, and a variety of other support and career development tools.

D. Once you have completed the initial counseling sessions, we will be available to provide continuing telephone and email coaching and guidance throughout the duration of your program. Our two-year program provides all the tools and support necessary to help you achieve your career objectives as well as the support to ensure that you are successful in your new position.

Fees are quoted on an individual basis and will vary based on our assessment of your marketability and the length of time we believe it will take to reach your career objectives.

See our home page for complete contact information. Inquiries may also be directed to Jobs@EmploymentClinic.com

2. Hourly and project consulting options:

Hourly consulting help is available for the individual, who is not conducting a job search, but who has special needs and faces specific business or career growth related problems. We partner with our clients serving as coach, advocate, mentor, and advisor. Our advice is individually tailored to provide objective solutions in the due diligence, strategy, and decision making process in dealing with any of the areas listed below.

· Enhancing personal communication skills in the work environment
· Dealing with internal advancement opportunities and career development tactics
· Resolving on-the-job personality conflicts or interpersonal relationship issues
· Evaluating and negotiating job offers, benefit packages, equity positions, or business relationships
· On-the-job performance and salary review strategy
· Assisting in entrepreneurial due diligence and start-up business planning
· Advice in starting or growing a consulting practice or home-based business
· Telephone contact training
· Targeted telephone marketing as a tool to initiate meetings and conduct follow-up discussions.
· Providing mediation services facilitating resolution to business, partnership, or management disputes
· Dealing with career issues as they impact your family life.
· Complete reference checking services - see our Reference Clinic page
· A complete resume and cover letter service is available - see our Resume Clinic page

All hourly consulting fees are paid as advance retainers. The following charges will apply:

$250.00 per hour for either in-person or telephone consulting time - (comprehensive advice and strategy sessions). Initial retainers are for $750.00 (3 hours of consulting time.) After the initial retainer time may be purchased in 2-hour increments

$35.00 for a detailed email response to any one question regarding your career or $100.00 for 3 questions and detailed responses by email

Discounted rates are applicable for projects exceeding 20 hours

All consulting projects will be described in our Consulting Agreement and require the signature of both the Client and a member of LDA Enterprises staff.

3. Corporate Outplacement programs:

We offer both individual and seminar Outplacement programs that can be tailored to the specific needs of any organization. Our marketing methods are unique, highly proactive, and can provide you a much more cost-efficient alternative to the higher priced national Outplacement firms. As opposed to major Outplacement firms that provide only several hours of counseling time with limited ongoing support, we concentrate our efforts on spending all the time necessary to assist the individual in achieving new employment. Over 50% of our clients are employed, creating a healthier environment for the job seeker. We provide four Outplacement options to the corporate community. Following is a brief overview of these options. More detailed program brochures are available on request.

A 3-month or 6-month career management/counseling program designed to provide a comprehensive start-up process with continuing counseling and structural support. This is a very cost effective method of offering a support and transition vehicle for the individual(s) being separated. Contact us for pricing information.

A highly supportive marketing/counseling program with an option of either one or two years of continuing support. The one-year support program is offered for long term employees and upper level management that may require additional time and ongoing guidance. A variation of this program intended for senior executives extends the support for up to two years to deal with the contingencies and more lengthy process often required at this level. Contact us for pricing information.

A three-month spousal transplacement support program provided for the spouse of a transferred employee. This program is designed to provide the client with basic search tools and a limited amount of ongoing structural and emotional support. Contact us for pricing information.

We offer both one and two-day seminar formats with an option for ongoing support. Pricing is based upon the selection of program options. Price quotes include the cost of all support materials. Travel expenses (if necessary), and the cost of lodging and meals are billed as additional expenses. The cost of the seminar facility would be at the company’s expense. Pricing might vary based upon the number of participants, and we can adapt a program to deal with specific needs or issues. Contact us for pricing information.

4. A marketing program for New College Graduates:

This program is specifically designed to assist the new college or trade school graduate in launching their professional career. It focuses on all the basic components of implementing a successful job search campaign. The initial process begins with two ½-day start-up counseling sessions in our Minneapolis offices followed by up to two (2) months of ongoing telephone coaching, guidance, and mentoring support. A special brochure outlining this program is available on request.

The full one-time cost of the College Graduate Program is $2,450.00.

5. The complete job search workbook and guide:

For those companies that are restructuring or eliminating jobs and wish to provide a cost-effective vehicle to assist their terminated employees in finding new employment, or for those professionals conducting their own job search that cannot afford a professional career coach, we provide an extremely comprehensive and detailed job search and career development guide entitled “TOMORROW IS TODAY.” This 220-page workbook is a highly effective, no nonsense, self-marketing instrument to facilitate and guide the job seeker through the entire search campaign. Contained in its pages are all the tools and information necessary to help the job hunter win and keep their next position. It also features special sections on what to do if you’re fired; portfolio development; handling performance reviews; managing on-the-job growth issues; valuable information for the entrepreneur; and advice for job-seekers over age 50, diversity candidates, and professional women. Click on the following link for a more detailed description of the book or to place an order: http://www.EmploymentClinic.com/id7.html

The cost of this book is $34.95 - includes Shipping & handling charges - US ($44.95 in Canada - includes S&H charges).

We accept advance payment by check, Visa or MasterCard, and American Express. Checks may be sent to L.D.A. Enterprises, Ltd., Parkdale Plaza, 1660 South Highway 100, Suite 500, St. Louis Park, MN 55416. Our secure fax line is (952) 697-3667.

Please direct all inquiries to LDA@EmploymentClinic.com Allow 2 weeks for processing and delivery.

Policies and Stipulations: It is understood that L.D.A. Enterprises, LTD. is a career management and professional services consulting firm and not an employment or placement agency, and that fees paid are for consultation and assistance in helping you to maximize your career opportunities, effectively manage your career situation, mediate conflict or dispute, provide reference checking and verification services, or solve important business-related problems, and are not employment or placement fees or satisfaction guarantees. Any decision to accept or reject an offer, or to accept or reject any specific counseling or consulting advice/suggestions rests with the client, and L.D.A. Enterprises shall not be held accountable, and shall furthermore be held harmless, for any decisions made or actions taken by the client. Fees paid are not subject to refund or proration based on number of sessions or meetings held or hours spent. All information shared with L.D.A. Enterprises, LTD. is considered proprietary and totally confidential, and shall not be released or discussed with any person, entity, or organization without the express permission of the client.

Additional services offered by L.D.A. Enterprises:

Reference checking services: The Reference Clinic
Resume and motivational letter creation services: The Resume Clinic

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