The premier outplacement company

Sharp economic fluctuations, fierce competition and dynamic fast changing markets are increasingly the cause for restructuring, downsizing and even eliminating entire divisions. Employee terminations, many times, are the results of efforts to position a company for future growth, expansion and competitiveness. Every organization finds from time to time it is necessary to release employees. To overcome this problem, Challenger, Gray & Christmas conceived of the idea of outplacement over 40 years ago.
As the Mexico market grew in its global interdependence and markets continued to change more rapidly, The Barbachano Group, recognized the need for easing the transition of terminated employees in Mexico. As a result, we partnered with Challenger Gray & Christmas and opened offices in Mexico City and in the Tijuana/San Diego border. We have offices around the world and our worldwide headquarters are in Chicago. Our President, Fernando Ortiz-Barbachano, Francisco Glennie, Mexico City office Managing Partner, and Carmina Flores, Director of Consulting, are in charge of directing all of Challenger, Gray & Christmas Outplacement Services in the Mexican territory.

Here are several factors we would like you to be aware of about our firm:

• Since its inception, Challenger Mexico has been very successful at providing outplacement services to prestigious companies like Ericsson, Danone & Pepsico in Mexico City, NEC/Mitsubishi and Emerson Electric in Mexicali, Acco and Noma in Nogales, Sara Lee in Monterrey, and Jabil Circuits and HSBC in Tijuana, amongst many others.
• Full-time professionals provide Challenger outplacement services in Mexico.
• We are a disciplined corporation and not a franchise organization. This places a large amount of corporate assets at your disposal.
• We believe in a highly personalized product, which produces results. Over 90% of our clients are employed at equal or better paying positions.
• We have provided outplacement service to over 75% of the Fortune 500 companies.
• All initial training will be conducted in the home city or surrounding cities of the person involved in the program.

  When outplacement is provided by our organization we can assist you in several ways:

• We are able to gain the trust of the individual. Once we gain their trust we are able to direct them positively ahead toward their next opportunity.
• We are able to point out to them the desire of the corporation to help them through this difficult process.
• By changing their attitude toward the release and then giving them positive direction, we can focus their energy on the future and not the past.
• We can help you retain valued employees by demonstrating that you care enough about your former employees to help those persons you are releasing. When you have downsized, you do not want employees that remain to think they should start looking for a better company.

We encourage you to consider the use of outplacement as an effective tool for change. We are prepared to provide these services at any location. There is no charge for using our help in planning a release and you will find that we have a variety of programs to help you. Our programs include pre-termination consultation to our customer, change management, employee counseling at termination, and an outplacement training program.  There are three programs: Executive, Select Individual, and Group.  Below are the program summaries.

OUTPLACEMENT PROGRAMS

EXECUTIVE PROGRAM

All work is done on an individual basis.  People have different needs.  An individually assigned counselor will maintain a case file and aggressively follow-up to insure individual success.

• Challenger representative to communicate at time of separation with client to provide information to client after separation and assist in employment transition.
• Challenger representative to meet with spouse of client to aid with family transitions if desired by client.
• In depth analysis of client career history and background.
• Professional writers prepare resumes prior to client training.
• Two days of training which will establish a management by objective search program and review all necessary skills required by client.  Areas of training include interview skills, organization, interpersonal skills, career planning, telephone skills, and negotiation.
• Constant open aggressive communication with individually assigned counselor until such time as employment is obtained.  Option of 6 month support program.
• Client is provided with weekly job bank listings of target positions.
• Client is provided with a target list of companies drawn from our database of over 180,000 corporations.
• Client is assisted in the negotiation of the best possible employment package.
• The right to re-enter the program within one year of acceptance of an employment package if client’s job ends for any reason.

SELECT INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM

This program achieves cost efficiency by training in small groups. A maximum of 3 to 4 people, with continued support by counselor for a pre-determined period of time.

• Challenger representative to meet with program participant at discharge.
• Two types of training:
  • The first activity accomplishes career review and resume writing.
  • The second activity is a personalized training in which a job search strategy is developed and all skills are reviewed. This includes interviewing skills, dress for success, organizing the job search, maintaining contact, networking skills, and successful negotiation.
• In depth career analysis of client history and background.
• Typing, proofing, and copying of all resumes to assist in career search.
• Open communication with a personally assigned career counselor for a pre-determined period.
• Client will be coached on how to properly approach classified ads and search firms.
• Client is assisted in the negotiation of the best possible employment package.
• Access to a target list of search firms and internet specialized employment sites drawn from our database.
• All counselor follow-up work is done on an individual basis.  People simply have different needs.  This is why we have professional job counselors and not trainers.  We maintain a case file on each person and respond to his or her individual needs.  This is key to our success rates.

GROUP PROGRAM

This program achieves cost efficiency by training in groups.

• Challenger representative on premises to explain to the group the merits of the program and how the process and training will be accomplished.
• In depth analysis of career history and background in process of resume preparation.
• Direction in writing of all resumes, typing, and reproduction, to assist in career search.
• Two days of training, the first day accomplishes career review and resume writing in a group setting.  The second day will include training in which a job search strategy is developed and a review of all job skills necessary for a search is completed.  This includes such areas as identifying target companies, obtaining appointments, appropriate dress for interviewing, interviewing skills and role-play, staying in contact with prospective employers, and obtaining and negotiating job offers.
• Client will be coached on how to approach classified ads and search firms.
• Access to a target list of search firms and internet specialized employment sites drawn from our database.