Career transition
Outplacement
Organizations
As a manager, employer, or member of your organization’s human resources team, you may need to end working relationships with one or more employees, whether they are operators, specialists, executives, or managers. You may want to include professional outplacement support as part of the exit conditions for your departing employee or employees.
Oxalys offers a range of outplacement services and modular programs tailored to your preferences and budget. Recognizing that these are delicate moments, we are here to listen, advise, share our expertise, and respond to your specific needs in a personalized manner.
What is Outplacement?
Outplacement services provide individualized support through face-to-face sessions and thematic workshops. During these sessions, your employees can explore the various stages of our proven methodology at their own pace and according to their specific needs, all accessible through our online platform. Our local consultants across different regions of French-speaking Switzerland facilitate through events networking opportunities, provide access to market experts, and connect individuals with concrete job opportunities.
Transitioning to a new career involves aligning one’s next career move —whether as an employee or an entrepreneur—with a coherent long-term vision that reflects the individual’s personality, skills, and values.
We provide powerful tools and a tailored 4 step approach to help each individual we assist achieve their career goals successfully.
Our ambition: to support your employees in their journey toward professional repositioning until their return to work.
- Skills Assessment: An evaluation of skills, expertise, and competencies.
- Definition of New Professional Objectives: Identifying new career goals and target markets.
- Self-Presentation and Marketing Strategies: Developing effective communication and marketing materials.
- Project Implementation Strategy: Creating a roadmap for successfully entering the job market.
Keys to success with Oxalys
At Oxalys, we support your employees during their career transition by offering a range of tailored services:
- Personalized career transition Program: individual and collective support, including thematic workshops.
- Emotional management support: assistance in managing emotions throughout the transition process.
- Skills assessment: evaluations to clarify individual positioning and strengths.
- Professional project definition: guidance in exploring options such as salaried employment, entrepreneurship, transition management, business acquisition, and franchising.
- Network activation and development: strategies to expand and engage their professional networks.
- Oxalys events: opportunities to connect with external stakeholders through our organized events.
- Communication and self-marketing: training to effectively promote personal brand and skills.
- Market approach strategy: developing strategies to navigate the job market successfully.
- Interview preparation and networking: coaching for interviews and facilitating connections within their network.
Individual outplacement
Individual outplacement programs are tailored for each participant and include personalized follow-up that can last anywhere from 2 months to 1 year. Each step of the methodology is discussed with a career transition specialist. Our thematic workshops complement this process by providing participants with specific tools, allowing participants to practice skills while networking and sharing their experiences. We also support business creation projects through our specialized consultants, offering services such as project analysis, business plan reviews, and feasibility assessments.
Acquire tools and tips
We provide concrete and pragmatic tools designed to facilitate and optimize your job search. Our offerings include:
- Research techniques
- Strategies for approaching recruitment firms
- CV and cover letter writing
- Networking advice
- Ongoing support
Self-discover and communicate
Embarking on a career transition allows you to identify your strengths and abilities, what gives your work meaning, and determine the most suitable environment for your professional growth. Our customized methodology consists of exercises, examples, and self-reflection that guide candidates through the process step-by-step.
Additionally, we focus on helping you convey your messages effectively. For example, what could be more insightful than debriefing a filmed interview?
Market approach
Define a strategy and action plan
Connect to oppportunities
Once your professional project is defined, we will leverage our understanding of the local economic landscape and our well-established network to facilitate relationships in the market. Our goal is to connect the individuals we support with valuable opportunities.
Outplacement for groups
Outplacement for groups
Our multidimensional program is designed for companies facing reorganizations or collective dismissals. We develop tailored programs based on your specific context and constraints. This program allows participants to approach common topics in a unique way as our methodology is delivered through group seminars that include several modules. This approach fosters exchanges and enables change management among employees. As part of the program, each participant benefits from individual sessions, ensuring targeted and personalized support and follow-up.
Executives
Oxalys for executives: a community of leaders
Oasys for executives provides a dynamic environment designed to broaden your perspectives! Our expert executive consultants, who have firsthand experience in management positions, provide high-quality support both face-to-face and remotely. This multidimensional program is exclusively tailored for you—whether you are an executive, a member of a management team, a company director, or an entrepreneur in transition. Our approach is specifically crafted to address your unique needs and to help you move your career towards new horizons. We offer you a privileged space for productive and stimulating exchanges among peers.
We will support you during your journey, helping you reflect on your professional transition.
Personalized support for a successful transition
Our executive consultants provide individual coaching using multiple techniques and tools enabling you to take a step back, engage with challenging questions, and find motivation regarding your next career stage. Acting as your sparring partner, we help you efficiently achieve your goals.
Meaningful networking with peers
You will have the opportunity to connect with peers from a variety of sectors and businesses of all sizes. For those with international profiles, you can participate in our ERIC (Executive Roundtable for International Careers) group, a part of the international OIGP network in which Oxalys is involved. Our consultants will provide you with effective networking strategies to enhance your engagement with influential leaders.
Thematic conferences to broaden your perspective
We organize thematic events for members of the Oxalys executive community that address critical issues that leaders face today, including corporate governance, the role of directors, IT governance, wealth protection, artificial intelligence, and sustainable development.
Workshops to refine your positioning
These workshops will help you develop your leadership skills, enhance your professional image, and build your personal brand. You will prepare a compelling Leader Pitch, refine your positioning, and gain confidence in articulating your value.
Your advantages with Oxalys for executives
Oxalys for Executives will provide you with access to a dedicated executive consultant and to our offices located in Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchâtel, and Fribourg for several months. This access enables you to connect with new people and, most importantly, exchange ideas with a community of decision-makers and experts during thematic meetings, conferences, and workshops specifically tailored for you.
- Personalized support from a dedicated executive consultant
- Oxalys Leadership Program
- Meetings with executives and industry experts
- Thematic workshops focused on specific topics
- Access to a national and international networks through OI GLOBAL PARTNERS
- Administrative and technical support
Candidates
Are you facing a professional change and seeking expert advice to support your transition?
You’ve come to the right place! At Oxalys, your career accelerator, we have been dedicated to this mission since 2007: to guide you successfully and personally in your journey to finding a new job. With our innovative and energizing approach, along with our team of motivated experts, your career transition can become an exciting phase in your life. Much more than just experts in professional transitions, we strive to be your dedicated partner!
Regardless of your age or background—whether you’re transitioning from the corporate world, an SME, the public sector, or an NGO—we work with you to create a tailored career transition plan that empowers you to fully achieve your goals. This unique approach involves taking a step back to assess your potential and develop an effective market strategy. It requires time and deep reflection as you evolve toward a new destiny, whether taking on new responsibilities within an organization or exploring entrepreneurial opportunities.
Our consultants are here to help you bounce back by equipping you with the tools to better position yourself in the market and effectively communicate your skills and motivation.
The best possible job in the shortest possible time!
As part of the services offered by your organization, Oxalys consultants are dedicated to supporting you in your career transition and repositioning for success.
What is outplacement?
Transitioning to a new career involves aligning with one’s next professional endeavor—whether as an employee or an entrepreneur—with a coherent long-term vision that reflects individual personalities, skills, and values.
An outplacement program typically spans several months (ranging from 2 months to 1 year) and includes personalized one-on-one sessions along with thematic workshops. Participants can advance through the various stages of our established methodology at their own pace and according to their preferences, all accessible through an online platform.
We offer effective tools and a personalized 4-step methodology to guide each person we support toward successfully reaching their career goals.
- Skills assessment: a focus on your skills, know-how, and interpersonal abilities
- Definition of your new professional objective and target market
- Personal branding and marketing tool
- Implementation strategy for your professional project
Keys to success with Oxalys
Our ambition is to support you in achieving your goal to reposition your career until your return to employment.
- Develop a framework for your repositioning through a skills assessment: identify your next career move and create a coherent long-term vision. If you are interested in starting your own business or becoming self-employed, our specialized consultants are here to guide you.
- Learn and practice: we provided personalized training in key areas such as implementation, job search techniques, interview techniques, and negotiation strategies.
- Enhance your personal “toolbox”: Gain invaluable insights, tips, and resources focused on communication, leadership, and decision-making that will empower your career journey.
- Benefit from the presence of your Oxalys consultant: your dedicated consultant will be by your side throughout the program, providing ongoing support and guidance.
- Participate in workshops and working groups: Actively participate in workshops and group sessions to share experiences and insights with others in similar situations.
- Enjoy comprehensive resources: Take advantage of our well-equipped infrastructure featuring workstations, bookable meeting rooms, and access to professional journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Make your career transition into a springboard to a new chapter in your life: With our innovative methods and motivated consultants, your career transition can become an exciting and enriching step towards personal and professional growth.
Entrepreneurship
We provide targeted support for those looking to assess the feasibility of starting a business or an independent venture.
If you have a business concept and want to:
- Clearly define your project and evaluate its feasibility
- Receive guidance in preparing your business plan
- Obtain advice on legal and financial matters
- Partner with an experienced mentor during the implementation phase
Expatriates
Expatriation, a new job market. Oxalys is here to support you.
When agreeing to relocate abroad, the expatriate’s partner frequently encounters the challenge of securing a job in an unfamiliar job market. This new setting presents its own distinct features and subtleties, which can be intimidating for someone who is not adequately prepared.
At Oxalys, our consultants are ready to support you during this transition, which can often bring about uncertainties and inquiries. We assist you in navigating the job market in your new country while identifying effective strategies for repositioning yourself professionally in this changing environment.
The 7 essential steps for successfully integrating a new labor market:
- Develop the framework for repositioning your career: through a skills assessment: identify your next career move and create a coherent long-term vision. If you want to start your own business or become self-employed, our specialized consultants are here to guide you.
- Learn and practice: we provided personalized training in key areas such as implementation, job search techniques, interview techniques, and negotiation strategies.
- Enhance your personal “toolbox”: Gain invaluable insights, tips, and resources focused on communication, leadership, and decision-making that will empower your career journey.
- Benefit from the presence of your Oxalys consultant: your dedicated consultant will be by your side throughout the program, providing ongoing support and guidance.
- Participate in workshops and working groups: Actively participate in workshops and group sessions to share experiences and insights with others in similar situations.
- Enjoy comprehensive resources: Take advantage of our well-equipped infrastructure featuring workstations, bookable meeting rooms, and access to professional journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Turn a new job market into a springboard to a new chapter in your life! With our innovative methods and dedicated consultants, your new work environment can serve as an interesting and exciting opportunity for personal and professional growth in unfamiliar territory.
Let’s start your journey!
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