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HDA Associates Limited
Trading as HDA
Registered Office address:
Avon Wharf
23 Bridge Street
Christchurch
BH23 1DY
Company registration no:
01981354
VAT Registration no:
220 2406 29
OUR SERVICES
Executive and Expatriate Career Transition and Outplacement
Why we work in this area
HDA has worked in this area for 30 years and is regularly required to provide a range of specialist career transition services for senior executive-level clients with complex individual needs, ranging from:
- Executive Outplacement Programmes – supporting senior managers seeking strongly targeted career transition coaching to successfully transition them into new roles and business ventures which are optimal to their further career development, following role redundancy and compromise situations,
- Executive Career Reviews – supporting senior managers who face a career cross-roads, and who are supported by their organisation to actively review their career and consider alternative career paths, either within the organisation, or outside the organisation, (subject to the organisation's commercial/talent management objectives),
- Expatriate Career Development Programmes (International Careers) – supporting senior expatriate and international assignee managers and technical specialists who require career development continuity, both in their host country, and on return to their home country,
- Spousal Relocation Consultancy – providing spousal career transition support for the spouses of senior expatriate and international assignee managers and technical specialists who require career continuity in their spouse's host country
Via our CareerNet International network, we regularly support the complex career transition and development needs of senior managers on all continents.
Our competencies in this area
HDA's team has significant experience providing career transition leverage for senior clients, in the UK and globally, providing highly tailored individual support to senior managers who may have highly complex career transition needs; either within their existing organisations, in the broader job market or internationally,
Our senior support activity includes:
- career coaching
- executive coaching, (as a business involved in business and executive coaching, we bring these skills to bear in supporting senior clients to transition their careers, in a broad range of situations)
- networking coaching
- facilitation and training
- assessment
- market research and market targeting
- access to a range of fit-to-purpose online resources
- access to a range of ancillary support resources
Our approach in this area
Senior Executives need to get results and quickly. They do not want to feel they are part of a process or joining a programme that is not 100% relevant to them. HDA recognises this need in its senior clients and responds accordingly to their needs in the structure of its programmes,
Our focus is on delivering optimal career outcomes to all senior clients we work with, either within their existing organisations, in the broader job market or internationally.
Our Career Transition Workshops
HDA runs a range of highly effective career transition workshops and seminars which complement our one-to-one support. To see more on our full list of candidate workshops and to get a taster of HDA Online (A website developed specifically for individuals experiencing a career transition), please login onto our candidate site via this link, entering ‘guest’ and ‘guest’ into the username and password boxes.
Who we work with in this area
HDA has recently worked with organisations like Fidelity Investments, Orange, UPM Kymmene, Henkel, Virgin, St George's Hospital Medical School, CFA Institute, Greater London Authority, Woodside Energy, NCH, Proctor & Gamble, Ilex Energy, Marriott Hotels, Thomas Cook, QinetiQ and many others in this area. See more here.
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Bob Ferneyhough, Executive Director Human Resources, Henkel |
‘Very pleased with contribution HDA have made to our recent site closure and redundancy programmes’.
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"The ultimate measure of whether outplacement has worked or not is if people get jobs in a timely manner; this has certainly been the case with the closure of the UK office and I attribute a lot of this success to the way outplacement was managed. The program we devised with HDA was flexible enough to cope with individual needs and timely so that people got thinking about their future quickly enabling them to make clear decisions. The team at HDA have always been responsive, flexible and professional; it has been a pleasure working with them in this difficult time."
European HR Manager, Engineering Company
“HDA's consultants are of a high quality and the matching process with employees is working successfully. I have found HDA to be flexible and adaptable to meet the company's needs and above all, our employees feel supported through what can be a difficult and emotional process“
Senior HR Manager, Financial Services
Our executive and expatriate career transition and outplacement case studies
Our opinions in this area
UK Recession, Redundancy and Outplacement Report - Clayton Glen July 09
HDA - 2009 Outplacement Survey Results - Joanne Simpson June 09
Outplacement…the Key to Talent Retention? - Melissa Gallagher - June 09
Are you controlling your outplacement costs? - Tricia Dicks - November 08
'Getting out of the City' - Executive Grapevine - Clayton Glen Commentary - November 08
Outplacement Support - Measuring the Return on Investment - Joanne Simpson - October 08
Client Feedback Audit 2008 - Melissa Gallagher - August 08
2008 Outplacement Survey Results - Joanne Simpson - July 08
In house Advice Article in The Executive Grapevine - Clayton Glen - June 08
Large-scale change: can outplacement be delivered effectively, and remotely within a tight budget? - Tricia Dicks - Febuary 08
How best to measure Return on Investment (ROI) on the provision of outplacement support - CNI & HDA - December 07
Effective Networking for Career Development in the Age of the Internet - Melissa Gallagher - July 07
Networking and Personal Branding for Senior Executives – Developing a Strategy for Success - Executive Grapevine - Melissa Gallagher - March 07
Providing effective redundancy & redeployment career transition support- Executive Grapevine - Melissa Gallagher - January 07
See more on our recent briefings, press releases and opinions
Who to contact about our services in this area
Luke Bennett, Senior Account Manager - llb@hda.co.uk / +44 (0) 207 484 5481
Joanne Simpson, Managing Career Consultant - jxs@hda.co.uk / +44 (0) 1202 481 811
Finding Career Development Solutions through Executive Outplacement and Expatriate Outplacement
As the economy shrinks and company profits wane, many organisations are being forced to reduce their workforce in a bid to reduce costs. This restructuring affects all levels: from laying off part-time workers to executive redundancy. Whilst the requirements of most workers can be successfully dealt with through traditional career transition support, the provision of executive outplacement and expatriate outplacement support is more demanding. Career transition support following executive redundancy requires detailed analysis of managers’ career goals, including providing career reviews and identifying avenues for career development. Successful executive outplacement and expatriate outplacement support necessitates a specifically tailored solution for individuals affected by executive level redundancy, wherever in the world a senior manager may experience role redundancy.
Successful outcomes for executive outplacement following executive redundancy
Companies of all sizes are affected by change and jobs losses can be felt at all levels and throughout an organisation. Professional executive outplacement and expatriate outplacement support providers however recognise that the career transition support needed by senior executives affected by executive redundancy requires a comprehensive, customised coach-led approach. Senior managers require specialist executive outplacement solutions that provide career reviews and establish wide-ranging executive career development options. Executive outplacement support needs to take an individual approach and should incorporate several different aspects of career transition support, from providing specialist financial advice to executive coaching. As senior level executives have specialist skills and demanding career ambitions, executive outplacement and expatriate outplacement support is best served trough career reviews to establish career development strategies that can be initiated following executive redundancy.
At HDA Associates, we have 30 years experience offering career development support to managers affected by executive redundancy through both executive outplacement and expatriate outplacement support. We offer highly specialised advice based on career reviews and assessments to support the career transition requirements of senior management. Our executive outplacement programme includes access to job search resources, senior and head-hunters networks, executive coaching, along with financial experts and tax advice at most major global commercial locations.
Executive career reviews to establish career development strategies
Change can be a catalyst for improvement. Organisational restructuring can give rise to new opportunities for many executives who haven’t previously been affected by executive redundancy. It can be a good time for career reviews, helping senior managers, (including those locally based, and expats) to re-assess their career objectives and establish specific career development strategies. At HDA Associates, we can provide specialist executive level career transition support, including specialist career reviews which can be part of our executive outplacement or expatriate outplacement support. Our executive career reviews enable organisations to improve their talent management by aiding senior management in their career development.
Career development support for expatriates and expatriate outplacement
The needs of senior managers following executive redundancy require specialist executive outplacement and / or expatriate outplacement solutions. If the individual impacted by executive redundancy is an expatriate then their needs can be even more complex, and support may require a joined-up global approach in both the home and host country. As well as providing career reviews and career development strategies, expatriate outplacement needs to support the manager affected by executive redundancy to locate a new employment opportunity in their chosen location.
Another area of HDA Associates expertise is in providing career reviews and career development plans for expatriates upon repatriation. It can be difficult for many organisations to accommodate the career development criteria of expatriates following their overseas assignment. Expatriate executives may find that there isn’t an acceptable role within the organisation when their assignment finishes or they may prefer to stay relocated. Through detailed career reviews and transition support our expatriate outplacement programme has helped numerous expatriates to further their international careers or to re-settle within the organisation successfully.
Career transition for executives and expatriate
Providing high quality career transition support for senior managers requires a specialist approach. At HDA Associates, our executive outplacement and expatriate outplacement programmes help senior management impacted by executive redundancy to undertake career reviews to optimise their career development, in line with their goals and location preferences.