Outplacement

Meet Our Corporate Outplacement Team:

Most outplacement companies assign a single coach to a candidate's campaign. These single individuals are responsible for all work performed on behalf of their candidate. At Stewart, Cooper & Coon Corporate Outplacement, we take a very different approach. We employ an entire team of professionals, up to nine people actually, who will work on a candidate's job search campaign, at any given point.

As you compare us with other companies, ask who will actually work on a candidate's campaign. Then ask yourself would your outplaced executives want one person or an entire team to see that their needs are met. At SC&C, the team for each candidate consists of the following members:

• Campaign Director - The "quarterback" who is responsible for a candidate's overall campaign success. Our CD's have senior level backgrounds in Fortune 1,000 companies and the public sector as well with an average of over 15 years of experience in the recruiting or executive transition fields.
• Professional Resume Writer - We have only nationally certified writers. At most outplacement companies, either the coach writes the actual OR, in most cases, they simply guide the candidate through the process. When it comes to documenting and packaging a candidate, your candidates deserve only the very best.
• Proofing Specialist - Our staff of professionals carefully proof and edit all documents before publication. We do this because one never gets a second chance to make a good first impression. If our candidates' documents contain errors, they will be perceived as careless. Our proofing team, are seasoned editors and professional writers, determined to present our candidates to the world error-free.
• WebFolio™ Designers - We develop a personal Web site for each candidate that is quick to read and presents their stories in depth. By unanimous acclaim of our clients AND corporate recruiters, this SC&C exclusive service is a major contributor to the high number of placement successes we enjoy at Stewart, Cooper & Coon. Additional feedback, over and over again, is that our WebFolio™ not only assists in helping to secure the candidate a new position but it is a powerful tool in helping them totally eliminate the others against whom they are competing. Take a look at some examples of a WebFolio™
• Process Administrators - At least two members of our administrative team ensure that a candidate is carefully monitored, that their progress is tracked, and their paperwork and administrative follow through is fully expedited from the beginning of each search to a successful conclusion.
• Posting and Distribution Specialist - Unlike other companies we have a team who offers technical insight on job board postings, listings of popular and beneficial job boards, as well as information regarding how to keep your information current. We also distribute their credentials to retained recruiters we are in contact with through the Stewart, Cooper & Coon Recruiting Division and through our exclusive database of over 13,000 recruiters nationwide. Those that are appropriate to the candidate's work history and geographical target interests will be sent a copy of the candidate's resume and cover letter. Also, the candidate's resume is shared with associate recruiters from Top Echelon, a national recruiter consortium of over 2,000 executive recruiters nationwide, of whom which we are a preferred member.
• Research Specialist - Many outplacement companies tap into a database and provide the candidate a list of companies or allow them to enter their own databases and print out a list, hoping that the research is fruitful. At the Stewart, Cooper & Coon Research Division, a research specialist is assigned to each candidate. Their sole purpose is to provide target companies that meet their personal search criteria of the candidate. Targets are then developed in concert with the Campaign Director. We make use of powerful and comprehensive databases of corporations, associations, venture capital firms, public entities, and other sectors to explore as you develop your career strategy. The assigned staff will carefully prepare this list and suggest possibilities the candidate may not have previously considered.
• Candiate Marketing Specialist - Each candidate has an assigned Candidate Marketing Specialist team working on their campaign and calling the target companies on their behalf. They have only one purpose in mind. They call the target companies where the candidate wishes to work and exposes their candidacy to the hiring authority at those companies in an effort to secure interviews for the candidate.
• Senior Staff Oversight - Members of our senior staff and executive committee monitor assigned campaigns personally and provide behind the scenes input to the Campaign Director on strategic direction and other considerations.

Fred Coon

Founder, Chairman, and CEO - fred@stewartcoopercoon.com

Stewart, Cooper & Coon founder, Fred Coon, is a Licensed Employment Agent and a Nationally Certified Job and Career Transition Coach. He has written and advised thousands of executives on their job search campaigns. Mr. Coon also has appeared on affiliate stations of ABC, NBC, CBS as an expert on the job and employment market. He has been featured in the Arizona Republic as a career expert and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other major national publications. He is an active contributing author, providing job advice, to nationally known web sites such as Monster and 6-Figure Jobs. He is author of the national best-selling career book titled, Ready Aim Hired©.

Two different companies, found in separate industries, in which Mr. Coon played a senior executive role were listed in Inc. Magazine's top 500 fastest growing companies in America - one three times and the other twice. He is a national lecturer and workshop presenter having been a workshop presenter for both the International Career Development Conference and the PRWRA.

Chuck McConnell

Managing Director - cmcconnell@stewartcoopercoon.com

Charles "Chuck" McConnell has been a leading voice in career transition management for many years, currently as Senior Partner at Stewart, Cooper & Coon, Inc. Previously, as CEO, he defined and developed First Career Corporation and FindCareer.com and has served as the "On-line Career Expert" for the New York American Marketing Association. He has published numerous articles on the subject of senior level career management and search campaign preparation and has organized national and international conferences that have assisted thousands to place their career searches on track for success.

In his proactive involvement with re-careering executives Chuck focuses on two basic goals:

• Focusing on an optimal fit between executive capabilities and employer needs.
• Positioning executive search campaigns for long term results that meet client objectives.

Prior to his work in the field of executive recruiting and placement, Chuck was Senior Consulting Partner at The Watson Group, a strategic marketing and communications agency based in Manhattan. His background includes senior corporate management positions within multinational organizations in the apparel, packaged goods, beverage, and information services industries. Chuck was Division President at TAG, Ltd., where he built worldwide acceptance of branded men's apparel. He also served top tier advertising agencies including WPP, Bozell, DMB&B and McConnell & Company and has directed marketing at global marketing organizations including McGraw-Hill, Hanes/Playtex, and General Foods. As Management Director, he organized multi-national advertising efforts for Mars Incorporated/M&M Mars in 17 countries. Directing marketing efforts for the US Treasury and the US Olympic Committee, he was awarded the AMA's highest honor, the Gold EFFIE, for program effectiveness. Chuck earned his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and the BA in economics from DePauw University and Exeter University in England. He has taught sales and marketing management at Emerson College in Boston and served in the USAF, where he was Management and Procedures Officer within SAC and PACAF.

Lawrence Alan Dequintal

Vice President, Stewart, Cooper & Coon, Director of Outplacement Group Development
ldequintal@stewartcoopercoon.com

Larry has a long history of relationship building and business development successes with major Fortune 500 consumer companies and business services. Using a strategic approach to understanding client requirements, Larry develops an individualized, explicit rationale underscored by the desire to add value and increase return on investment.

As Owner/Publisher of Belden Communications, Larry developed the first strategy-focused HR management newsletter, HR Strategic Advisor, and has written more than 200 articles on corporate restructuring; C-level partnership; succession planning; talent management; and more. He also developed and moderated audio conferences with Ceridian, DDI, and PricewaterhouseCoopers on Metrics & Measurement, Exit Interviews, Transition Management.

Launching Fortune Magazine’s successful HR Conference Series, Larry served as senior consultant and developed the executive audience, from 1995-99.  He also provided sales/marketing support for the Fortune 500 and Global 500 Forum events. For an M&A financial research firm, Larry developed and moderated their sold-out conference with top partners from Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

At Dun & Bradstreet Business Education Services, Larry developed and marketed seminar training programs that lifted response rates to highest levels. Earlier in his career, Larry held direct marketing and sales promotion positions at major publishing companies: Meredith Corporation, Grolier, and Times Mirror.

Having earned his B.A. in English from Rutgers University, Larry has been active in industry associations throughout his career, receiving distinction awards for serving as NY Chapter President of the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association from 1995 to 2003.

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