October 2012 – DEMO-E

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DES MOINES, IOWA (PRWEB) OCTOBER 31, 2012

As organizations plan for 2013, they are faced with the need to effectively manage their budget and find ways to increase ROI without significant costs. To help these organizations, Prositions, Inc., a talent transformation firm, is now offering Mix and Match savings packages on all their Full Talent Lifecycle Support Solutions.

To save money, and to ensure budget predictability, organizations can purchase Prositions’ Mix and Match savings packages, to use over the course of a year, as the need arises. Prositions offers several quantity discount programs based on the level of commitment, number of candidates enrolled, and payment terms.

“As a former Human Resource Executive, I remember sitting down with my crystal ball trying to predict our budget for the coming year. There are so many unknown variables. Predicting needs and costs for specific line-item areas was always one of my biggest challenges,” said Salsberry, “Our Mix and Match savings program allows HR managers to accurately budget for the year ahead, while allowing maximum flexibility for unforeseen events that are bound to arise.”

This flexible solution allows organizations to customize their own talent transformation packages, utilizing Prositions’ Dual Career Assistance, Outplacement, Talent Coaching, Leadership Coaching, and Retirement Planning services. It also allows them to mix and match the package levels offered: Silver, Silver Plus, Gold, Gold Plus, and Platinum which vary dependent upon how much time each individual candidate requires and accommodates candidates from entry level positions to high level executives.

“With our Mix and Match program, if you purchase a Leadership Coaching package for twenty employees, and you only end up needing ten, you can use the others for retirement planning, dual career assistance, outplacement, or any of our other services, while still receiving the benefits of our discounted package,” said Salsberry.
“Whether you have 15 candidates or 500, we have a money-saving solution for you,” and we will work closely with each organization to tailor a budget package based on their projected needs.”

Prositions Inc. is a rapidly growing Talent Transformation firm. It offers career transition assistance, leadership development and performance coaching, talent coaching and mentoring and retirement planning. Prositions does this in a distinct and advanced way by combining the power of the Internet with an international network of career experts. For more information about Prositions and their unique services, visit them on the web at http://prositions.com.

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Craig Robins Created by: Business Record
BY JOE GARDYASZ, Senior Staff Writer

Craig Robbins did several jobs while he was deployed to Afghanistan as a second lieutenant in the Illinois National Guard.

After eight months as a combat support adviser, he came home in the spring of 2011 to navigate what many veterans find to be an equally hostile environment – the corporate hiring system.

“I found the process to be fairly challenging,” said Robbins, 29, a University of Iowa graduate who now lives in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

Fortunately, he discovered a mentoring and placement program offered free to veterans by Prositions Inc., a West Des Moines-based career transition firm. Rather than landing a position with one of the thousands of companies in Prositions’ national database, though, Robbins was hired as a career strategist for its ProVeterans program.

Robbins is one of 43 veterans who have participated in ProVeterans since its launch a year ago, said Frank Russell, CEO of Prositions. Of those, 11 have landed positions. Another 22 who have enrolled are on hold, mostly to complete more schooling, and the rest are still looking for employment. The latest person to sign up recently is finishing a special tour in Iraq. “We’re helping him polish his resume so he’ll be ready when he comes back in 30 days,” Russell said.

Robbins learned after enrolling in ProVeterans that his resumes were likely being rejected by human resources departments’ document tracking systems, which are set to kick out resumes with any gaps in work history. And those many hats he wore – in addition to combat support, he also served in linguistic and public affairs roles – made it difficult for employers to believe that a 20-something had really handled all of those responsibilities.

Now, as a career strategist, Robbins helps veterans to effectively convey their skills to employers.

“It really comes down to the research,” he said. “I have them look very specifically at what skills and character traits that are going to apply to the very specific job they are applying for. For this job, how are you going to articulate those skills to the hiring manager?” Additionally, those skills must be translated from military jargon into terms business people will understand.

With bachelor’s and master’s degrees under his belt plus a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship, Robbins now is pursuing an online graduate certificate program in technology and has just started his own business: consulting and sales in the unmanned vehicle systems (also known as drones) industry.

“My life would be very different if I hadn’t received this coaching,” he said. “I think this generation is going to see veterans at the forefront of the entrepreneurial movement.”

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