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Negotiating Your Outplacement or Severance Package?
by David Madison, Ph.D.

If you are a professional, manager or executive and think you are about to lose your job, read  Get What's Coming to You. to find out how to negotiate your severance with your employer and how to choose the outplacement services that are best for you.

The Five O'Clock Club can probably help you. We have even helped consultants, part-timers and short-timers negotiate severance packages well in excess of what they expected.

If you want help with your negotiation, just call 212-286-9332 and ask for Richard Bayer. He will assign you to an expert in severance negotiation. For a very modest fee you may be able to get thousands of extra dollars in your pocket.

Fortune 500 as well as smaller corporations and not-for-profits have paid for their employees to use The Five O'Clock Club's services. Maybe you can get your employer to give you the same kind of help. Read on!

Visit www.FiveOClockClub.com to learn more about our content, methods, and read our counselor bios. Feel free to contact us via email or call 212-286-9332.

If you can get your company to pay, you can present one of these packages to them. We. ll help you negotiate the best deal.

Submitting a Proposal to
Your Employer

 A package can be customized to suit your situation. Just email us for a quote. Four representative packages are listed below. On our website, click and print the invoice you want and take it to your employer. If you need help negotiating, just email us: Richard@FiveOClockClub.com.

Pricing for Career Counseling
and Related Services

**     The Career Counseling Package for those earning $100,000 or more:

·      The premium package is $5,000 and includes 14 hours of private counseling with a senior Five O'Clock Club consultant and all of the benefits listed below.

·      The standard package is $4,000 and includes 9 hours of private counseling and all of the benefits listed below.

·      The bare-bones package is $3,000 and includes 5 hours of private counseling and all of the benefits listed below.


**   The Career Counseling Package for those earning less than $100,000:

·      The premium package is $3,000 and includes 8 hours of private counseling with a senior Five O'Clock Club consultant and all of the benefits listed below.

·      The bare-bones package is $2,000 and includes 3 hours of private counseling and all of the benefits listed below. 


Career Counseling-Related Services: 

The Career Counseling Package includes the private counseling listed above. In addition, all packages include ONE YEAR of small group career counseling - the service job hunters need most!  YOUR PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES :

**  private career counseling sessions (number of sessions as listed above) with a Five O'Clock Club-certified Career Counselor to determine a career direction, develop a résumé, plan salary negotiations, etc.

**  up to ONE YEAR of small-group teleconference counseling (there are usually 5 or 6 participants in a group) headed by a senior Five O'Clock Club career consultant.

** 2-year membership in The Five O'Clock Club. Benefits include:

 -   a jam-packed Beginner's Kit 
 -   a membership card & one-year subscription to The Five O'Clock News
 -   discount movie tickets to help your morale.
 -   access to a network of career counselors and seminars covering the 50 states.
 -   access to the Members Only section of our web site.

** the complete set of our four books (Targeting the Job You Want,  Building a Great Résumé, Getting Interviews,  and Interviewing and Salary Negotiation.)

** a boxed set of 16 audio-taped Five O'Clock Club presentations.

Space and other facilities:    
 We find that most clients have computers. even fax capability / Internet access. at home and do not require outside space. However, space is available throughout the country and can be purchased separately at a cost lower than through traditional outplacement firms.

 

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