Outplacement Testimonials - Career Transition Success Stories

Louise Banks, National Childminding Association

"After attending the Career Workshop and Interview Skills Workshops with Sprint, I found a renewed confidence in my ability to get the right job. I found the interview skills training particularly useful. My first interview was just 15 days after receiving the training and I was delighted to be offered the job the same day. I really feel the help and support received from Sprint was instrumental in me achieving this role in such a short space of time."
"I would advise anyone looking for employment to take this course as it clearly makes a difference to your employability."

Kate Stevenson, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service

"Gary was inspirational when I met him in January 2011 whilst I was still employed by RBFRS. With his thoughtful insight and encouragement, Gary enabled me to move forward through a challenging few months. Gary's enthusiasm and motivation enabled me to develop and launch my own company. No mean feat in the current economic climate. Gary is able to explain things clearly in language you understand, help you to achieve deadlines and is a patient coach. I recommend Gary as he is an excellent communicator and delivers all that is asked of him and more."

S Montoya (Mitsubishi Electric R & D Centre Europe):

"Thank you for your excellent support and advice. I now feel confident and well equipped to face the job market with a strong CV and much more clarity about what I want. You've helped me to identify and categorise my skills and experience so that I now have a pool to draw from and adapt for each job I apply for. As people, it's very clear that you care about the work you do and the people you work for. You have gone out of your way to help and for this I am very grateful.
Thanks again for everything".

Head of Human Resources and Development, Immigration Services G4S:

“Many thanks for the completion of the Outplacement project and the concluding report. It is evident from reading [the report] that the staff took advantage of your services. My feedback from talking to the staff involved is that they were very impressed with your offerings and thoroughly enjoyed their time with your Consultants. They also felt that what they received help focus their minds on their plans for the future and provided them with skills to assist in their job search.
This has given them a much needed boost during what is a difficult period for them. Thanks again”.

Career Foundation Workshop and individual face-to-face career coaching at G4S

"Very helpful. Has given me motivation to get started on productive job searching, compiling my CV, strategy for career change."
"A very well presented session, thank you!"
"Very helpful day. Highlighted some glaring weaknesses in my CV and cover letters. Also gave me a better understanding of job search options."
"Very useful, feel far more confident now."
"Very informative and relevant, very well presented."

Peter Woolley (Ex Army Officer)

I would like to thank Andy Murray and Gary Clarke for their support, commitment and personal interest towards my career goals and aspirations and helping the transition into my chosen profession. With their organisational skills, insight and focus I was very quickly able to identify suitable jobs to apply for at the appropriate level and was successful at the multi-stage interview process first time, landing me a top Management Consultancy role.
Gentlemen - many thanks!

RA Giddings MBE (ex Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 1)

Thanks a lot for all your advice and the compilation of the new CV, I'm very impressed. The layout and presentation I agree are much clearer and give a better profile than any previous CV's. I'll give it a trial run on the List etc and apply for further positions soonest, keeping you informed of progress. Thanks again.

Ms S Mitchell, (Platinum Outplacement Programme - L3 Communications)

It has also been a great pleasure having so much help from Sprint, as I said before, I could not have done it without you. You really helped to boost my confidence and I think you are excellent at your job and the service you provide. I will highly recommend you to anyone should I need to. Yes, the future vibes are looking good, I shall for sure let you know how it all goes next week in the new job, just as soon as I get the chance and it will be my pleasure to do so.

Mr. Talbot, Bronze Outplacement Course Attendee

Very informative course, set at a good pace.
Thanks to Sprint for a very professional presentation.

Mr. Hammond, Bronze Outplacement Course Attendee

The course was very comprehensive and provided me with clear strategies for improving my CV and providing me with clear guidance for potential interviews.
A most enjoyable course.

Mr. Woods, Bronze Outplacement Course Attendee

Excellent course - well worth attending.
Good ideas given. Excellent resources.

Mrs. Dyke, Bronze Outplacement Course Attendee

Excellent.
I learnt about the key things that have concerned me about applying for new jobs.
Andy and Gary were supportive without being patronising and could not do enough to ensure post-course opportunities.
Thanks to both of you.

Mr. Kerry, Bronze Outplacement Course Attendee

I enjoyed the day and found the input very informative. It has given me food for thought on improving my CV and pointers for interview

Bronze Outplacement Course Attendee, Burton College

We had a very useful, supportive, thought provoking day. We are all rewriting CVs as we now know how we should have done them. Andy is going to check them over and give feedback. Everything on the timetable was covered and more besides. Nothing was too much trouble. Sprint could not do enough to ensure that the outcomes were achieved. We have been given a login to let us access further materials etc and this support will be available for some time - which is fantastic. Personally I cannot praise them enough.

Mr J Chapman, MD (Engineering Company)

As a family run engineering business, we were recently in an unfortunate position of having to downsize our workforce due to the economic climate, many of whom had been with us over 30 years and had no CV or any idea on where to search for a new position. We approached Chris from Sprint Outplacement Services who came to see us and showed us the range of support training packages available. We put all of the redundant staff on one of their Bronze courses and the feedback we received was excellent. They helped the staff with their CVs, showed them where to place their CVs on the internet sites and helped them with many other aspects of job hunting and interview guidelines. Chris’s approach was very professional and almost all of our redundant staff have now secured new positions.

J Ashfield, Nottingham

I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the great job you did in helping me with my CV and interview preparation.  The number of responses I received during my job search was much improved since I started sending out my new CV and now I have received an offer for employment. Thanks again.

P Gilmore, Coventry

After many years with the same company it was a very daunting proposition to be back in the job market. I have to say that the help, support and guidance given by Sprint ensured that I felt much more confident about myself and has ultimately assisted me to achieve my ideal job in a challenging new industry.

G Stewart, Yorkshire

Just a short note to say thank you so much for your excellent training course that I attended last week. I found the course very informative and I have now revamped my CV, chosen a covering letter and am pleased to say I have now secured 2 interviews next week.

Mr P Chapman, MD (Business Gift Company)

It has been a pleasure working closely with Gary and the team at Sprint Outplacement Services. We chose to put some of our redundant senior managers on one of Sprint’s Platinum courses which gave them one to one training and are now 1 month into their 6 months full support. We had never had cause to use an outplacement company before and when Sprint were recommended to us, we arranged a meeting to discuss our requirements. We have received excellent feedback on the course from all of the staff and Gary’s enthusiasm and professional approach has given the staff all they needed to secure new employment.

Mr J Priest, Staffordshire

During these recent very trying times it has been a great source of reassurance to me to know that Sprint were always at the end of the telephone to help with anything I needed help on and the seminar I attended was brilliantly run and has helped me more than you could possibly know.

Mr A Clarke, HR Manager (Large Roofing/Building Services Company)

As a large construction company, we have been in the unenviable situation where we have had to make a number of staff redundant. Sprint Outplacement Services were able to tailor a course to suit our requirements, and the course that Chris & Andy ran was very professionally run and the feedback from all staff has been that they felt it was very worthwhile and have already put many of their ideas into practice. Rob was of particular help in supporting some of our staff and the stresses involved in facing redundancy. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to other organisations.