New Program Helps Those That Have Lost Their Jobs to Stay One Step Ahead of the Competition

Dec. 5, 2008 - PRLog -- The Job Loss Prescription has been developed to assist individuals that are in the process of losing or have lost their jobs.  The program gives the participant a step by step roadmap which combines traditional advice with proven corporate, turnaround and marketing practices.  The key to the program’s success lies in the treatment of the individual as their own business.  This way, we are able to help them create a well thought out plan which provides clarity and structure to their self marketing efforts.  The end result keeps them one step ahead of the competition.

The program is offered, for free, at www.JobLossRx.com.

Clinton Ward, President, states, "The approach we took in creating the Job Loss Prescription was to combine traditional advice with the steps and counseling we give our corporate clients who are in a turnaround or rebuilding situation.  We then married this to the resources that were available on the internet such as amazon.com and the many e-zine authors who are experts in their own fields.  Then we wrapped this structure around the individual but, and this is where the program differs from everything else out there, we pictured the person who has lost their job as their own business.  In reality, they really are, selling their services to an employer in exchange for money.  Their skills are the commodity to be sold.  We want them to ultimately define the opportunity they want and create as strong and desirable a product, themselves, as possible."

By looking at the person in this light, we have developed a six-step program to move them to their next position.  The steps are designed to:

- help deal with the initial shock of losing a job;

- produce a well thought out financial plan;

- bring clarity as to where they are and what they want;

- focus on the tools they will need to stand out from the crowd;

- develop a plan for their immediate future; and

- create the right structures and systems to keep them ahead of their competition.

The six steps are broken into forty pieces.  We have found that by dividing the steps into smaller pieces, the level of accomplishment increases and the rate for successful completion of the entire program rises exponentially.

In order to be as "user friendly" as possible, the program has been placed on a separate website with no registration required.  Because this program is constantly evolving, we encourage visitors to check back often or to register for automatic notifications of upgrades to the website.  A companion workbook or individual worksheets are available, but not necessary, to assist users in successfully completing the program.

Ward also states, “The Job Loss Prescription is designed to be flexible.  The format we are using allows us to quickly bring in new ideas, programs and information.  This is especially important to a large portion of those who experience a job loss.  Our research has shown that roughly 40% of people who lose their jobs think about starting their own business.  Timely information and resources are vital to them.”

The Job Loss Prescription can be especially important for those who have lost jobs in the transportation, automotive, real estate and retail industries.  May of the jobs in these industries have been permanently eliminated.

In summary, our goal is to help the person that will lose or has lost their job to ultimately define the opportunity they want and create as strong and desirable a product, themselves, as possible.

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Founded in 1988, C. C. Ward & Associates has specialized in assisting small, medium, and large businesses to maximize their profit potential. Our approach in working with a client is to use the real world situations, experiences and solutions that we have learned directly from our work and indirectly from our clients.

Over the last twenty years, we have had numerous contracts with individual companies, major lending institutions, corporations, non-profit organizations, universities and the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). These contracts and the programs that they spawned were designed with one goal in mind, to increase the profitability of the program’s clients. Using proven methods and techniques, we have helped many of these businesses to significantly improve their levels of operation and profitability.