Vendors List

Outplacement

Name: John A. Challenger
Title: CEO
Company: CHALLENGER, GRAY & CHRISTMAS, INC.
Address: 150 S. Wacker Dr.
City St Zip: Chicago IL 60606
Work Phone: 312-332-5790
Email: johnchallenger@challengergray.com
Website: challengergray.com
Description: With 27 offices around the U.S., Challenger, Gray & Christmas is the nation’s premier outplacement firm and pioneer. Our consultants are permanent, fulltime and rigorously trained and certified in our outplacement process. Headquartered in Chicago, we handle C-level executives, middle managers, technical professionals, and non-exempts released in downsizings. We provide professional counseling, cutting edge search techniques, and sophisticated administrative support to meet our clients’ needs, delivering a proven track record of lowered search times and improved positions found. In addition, Challenger Business and Executive Coaching provides high quality coaching programs that develop HR capital by focusing executives and their teams on the achievement of concrete business objectives and top performance. We are a significant voice and advocate representing the human resources profession in the media.
 

Name: Michael Farrell
Title: District Manager
Company: DBM
Address: 55 W. Monroe St., Ste. 2900
City St Zip: Chicago IL 60603
Work Phone: (312) 578-4208
Email: michael_farrell@dbm.com
Website: dbm.com
Description: Celebrating our 40th year, DBM is a global leader providing career management, executive coaching and outplacement services to organizations and individuals, helping them achieve success in the changing world of work.  Each year we serve over 7000 organizations in 85 countries, including our 70 offices in the United States. As the innovative industry leader, DBM has demonstrated excellence with each impacted employee on an individual basis. We understand local and specific market needs and have the resources and speed to respond to every situation our customers have globally, when necessary.
 

Name: Kathleen Kuffner
Title: Senior Consultant
Company: FIRST TRANSITIONS, INC.
Address: 1211 W. 22nd St., Ste. 1006
City St Zip: Oakbrook IL 60523
Work Phone: (630) 571-3311
Email: kkuffner@firsttransitions.com
Website: firsttransitions.com
Description: We provide innovative, personalized career transition services to program participants and client organizations. Our history in providing a full compliment of career transition services (including outplacement at all levels), internal career development centers, teambuilding, executive coaching, career planning or assisting individuals in establishing new businesses, has been enhanced by taking a personal interest in the success of each individual. In 2002, a new division, First Strategies, was created to meet the growing demand for our non-outplacement services.
Our firm is recognized as ethical, empathetic, positive, pro-active and professional at every level and in every situation. We measure our success by what we consider to be the most important criteria; long term satisfaction of the individual involved in the process.

Name: Zeno Wisniewski
Title: Director of Corporate Services
Company: GRAY HAIR MANAGEMENT
Address: 1181 Lake Cook Road
City St Zip: Deerfield IL 60015
Work Phone: (847) 940-2800
Email: zeno@grayhairmanagement.com
Website: grayhairmanagement.com
Description: Gray Hair Management is a boutique provider of personalized job transition coaching as well as individualized career development mentoring for senior level managers. Our highly skilled professionals together with our effective "Pathways Through Transitionsm" program, successfully prepare our client executives to "Win the Job Race". 
The combination of over 4,300 current global network members, extensive access to job market opportunities, regularly sponsored networking events and the effectiveness of our exclusive one-on-one programs positions Gray Hair Management to be the provider of choice among executives in transition. Gray Hair Management's comprehensive, personalized approach, together with years of real-world business experience, contributes to the outstanding record of successes and the personal career growth enrichment of our clients.

Name: Robert S. Wilson
Title: Principal
Company: HIGH POTENTIAL, INC.
Address: 33 W. Monroe St., Ste. 2000
City St Zip: Chicago IL 60603-5411
Work Phone: (312) 252-8200
Email: bob@high-potential-inc.com
Website: high-potential-inc.com
Description: Boutique Executive Development firm, specializing in: Executive Coaching (remedial/leadership), Professional/Executive Outplacement and Executive Assessment (BestFit for hiring, promotion and HR due diligence). Firm principals specialize in high-touch, candid coaching & outplacement, primarily to the Professional Services, Healthcare and Hospitality industries. Full service, high-tech facilities in heart of Chicago Loop financial district. We help high performers maximize their potential…

Name: Martha Watt
Title: National Account Executive
Company: IMPACT GROUP
Address: Sears Tower, 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 9420
City St Zip: Chicago, IL 60606
Work Phone: (847) 607-5062
Email: mwatt@impactgrouphr.com
Website: impactgrouphr.com
Description:  IMPACT Group is a global, WBE-certified company recognized as the leader in relocation and career transition solutions. IMPACT Group’s Relocation Transition Assistance, Outplacement, and Retirement Coaching services have assisted over 300 Fortune and Global 500 companies employees, families, and spouses worldwide. For the past 20 years, IMPACT Group has developed an unrivaled expertise in relocation and career transition through the utilization of next-generation technologies delivered by expert, certified career/family coaches.  The passion to make a positive difference has earned IMPACT Group a ranking of #1 in customer satisfaction for 11 years by Trippel Survey & Research. Visit IMPACT Group online at www.impactgrouphr.com.
 

Name: Brian G. Clarke
Title: Managing Partner Search
Company: KENSINGTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Address: 1415 W. 22nd St., Ste. 500
City St Zip: Oak Brook IL 60523-2084
Work Phone: (630) 571-0123
Email: bclarke@kionline.com
Website: kionline.com
Description: Founded in 1988, Kensington International expertly partners with its clients on each element of the Employment Life Cycle - from talent acquisition/assessment through retention/development and career transition. Kensington International ranks as one of the largest and most successful Talent Management firms in the US that targets the Middle Market. The firm provides Executive Search, Leadership Development and Outplacement services to its clients within key industry segments through three distinct lines of business and in many instances provides all three services to a single client.  Kensington International delivers its services Worldwide through its partner organizations Career Partners International and The World Search Group.
 

Name: Michael V. Mulligan, Ph.D., CMF
Title: CEO
Company: MULLIGAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
Address: 1600 Golf Road, Ste. 1200
City St Zip: Rolling Meadows IL 60008
Work Phone: (847) 981-5725
Email: mike@mulligan1983.com
Website: mulliganassociates.com
Description: A boutique career transition firm that works with senior executives and managers who want more service than the average outplacement firm can provide. A proven track record in helping business leaders move forward in their careers either becoming reemployed or self-employed. The firm prides itself on its personal and flexible service as well as its proactive approach in marketing clients. All candidates will work directly with Dr. Michael V. Mulligan, and will receive a program that is tailored to meet their needs. The firm works with a limited number of individuals at one time so each person receives the service they expect and deserve.

Name: Paul Schneider
Title: 
Company: SSP BPI GROUP
Address: 18W140 Butterfield Rd., Ste. 1160
City St Zip: Oakbrook Terrace IL 60181
Work Phone: (630) 203-2400
Email: pschneider@sspcorp.net
Website: sspcorp.net
Description: Scherer Schneider Paulick - Creating Shared Success. Scherer Schneider Paulick (SSP) is an innovative consulting firm specializing in career management. We provide a range of customized resources to support lasting individual career success in the new workplace. Our services include career transition, executive coaching and career development consulting. We achieve superior results because we understand each client has unique needs. At "our" core, we respect this uniqueness by developing relevant solutions, each and every time. SSP is one of the largest Chicago-based and owned career management firms. And as an OI Partner company, we provide a broad range of career management and coaching services through 200 offices worldwide including Chicago, Oakbrook Terrace, Deerfield, Joliet, Rockford and St. Louis.