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468 Power Verbs to Consider Using When Describing Your Actions and Achievements
This excerpt from "A Bend in The Road - A Guide to Career Transition" provides 468 verbs to consider using, when describing achievements.

Ross Mengel
Jan 283 min read


Managing Mental Wellness during Career Transition
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a world-renowned psychiatrist, first introduced the concept of the "five stages of grief" in her 1969 book On...

Ross Mengel
Oct 23, 20243 min read


How to Negotiate a Job Offer
It is an incredible achievement to have run a successful job search and to have received an offer of employment from a potential...

Ross Mengel
Sep 27, 20243 min read


5/5 success rate for one of DMA Group's recent outplacement interventions
In the last few months, DMA Group has provided career transition coaching and outplacement support to five departing professionals in the...

Ross Mengel
Aug 22, 20242 min read


Reactive and Proactive Approaches to Job Search
Approaches to job search are either reactive or proactive, with each having varying degrees of success. Here we explore the merits of each.

Ross Mengel
Feb 7, 20242 min read


The Four Phases of Career Transition
📹 This 55 second video provides an overview of the "Four Phases of Career Transition" which typically form the framework of our globally...

Ross Mengel
Sep 16, 20231 min read


The advantages of using DISC profiling during outplacement
The DISC profiler is an assessment tool that helps us understand a person’s behavioural style in the workplace from a number of...

Ross Mengel
Aug 7, 20233 min read


A History of DMA Group's Outplacement & Career Transition Services
This timeline highlights some of the events since 2002 that have shaped the Outplacement, Career Transition and Retrenchment Support...

Ross Mengel
Jun 12, 20231 min read


South Africa’s latest unemployment figures and the benefits of Entrepreneurial Coaching
The 0.6% drop in South Africa’s unemployment rate from 34.5% (2022 Q1) to 33.9% (2022 Q2) as reported by Stats SA this week has sparked a...

Ross Mengel
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Executive Assessment & Career Management Programmes - Shifting gears towards the "Great Retention"
The “great resignation” and “great re-evaluation” are global phenomena that have impacted on organisations in many ways, from shifts in...

Ross Mengel
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Second Edition of "A Bend in the Road - A Guide to Career Transition"
The DMA Group has offered Outplacement, Career Transition and Retrenchment Support programmes in a variety of Group and Individual...

Ross Mengel
Dec 2, 20211 min read


The Individual & Organisational Benefits of Outplacement
Outplacement, also known as career transition or retrenchment support, helps an organisation plan its staffing levels and continue to...

Ross Mengel
Oct 7, 20212 min read


The Benefits of Group Outplacement Workshops
In the context of career transition and retrenchment support, the benefits of group outplacement workshops and programmes are many and...

Ross Mengel
Sep 20, 20212 min read


Feedback from a "Bend in the Road" client making use of our Outplacement services
This "Thank You" note recently came from a client in response to one of our regular updates on the progress being made by five of their...

Ross Mengel
Jul 29, 20211 min read


Advice for Jobseekers - Considering Self-Employment
If you’re looking for a way to cover your expenses as you search for a new position, or thinking of fulfilling your dream of being your...

Ross Mengel
Apr 6, 20211 min read
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