Biggest scam to pass into a person being laid off is letting them think this place will help . A bunch of wankers and rude people it’s a cal center made
For high volumes of people
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Pretty much useless. May find some networking contacts but unlikely.
Just network with other co-workers that have moved on to other companies.
The programs and services are basic common knowledge . We worked at GM and were part of the downsizing so they could hire more technically qualified foreign workers via hb1 visa loophole. With that said the majority of employers LHH has in their data base are doing the same . So if your a white American good luck getting back into stem or tech ! Even applied at the GM plant when they were hiring and once they found out I was former GM they told me not to bother coming for interview!
I used such a service in the past. If I had the opportunity to use it again, I would skip it.
Chevron included the services of Lee Hecht Harrison for those employees who were laid off, if they cared to use the service. For most of us, I don't think LHH added that much value. For the few people who needed a little guidance, although it wasn't not stellar, at least this was a free service.
Agree. LHH is useless. Job searches are the same as LinkedIn. No value add. Washed up HR professionals spewing BS.
4yqk, I second that.
2zbg,
No luck on finding a job yet. I've been in this industry 20+ years now, and this is the worst I've seen for the job market. I know at least a dozen subsea engineers that were laid off at various companies, and nobody has found a job yet. I comb the major job sites daily, very few postings are ever added. Recruiters aren't calling like they normally have in the past. It will get worse, before it gets better. Operators take the first wave of cuts, since we are at the front lines of projects. The suppliers and contractor companies are 6-8 months behind us, since they are still operating on projects awarded years ago in some cases. Nothing in the pipeline for them, after these final projects wrap up.
@2vff, we are pleased to hear you had a productive experience and got a lot out of your time spent at LHH. I'm not being sarcastic in what I'd like to ask you... Have you found a job yet?
I used them when I got laid off in December. I found them very helpful, and enjoyed attending the courses at their office in Houston. It was good networking, as you are in a room with several other oil industry professionals that were laid off at their respective companies. At the end of each class, they make copies of the sign-in register and everyone gets email info shared. They also have some good online courses, interview/negotiation tactics, and resume coaching. It was free, and I had nothing better to do, so I went. If you learn one thing, it was worth it.
I've been using them as it first helped me get over being laid-off after 10 years. It had been so long and I didn't understand using LinkedIn, etc. So I went and they have like a round of classes you can take like the one on unemployment really helped and the guys doing the class were great; LinkedIn and social networking was so helpful to work on those things; they have a Jump Start class to get you started. It's just a lot and going helped me get off the ground with someplace to go to figure my next steps. The other thing depends on the coach assigned. I got really lucky with a great coach. Others I heard weren't thrilled with theirs. But I agree with the other posting - it really depends on you and what you want to get out of it. As LHH says - use them as your office if you want - use the computers, reserve an office, print stuff.
LHH is a basic service that may be of help to some and of little value to others. It all depends. For those with updated resumes and established networks, this service will not offer anything new to you. For those with few skills, an ancient resume, are confused or disoriented after the shock of a layoff... LHH may offer some sort of benefit. Chevron offers this service to round out the list of benefits upon exit. The value each ex-employee will get out of LHH is dependant on their own situation. But don't there thinking they are a recruitment or job finding agency. They only try to help you improve your chances of finding work. You still have to do all the leg work.
I used LHH when I was first laid off a few years ago. They're alright, if you don't have access to what they do. They can help with resume, networking, job boards, support groups, etc., especially for those who never been through something like this before. It's kinda like AA + AAA all in one, I suppose, like the other poster mentioned.
However, for those that have job hopped before, or are well-connected to their university's alumni networks, industry networks like SPE or ASME, or maintain good relations in their communities' other industries (government, non-profit, education, ag, manufacturing...), LHH is useless. It's also useless as they are only available in certain CVX cities; other cities have to use their virtual resources. Sometimes talking to a real person (hence the AA part) is really helpful.
Good place to get use to be unemployed and share like AAA groups.
They are useless.
use your secondary email. They spam a lot.
LHH is a useless place to go. Companies have to show that they care for you and want to help you to transition to a new career after you are let go and hence LHH comes to rescue. I was given session by my employer with LHH. Only thing they told me that my next job I will get will be through networking and hence I need to focus on networking, update my linkedin, put a nice picture on linkedin and more blah blah.
Their staff is so useless who don't understand the technical details written in the resume and told me to change my decently written resume. All my coworkers who went there told me that they found it was waste of time going to LHH.