Career Transition

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Career Transition and Separation

In today’s rapidly evolving world of work, where significant job losses are occurring in both the public and private sectors, the thought of navigating a career transition alone can be overwhelming. This means facing uncertainty, questioning relevance, and seeking new ways to position themselves for success. At the same time, these changes create opportunities: the chance to redefine a career, explore new pathways, and design work that aligns with both professional goals and personal fulfillment.

Building résumés, struggling to articulate transferable skills, or feeling “stuck” between what you’ve done and where you want to go can erode confidence and momentum. Why highly accomplished professionals can even benefit from guidance, structure, and support.

RGi’s services are built to meet clients where they are, tailored to address their specific needs. 

We provide strategic positioning to help you define your next move, personal branding to help you stand out, and networking strategies to connect you with real opportunities. We also prepare you for the future by aligning your skills with tomorrow’s demands, strengthening your interview and negotiation performance, and equipping you with the resilience to move forward with confidence. Beyond the next role, we help you design a career portfolio — a long-term roadmap that balances income, growth, and fulfillment across multiple streams of work.

The result is a comprehensive and structured approach to career transition that reduces uncertainty, shortens the transition time, and positions you for both immediate opportunities and long-term success. Whether you are stepping into a new role, shifting industries, or designing an entirely new chapter, we serve as your trusted partner — helping you move not just from one job to another, but toward a more purposeful and sustainable career.

RGi offers flexible programs tailored to your needs.

Virtual, stand-alone, self-paced offerings that allow departing employees to progress through the material at their own pace.

• Cost-effective for all parties, as it eliminates commuting and the expense of in-person workshops.

• Suitable for a single departing employee or thousands of employees affected by downsizing.

• Readily available exception materials can meet crucial time turnaround demands.

1.  Navigating the Future – a career transition manual designed for professionals (295 pages), together with a companion Career Development Plan (134 pages).

2. Navigating Your Job Search: Guidelines and Tools to Chart Your Course is designed for skilled trades workers — the backbone of the medical, government, service, operations, building, hospitality, mechanical, technical, transportation, non-profit, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. Your work keeps communities running and economies strong, and you deserve the same level of purpose and stability in your career journey (148 pages).

Career Transition Workshops

Professionals in Transition Workshop

Facilitator Darlene Davis

An eight-session, interactive, online program for six professionals.

Navigating the Future: A Guide for the Journey, 295-page Digital Manual

134-page manual together with the companion Career Development Plan. 

Additional applicable tools from the RGI Learning and Development Center.

Darlene brings comprehensive experience coaching and developing executives, senior and mid-managers, and individuals from various industries and disciplines (engineering, science, construction, law, wholesale transportation, retail, distribution, military, government, technology, non-profit, education, health care, manufacturing, banking, finance) in career/life planning, mapping, transition, and performance.

The dimension and context provide a unique awareness and approach, encompassing corporate organization locally, nationally, and globally (North America, Latin America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia), as well as an in-depth understanding of the human component.

Skilled Employees in Transition Workshop

Six, three-hour interactive, online sessions for up to 15 participants with Navigating Your Job Search Guidelines and Tools to Chart Your Course, 48-page Digital Manual

and resume critique.

AI Online Job Search Session

Facilitator Wayne Davis

Career Transition for Professionals

Career Transition for Skilled Employees

Three, three-hour interactive, online sessions for up to 15 participants. 

Navigating the Future with AI is a resource for individuals in transition and those anticipating a transition. 

The approach involves presenting sample inquiries, responses, and applications. 

Introduction.

Getting Started: AI Setup 

Current, Open, Available Job Openings That Match My Job Goals:

Company Research 

Verifying Market Demand 

Specific Job Description, Job Requirements, and Qualifications 

My Explicit Qualifications, My Unique Experience 

Response Summary 

The Ten Key Interview Questions 

STAR-Format Stories 

Thank You Letter 

Resources  

Generative AI Sites 

AI Capabilities 

Prompt Strategies for Better Results 

Building a Portfolio 

Contact for Questions and Information

Take charge of your future and attend the "It's Your Business Workshop!" 

Are you ready for a fresh start and eager to turn your passion into a thriving business? Join Dr. Joe Fierro, a solopreneur, who did just that! In this workshop, aspiring business owners will learn the fundamentals that helped him transition from full-time military, civil service, and corporate jobs to founder and CEO of his own consulting, coaching, and training firm. 

The "It's Your Business Workshop" is designed specifically for transitioning adults who want to take charge of their future!

In this six-hour hands-on workshop, taught in four 90-minute virtual, recorded sessions, you’ll learn how to answer for yourself the three crucial questions to know whether now is the time to launch your own business, or what you need to begin planning! The three questions are.

1. Is your business idea feasible?
2. Is your business idea viable?
3. Is your business idea desirable?

In addition to the instructor-led videos, key takeaways include a participant workbook that will guide you to:

· Identify and refine your business idea 

· Research essential components of your business start-up plan 

· Understand the essentials of marketing and branding 

· Manage personal and business cash flow 

· Operations and systems management

Whether you dream of opening a cozy café, launching an online store, or providing a unique service, this workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of starting up and launching your venture. Take the first step toward your entrepreneurial dream and join Dr. Joe Fierro in transforming your aspirations into reality. Your adventure starts here!

Coaching

Individual Coaching for Professionals

Excellent, comprehensive materials developed explicitly for professionals coached by Darlene Davis.

Comprehensive Program – A 90-day or 6-month transition package.

Focused Modules – Select the areas where you need the most support.

Ongoing Advisory – Monthly coaching and accountability to sustain progress-- a partner who keeps you focused, encouraged, and adaptive through the uncertainties of the process.

Professionals today need three things most: clarity, confidence, and connection.

• Clarity comes from identifying strengths, transferable skills, and realistic career pathways. 

• Confidence is built by shaping a strong personal brand, learning how to share a compelling story, and preparing communications such as resumes, digital correspondence, first-class interviewing, and negotiating conversations.

• Connections are formed through the development of effective networking strategies, gaining access to the hidden job market, and building a portfolio of opportunities that extend beyond the traditional job search.

“Thank you for the excellent work you have done for Fannie Mae with the outplacement and career development services you have provided over the past 3+ years. The quality of your service and materials is exemplary! Organizational reengineering transitions are difficult and involved. 

“Darlene Davis is a very knowledgeable professional. She required us to think and look inward and outward about the future. I’m leaving here with 500% more knowledge . . . Superior information, priceless. . . Highly energetic instructor. . .In 23 years, it was probably the most professional and informative training I have ever attended. Darlene’s personal touches and offering to see individuals one-on-one were invaluable.”

“A huge success. Overall rating: Outstanding.”

G.R. Collins

Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard

Executive Coaching

Our one-on-one executive coaching spans multiple disciplines encompassing career advancement and transition support for those seeking promotion or new opportunities, those navigating career transitions, adapting to new roles and environments, managing significant life changes, and/or coping with personal challenges.

Our approach to executive transition.

Strategic reframing. Help clients tell a powerful value narrative — not just a résumé rework, but a positioning strategy that aligns skills, achievements, and aspirations with market demand.

Personal connecting. Guide clients in creating a credible, consistent presence to stand out in a fluid job market.

Career mapping. Assist in identifying multiple pathways (traditional roles, consulting, interim leadership, entrepreneurial ventures) and weigh risks, opportunities, and alignment with goals.

Targeted structure. Provide structure for outreach, introductions, and relationship-building to access hidden opportunities and shorten transition time.

Resilience and accountability. Act as a partner who keeps clients focused, encouraged, and adaptive through the uncertainties of the process.

Skill alignment and growth. Recommend targeted upskilling to close gaps and signal readiness for future roles.

Program Participation

CEOs, CXOs, presidents, executives, department heads, and business unit managers and directors across the international organization. 

Program Delivery

Private sessions via ZOOM, or TEAMS.

Duration of initial program of eight, two-hour sessions, plus pre-work and post-work.

Executive Coach

Wayne Davis

Client Organizations

Texas Instruments, Navy Air Warfare Center, CMS Scientific, C&D Technologies, Essilor Laboratories, Federal Executive Institute - Center For Executive Leadership, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NAWC Test and Evaluation Center, U.S. Army, and others.