Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

LHH is completely underwhelming. I am convinced that my employer hired them to provide them with liability protection after laying me off rather than to provide any help with my next job.

They repeatedly emailed me telling me that my services were about to expire, even after I replied to one saying that I was not ready to start using them yet.

They have an archaic website. The job board has fewer jobs you'd find on the popular job boards. There's nothing exclusive about them and the filters are horrible.

They did my resume review which was just okay. It also had a ton of typos and grammar mistakes. It's likely that you won't get a chance to sit down with the person who actually reviewed it. When you do go to follow-up it is a group call with other job seekers and no individual attention. The facilitator directed me to go to my coach for individual attention.

The coach seemed okay at first, but during our 3rd session (they will also try to space sessions out as far as possible) when I was hitting a wall and needed him to lead a bit, he started to get ready to wrap up the session after just 6 minutes.
LHH = SCAM

@FPlds Sad but true.

Lee Hecht Harrison's customer is Intel Corporation. Not you.

Like most of you I was provided with 6 months of LHH services as part of a VSP. I sure hope Intel is not paying much for this service. The updated resume I received back from them was unusable. Then I had a meeting with a recruiter (?) who provided some canned suggestions that were very high level and generic. He didn't ask me a single question about what I wanted to do with my career going forward, it was like a template was applied to me and he did most of the talking. I later got much more thorough and complete advice for free on youtube for my resume, for my linkedin profile, looking for a job, interacting with recruiters, and for some specifics related to my career search.

My advice - don't waste your time with them, use other means of getting your resume and linkedin updated and look somewhere else for other types of coaching/feedback.

I had them in 1985 from Travelers reverse discrimination layoff. Then in 2003 Mass Mutual reverse discrimination layoff (Travelers execs escaped there) I just told within minutes Fu-k you and Fu-k your company.

LHH's internal employment website is their best resource. Their counselors are a mixed bag however. I work in the financial services industry where layoffs occur on a regular basis. The last time I was laid off I was assigned a counselor and met with an older gentlemen on about 3 or 4 occasions. While initially he seemed pretty interested in my plight by the last progress appointment I sensed he was a bit annoyed that I hadn't gained employment yet. This despite a constant sending of resumes. When I landed I called and left him a message on my success. I never a heard a peep back from the dude. Now I didn't really need his help. I know how to write resumes and search for jobs. However, I thought I'd work with their "program". Bottomline: Use their online resources but don't put much faith in their counselors.

Lhh Knightbrige is a handholding to realization that you are on your own .
The services they offer are trivial and the same as you get on YouTube or google search . Resumes , etc … very very negative … it is unfortunate not much regulation on accountability when it comes to dealing with human life’s when job loss occurs . Speaking with LHH they say it’s on the individual and they are not a placement service . Which is all fine in dandy by why use them at all ? Well after talking to an HR executive it was explained obfuscate corporate malfeasance and human rights violations , social contract violations ( corporations taking bailouts and them paying bonuses to execs and then downsizing to make up for the bonus bailout which was suppose to help stimulate job growth) … the only way things will get better if people take positive steps to social change .

Completely and totally useless. They use the ex-company expense to make them feel better about firing you. Tell your ex-company to give you the money instead. Rip-off artists

I agree total waste of time been made redundant my company have paid them and they had the nerve to cancel 2 initial appointments.

I agree with the others; LHH is totally useless. During COVID lock downs they are extremely and utterly useless. Their online "services" is an utter wast of valuable time, in useless, so called trainings. I was assigned a contact, with an attitude, and vague as he-l. Looking back now, it seems to me that their business model is to string you along, while you sift through material that doesn't really help you at a very vulnerable time. The only useful thing, that is not even their own, is the LinkedIn Courses.

If I could go back, I'd ask my former employer to replace the offer for LHH garbage, with an extended subscription to LinkedIn courses.

They are totally worthless. The only upside is that you can use their copiers, staplers, pens, pencils, etc. for free. When you go there, steal all the office supplies that you can get your hands on. That will be the only upside to wasting your time going there.

I agree, they have blown off appointments, scheduled and not attended. My company Pfizer, hired them to help with job placement. Honestly, they s—.

Received literally zero help from them. Complete waste of money. Do not use them.

Resume help is good but basically, it allows the employer to say that "we provided career counseling services to affected employees to help them obtain employment".

I retired in 2016 as the exit package was an offer I couldn’t refuse. I knew I would eventually unretire, so I went through the LHH process. You get out what you put in through engaging, and I must admit I did get a better resume out of the process (one that did net me a job).

Bottom line — a lot of people may get cut from Intel over the next few years, so be ready to retool with whatever works for you.

My experience is just the opposite from most of the posts i see. I worked with LHH in 2009 when i lost my job
at GM/Delphi Automotive Systems. I developed a k–ler resume and cover letter, followed their guidance
performing job searches and did find a great job at GE in Grove City PA. Not a waste of time.

Lee Hecht Harrison is a waste of time their coaches need to get off their asses and actually do their job and find people work . If they can’t do this they are a pointless organization billing based in head count . The attitude that it is up to the person laid off to do all the work is a massive excuse of lazy coaches .
They should be shut down by government for wasting peoples time .

I cannot agree more with all the constructive (negative) comments about LHH, its services, and coaches. To say the program is a joke is a significant understatement. LinkedIn, glassdoor, and indeed combined will provide you with more than LHH does. Number of independent career coaches offer free webinars and other sessions where you will learn no less, if not more, than what LHH offer.
Whether on LHH program or not, you are on your own to find and get the job.
For me personally, milewalkacademy.com and youtube videos by Andrew LaCivita have been more helpful than LHH. Note, I'm not affiliated nor had taken any paid coaching programs from this guy.

LHH is a joke at best. Most of what they offer can be obtained on LinkedIn. Don’t ask for help with anything because you’re given the brush off. They don’t respect your time. In my opinion it’s a scam. 2 months were purchased when I was laid off. The majority of that time is waiting on them to review your resume to be told to do webinars while you wait that often available on LinkedIn in. As the client your not respected or treated as the one they are supposed to be helping. Dollar value of the service is 0. Do yourself a favor subscribe to LinkedIn in premium and DIY.

Stalkers! I had to finally tell them to stop contacting me. The rep called me from Florida (I'm in California) at the crack of dawn several times. When I let it go to vm, she would immediately send a follow up email. I told her in back in July, I would call her when I was ready. The last straw was when she stepped it up to sending me a text and email back to back. After researching the company, reading tons of reviews, and knowing that their business is to sell you monthly access to jobs (supposedly exclusive to them), I think it was a good decision to opt out. The rep couldn't even tell me what type of jobs they had to see if they matched my skills.

LHH was pretty useless

I think it's helpful if you buy-in and use the different aspects of the program. I needed to update my resume and LinkedIn and they helped me do that and my consultant helped me rethink some of my interview answers too. I have been much more confident this time. I'm still looking but I like having someone to guide through this up and down process especially since everything is virtual.

100% useless. All they offer is thier website, it don’t work.

I think the best thing they can offer is professional resume consultation.

Their resume was redo for me was pretty awesome. I tweaked it a little since they didn't understand the nature of my skillset (I.T.), but format and presentation was excellent. I had a couple of hiring managers mention that the resume was well-done.

Laid off for over a week .They can not even find jobs for me in my town.They say there aren't any.Then why am I finding them.The resume service plain and simply s—s.Ask your company to give you the money instead.you will be able to do much more with it.

Absolutely useless and their job search engine provides useless opportunities. They don’t offer recruiter level service so it is a complete waste of time. My sense is companies that lay people off provide it to make themselves feel better that they are helping you transition but it’s a waste of everyone’s time and money. Their resume writer couldn’t even spell half of the words on my resume and provided and uploaded a final draft full of typos.

I was recently laid off by a beauty conglomerate and they offered LHH (March 2020) as part of our severance packages. After two calls with LHH consultants and after browsing their site, I have left feeling underwhelmed by their services. All advice that has been given to me about my resume is outdated (they recommend 2 pages+ resumes, "about me/branding" statements, zero graphics/personality). I've spoken to several recruiters in my industry (marketing) and they all disagree with this advice from LHH. From there, all calls with the consultants are at least 2 weeks out from when you want to schedule something. They must be overwhelmed with clients to offer such limited scheduling. From there, the website is very outdated in my opinion. It's very bland and hard to navigate. I've had more luck "pounding the pavement" so to speak. Overall, I think updating your resume and LinkedIn followed by digital networking and skill assessments are a much better use of your time

LHH useless. Ask for money instead. Are you recently got laid off ? Which team?

They are stalking me. 3 calls I’ve clearly ignored/sent to voicemail and not called back. They need to go away. I’m a recruiter, pretty sure I can do my own resume and find a new job when the market picks up.

Redundant and my employer has never heard of lhh

Don’t waste your time with LHH , your better off just pounding the pavement and networking .
If your employer offers this service ask if you can get an extension on benefits or something actually useful .

Worked in Austin , got laid off was working for GM , they downsized the people they didn’t want then changed job names reposted the jobs and hired different people immigrants with working visas right out of college with the newer relevant education to do development .
GM offered LHH , a pointless waste of money , could have been better spent on better services.
LHH basically just uses very generic info ( free on internet ) how to make resumes , prepare for interviews etc... this info is available via google . They have a limited job bank (which by all accounts is made up of padded jobs)
None off the people who I worked with found Lhh useful . They all found jobs without the help of Lhh . From employers And other agencies non of them even knew what LHH .
Their employees seem frustrated reminded me of call center setup . Using webinars, videos, conference calling etc... LHH via GM is setup for high volume of users to process quickly . Honestly it harkens back to the day of big corporations spending money on friends businesses LHH is really a billing service based on body count . The service they offer is useless , pointless , and so generic . Their digital assistant Ella is terrible , if searches and notifies you if there are job matches . I think I got one match I. 24 month period( although I found work through a local college job Center ) . Just because they are utilizing technology as part of their play form of assistance is redundant . Bottom line Lhh offerers lots of flash and sizzle but quickly becomes apparent it is more like a scam to convince laid off workers their former employer is helping .

I was part of a layoff and business shutdown that included over 1000+ employees. Our company contracted with LHH for outplacement services and all employees (of all job levels) had the opportunity to utilize the services. As with anything, the results varied by individual and were largely determined what one's actions. Those who utilized LHH's suite of services and participated in networking sessions greatly benefited and virtually all of those employees found new employment shortly thereafter. Many individuals didn't really make an effort and as they expected LHH to do all the work for them. Surprisingly, this was more the majority than the minority. It leads me to wonder if many of the comments on this site (complaining about LHH) are from individuals who didn't put forth much of an effort and instead looked to LHH to do all of the work for them. Bottom line - you get out of it what you put into it and ultimately it is up to each individual to own their career development.

When my position was eliminated after my company was acquired, I was given information to contact LHH. I followed directions and signed up on line, only to wait more than a week for a call. That call, in fact, lasted literally minutes and didn't include any personal questions or even a check-in on how I was doing. I was told to send my resume and LinkedIn link, which I did, and the next day received some generic feedback on both. The kind that makes you feel someone just wanted it off their desk. Frankly, I'd get more from my local state employment office.

After that I had a whopping 30 days access to online resources that were very general and not really useful. Here's the thing, many years ago I did a stint in OE consulting myself. Perhaps my former employer signed up for the bargain version, because what I received was not helpful, which I attested to in the survey at the end of my month access. This, is not true Outplacement. I received a call offering me one more free month, which I declined. I rarely write negative reviews but I hope HR professionals take heed and don't waste corporate money on this. If you have to release employees, you have better options.

are we still using Lee Hecht Harrison (jan 2020)?

Lhh is a fast moving machine utilizing all the new tech ! Regardless a waste of your time ! With all the bells and whistles they s— ! None of the info or services are any good! You can use google or YouTube to find jobs! It’s all smoke and mirrors! General Motors uses it when they need to get rid of people ! talking to different organizations they have never heard of Lhh or Knightsbridge ! General Motors is all about crossing the t’s and dotting the I’s but they do it by passing the buck ! Talking to people in Trump admin GM has burned every bridge with the USA government and are on their way out! Trump is disrupting the industry ! Something Mary Barra would like to think they are doing $

LHH was toxic and stuck in 1993. They also document you in a system, so BEWARE. Nothing is confidential. I kept putting them off, knowing I was moving and when I arrived in my destination I then got ignored for another month because the new LHH person was overwhelmed "by the notes in the system" . I was flabbergasted as I was physically sick and laid off as a top performer in my late 40s so I just needed to get better and take time off, and never even really began the process. I would avoid at all costs and invest in local support groups, job search groups and a good recommended career counselor
I lost the 25 pounds I had gained and got healthy knowing what I would be facing down on paper of the massive age discrimination going on. LHH did not give a c-ap. They just want their money. Then apparently Companies need to stop wasting their money on these outdated outplacement co. And give people lump sum stipends. All the people at LHH are toxic big corporate hacks, that were the bullies then, who have aged out in big corporate. Surprise, surprise they end up at LHH to carry on big corporate bullying when people are at most vulnerable. Avoid at all costs.

My company hired LHH when our jobs were being eliminated. I contacted them a week prior to our lay off date and I was told they will contact me once my company sends in the papers. A week later I got a welcome email and a day later got an email from my career coach who said to follow the steps and to email or call her to schedule an appointment to come in and find time things. That was almost a week and 3 emails later and still no answer. I'm a single parent so I don't have all day or time to be on the phone and my time is very limited as my child is having other issues. At this moment I'm not pleased with this company. They did fix my resume which I like the changes but I'm looking to change careers and till I speak with my coach I'm at a loss. My unemployment will also be ending soon so with no job interviews no cash this company is really going to put me in a bigger bind. They need to get better with customer service skills

LHH was the best thing that happened to me. I was close to 50 when I was laid off. Was the main breadwinner and had a mortgage to pay. I tried to look for a job on my own for several months, but job search methods are different from years ago. I called LHH. They assigned me with a job coach. She helped me draft my resume and coached me on salary negotiation. I also signed up for many of there classes, both onsite and via phone. One of the classes I took onsite showed us how to file for unemployment and apply for a government program to help pay for mortgage temporarily. I also joined a job search support group there, which was the most helpful. It was very lonely to search for job myself while everyone else is working. Good to go to the support group to be with others looking for jobs and sharing experiences. There was a job coach there facilitating and keeping us accountable on weekly tasks. I later requested that my job coach be changed to her as my former one only worked with me over the phone instead of in person. I have the most positive experience with LHH. Thanks to their help and tips, I was able to find a job.