The shortage of skilled workers is reaching a new high in Switzerland! Vacancies for managers and specialists are difficult to fill. It is important to recognize that candidates have transferable skills and experiences that they can bring to the new role; this is where we come in with our Topscore® approach!

Topscore® – the somewhat different approach

We deliberately define the desired success profile of the candidate more broadly than the exact job profile and thus reach a greater potential for the advertised function. With sensitivity and professional competence, we find the candidates who successfully fulfill the requirements of your company. 

We have many years of professional and management experience in various industries, know the industry-specific environment and understand the technical language. A good understanding of the challenges of the position to be filled creates trust and is an important prerequisite for our approach.

With the OTP Topscore® concept we design the recruitment as a targeted consulting process with one clear goal: your recruitment success!

The following steps ensure your search success:

• Candidate Success Profile – Determination of the success profile and the success-critical factors for the position to be filled.
• Corporate attractiveness profile – Target group-oriented and motivating corporate presentation on the applicant market via your “attractiveness profile”. 
• Selected search channels – Intensive use of proven search channels and methods.
• Candidate relationship networks – Activation and use of target-oriented networks.
• Assessment – focus on competencies and value orientation of applicants.
• Competency-based applicant interviews. 
• Structured reference checks. 
• Meaningful candidate documents – Submission of individual recommendations. 

Our values:

• We respect the dignity of each person we accompany.
• We consider each person to be unique. 
• We are committed to maintaining confidentiality.
• We adhere to our high quality standards without compromise and help our clients achieve their goals.

Professional, personal and with a sense of proportion! 

We present you the documents of promising candidates with statements based on a structured assessment and the presentation of potential fields of development.

Talk to us 

Measure us on your current recruiting task and get to know our Topscore® approach. Expect a systematic selection process that produces well-founded decisions through proven selection methods, thereby ensuring rapid and successful integration into your company.

We are looking forward to your first contact.

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To enable these employees to approach the new phase of their lives calmly and with pleasure, it is advisable to plan and prepare for retirement with all its aspects.

Retirement – a challenging topic

We know from experience and the findings of ageing research that the transition to retirement life is not equally successful for everyone. In particular, people who have lived entirely for their profession often find it difficult to come to terms with the new situation. The initial euphoria about the new freedom is often followed by a feeling of emptiness. Suddenly, you’re “out of the game.” Some feel worthless and useless. 

Some throw themselves into a variety of activities in order to “be somebody again.” This usually proves to be a fallacy. If the time that has been freed up is crammed with appointments without much thought, there is a great danger that the actual needs and the reorientation to the changed way of life will fall by the wayside. This can lead to inner disorientation and the feeling that one is not living one’s life properly, which in turn can lead to dissatisfaction.

Many companies support their employees in preparing for the new phase of life. Just as they offer employees a health check-up from the age of 50, they are also involved in personal retirement planning: through individual consulting services or with special retirement seminars.

Supporting employees through OTP seminars

OTP has been conducting seminars to prepare employees for retirement for many years. In many cases, these are seminars in which employees (can) participate together with their life partners – however, there are also seminars specifically for singles. The seminars are always tailor-made according to the wishes of the clients.

In this way, employers offer support for a fulfilling conclusion in the job, for the preparation for interesting tasks afterwards and for the creation of new life contents. En passant there is also a sensitization for the passing on of knowledge and experience to subsequent employees. Here, our seminars provide clients with a valuable additional benefit: the transfer of know-how in the workplace.

Financial situation

An important topic for prospective retirees is naturally the question of what their financial situation will look like at the end of their working lives and what retirement options (such as early retirement) are available. The OTP seminars deal with this topic with a view to the general framework of AHV and pension funds. However, in order to clarify your personal financial situation in detail, we recommend an individual consultation with your pension fund representative or a financial expert outside the seminar. 

However, retirement means much more than “just” adjusting to a changed financial situation. 

Quality of life

It is an event that changes many things in life: Leisure time, partnership, social environment, health care, role in society. Some people look forward to this step in order to enjoy their well-deserved retirement. Others look forward to it with mixed feelings, as it brings uncertainties and a lot of new things. What is certain is that a new phase of life begins in a self-determined future.

The step from working life to retirement does not simply mean more time – the quantitative aspect – but more opportunities to shape one’s life and more responsibility – the qualitative aspect. This is the focus of our seminars: Planning and shaping the future quality of life. 

Our seminar concept

Our seminars basically orient the participants to three essential strategies in dealing with the new phase of life:

• Strategy of selection: Limiting oneself to what is really important.
• Strategy of optimization: Care particularly intensively for what is possible.
• Strategy of compensation: Creatively compensate for unavoidable losses.

In the OTP seminar, participants first reflect in group and partner work on the challenges and gains that come with retirement. The pictorial representation of the “House of Change” provides a valuable framework for visualizing the psychosocial situation of the individual and understanding it in this personal change process. Participants can thus anticipate possible gains and losses in the seminar and develop a position on this in learning groups. 

This in no way means sitting idly at home in retirement. For retirees, there are countless interesting tasks that open up new horizons and enrich life: they can voluntarily put their specialized knowledge, experience, and time at the service of a cause that is important to them. Whether in the social sector, in business (for example with “Rent a Pensioner”), in nature conservation and environmental protection, for cultural causes or in politics: numerous institutions in our society depend on volunteers.

In addition, new opportunities are now opening up to pursue hobbies that previously only “blossomed” in obscurity, or to become active in clubs, associations, or self-initiated groups (for example, in a cooking group). Other topics we confront the participants with are: 

• Changes in partnerships and in the everyday life of single people
• New forms of living in old age 
• Tips and impulses on health and well-being in old age 
• Retirement abroad 
• And last but not least: the personal action plan for planning the future.

Our seminars focus on these aspects. Participants take the time they need to discuss their upcoming new life plans, exchange ideas with each other and receive valuable information and impulses. What is exciting about the seminars is that they are attended jointly by employees from all functions, all levels, and all professional fields. 

Feedback from participants

The participants are extremely positive about our seminars. They see great benefit in reflecting on the new phase of life from many aspects and in using their action plan to initiate concrete preparations for the time of retirement.

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This was also the case with our client, a renowned company in the automotive industry, which entrusted us with an exciting task: 

Our assignment

“Our long-time Head of Sales and Marketing will be promoted to “Commercial Director” in the course of an internal reorganization, with direct report to our CEO. His new role as “Commercial Director” and member of the Executive Board will be very demanding in terms of communication and leadership. 

In his future position, he will face a complex communication situation. The requirements of the individual communication partners may conflict. He will have to find suitable communicative and work-related solutions with poise. 

We intend to prepare him specifically for his new role with your OTP leadership coaching.”

Our approach

The goal was to prepare him for this specific leadership role. During our coaching, we broke this goal down to the following topics:

• Clear job description and clarification of the role in the new leadership situation. 
• Clarification and development of personal leadership style and leadership tools in the new role as Commercial Director. 
• Clarifying one’s self-image as a leader and increasing one’s personal efficiency and effectiveness.
• Promoting communication skills (taking on the perspective of the interlocutor / understanding one’s own feelings towards him and in this sense strengthening one’s own empathy) and controlling one’s own communication behavior more consciously.

Our leadership coaching program included 12 personal meetings during 3 months.

The debriefing

The joint debriefing with the client after the completion of the program confirmed the sustainability of the coaching. The coachee’s final feedback underscored this view:

Participant feedback

“Through the coaching I was able to identify challenging situations in communication. The subsequent reflection was an important insight for me and additional motivation to develop new communicative approaches.

I was impressed by the empathic and structured approach of the OTP coach. He recognized my needs early on and addressed them professionally in the coaching.

Initially, I was still a bit skeptical! Today, I am grateful to my employer for this support. It moved me forward at a critical point for me.”

The result

The aforementioned executive quickly recognized the benefits of coaching and was extremely grateful to his employer for it. 

Our client was also very pleased with the positive change and the successful transition into the new leadership role. 

A win-win situation for both sides!

Rolf Sommer
Senior Consultant

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