Spouse/Partner Career Transition

For most families, settling into a new community and ensuring a family member re-enters the workforce quickly has become a necessity rather than a luxury. AJO has assisted hundreds of spouses and partners to make successful transitions to satisfying work in their new communities.

Combining career coaching and great technology, we provide dedicated support to spouse/partners of your relocating employees to ensure they transition successfully to new locations, including new career opportunities.

Our Spouse/Partner Program can be offered in-office or as a remote delivery service. The program incorporates up-to-date techniques for planning, preparing and launching an effective job search including family readiness. Because each person’s transition is unique, our expert career coaches will personalize the program to meet the spouse/partner’s needs.

Ensuring that services are appropriately high-touch and high-tech is a hallmark of our superior service delivery. Each individual program includes:

  • A personally assigned career coach. AJO provides one-on-one hours for dedicated use with a Career Coach with no time limit
  • Access to AJO’s My Career Navigator until successful transition
  • Blended learning modules (online and/or in-office seminars and events)
  • Focus on career strategy exploration, development and implementation, coaching to develop networking, interviewing, and communication skills, support in developing a personalized marketing plan and approaching the job market/re-entry process. Support in developing marketing materials including resume, cover letters, and LinkedIn.
  • Office amenities (optional)

Here's What They're Saying

"My organization is a part of a growing technology company that hires people from all over the world. Increasingly, our hires have a spouse (or significant other) that needs assistance finding employment in our area. We hand these folks off to AJ O’Connor confidently - and they take over the process from there. The satisfaction levels of our referrals have been very high as AJO staff has worked creatively and aggressively to help them find employment."
Manager Fortune 100 Organization
Organization, Staffing and Compensation
"The AJO portal is great in terms of resources for researching areas and markets. The salary info by region and additional research for stuff like childcare (because we are new to the area) is great. I also liked the assessment tools, sample resumes, and sample interview questions. The information also gives me an opportunity to absorb the information at my own pace and then serves as a basis for asking my Coach (Nancy) follow up questions."
Anne
Spouse Relocation Participant
"This is an important service for us as frequently a valuable employee’s retention hangs on the ability of their spouse to find meaningful employment. I have worked with a few firms in this endeavor over the years and AJ O’Connor is by far the best. I recommend them strongly."
Joe
HR Manager