WAYNE SMITH is President of Career Edge, LLC, an outplacement consulting practice focused on supporting organizations which have to reorganize their workforce; either layoffs or terminations. Career Edge works directly with those employees who are leaving to help them re-employ and at the same time helps the organization get back to their core business.Career Edge also provides career support for individuals looking for new opportunities or who are seeking re-employment.Wayne has extensive professional and business background. He draws expertise from areas of business, manufacturing management, quality systems management, career development, Human Resources and recruitment management. He has broad experience in Human Resources, competency modeling, competency-based performance management and competency-based selection. Wayne has direct experience in selection/hiring and also managed selection/hiring processes for hiring across the board; professionals and executives from all disciplines and all levels of company employees.Wayne has utilized his broad based business and Human Resources expertise to develop a highly effective process for helping exiting employees to generate opportunities to re-employ quickly while helping the organization and their remaining employees to regain business momentum.SpecialtiesJob support strategies, hiring, competency-based selection, employment strategies, interviewing techniques, effective networking, coaching and conseling, training and facilitation, manufacturing management.