Predictika · Outplacement program quotes

An AI sales agent's outplacement quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares an outplacement quote for a group of employees: a program, the employees' level, a duration, optional workshops, post-placement support and resilience packs for the employees who stay. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the programs and returns a verdict, every reason and the list total it computed.

Scope: LHH outplacement quotes: the Job Search Essentials, Professional and Executive programs, duration, workshops, post-placement support, resilience packs and discount. See everything this validator covers

This validator models LHH outplacement quotes, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Programs and levels — which program fits hourly staff, professionals, managers and executives, and the durations each is modeled for.
  • Options — group workshops with a minimum group size and a number of days, post-placement support, and Change and Resilience Packs for three employees each.
  • Price and approval — the discount and its approval threshold, large programs, and the stated total against the list total the validator computes.

Any LHH outplacement quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. The program names, the entry prices of Job Search Essentials and Professional and the components follow LHH's public shop and web pages; the Executive program, durations, group sizes, discount and approval thresholds and the remaining prices are modeled and not published by LHH, and the prices are illustrative. Not covered: staffing, payrolling, RPO and managed services.

The AI sales agentBuilds the outplacement quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

6 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
A program that depends on the employee levelOnly with care
Each program is for certain levels, so every program needs a rule that checks the level of the participants.		The program and the level are fields of one request and are checked together on every call.
A duration that depends on the programOnly with care
Essentials is modeled for 3 or 6 months and Executive for 6 months or more, a different duration test for each program.		The program and the duration are checked together on every call.
Options that depend on group size and on each otherOnly with care
Workshops need a minimum group and a day count, and resilience packs need a pack count, each a cross-field rule.		The option flags, their counts and the participants are checked together on every call.
A stated total that must match the computed totalOnly with workarounds
The total is built from the program, options and packs, so a separate rule must recompute it and compare it with the stated figure.		The stated total is a field of the request and is compared with the computed total on every call.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as a step is saved or completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1The Job Search Essentials Program is for non-exempt, hourly and individual-contributor staff; the quote has Manager level participants.
2The Job Search Essentials Program is for non-exempt, hourly and individual-contributor staff; the quote has Executive level participants.
3The Executive Outplacement program is for managers and executives; the quote has Hourly level participants.
4The Executive Outplacement program is for managers and executives; the quote has Professional level participants.
5An outplacement quote needs at least 1 participant; the quote has 0.
6Program duration is 3, 6, 9 or 12 months in this model; the quote has 5 months.
7The Job Search Essentials Program is modeled for 3 or 6 months; the quote has 9 months.
8The Executive Outplacement program is modeled for 6 months or more; the quote has 3 months.
9An Executive program of 12 months is an extended engagement and needs practice-lead approval.
10Group workshops need at least 10 participants; the quote has 9.
11Group workshops need 1 to 10 days, and days need workshops selected; the quote has 0 days.
12Group workshops need 1 to 10 days, and days need workshops selected; the quote has 11 days.
13Group workshops need 1 to 10 days, and days need workshops selected; the quote has 2 days.
14The Change and Resilience Pack (packs of 3 employees who stay after a layoff) needs at least 1 pack, and packs need the option selected; the quote has 0 packs.
15The Change and Resilience Pack (packs of 3 employees who stay after a layoff) needs at least 1 pack, and packs need the option selected; the quote has 1 packs.
16A discount of 30 percent is above the 25 percent maximum in this model.
17A discount of 20 percent is above 15 percent and needs sales-management approval.
18The quote states USD 1,000; the program, options and packs add up to USD 58,000.
19250 participants need a delivery-capacity review before the quote is sent.
20Executives are normally quoted on the Executive Outplacement program; a practice lead should confirm the Professional program.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Program level, duration and options: An Executive program for hourly staff on a short duration, with workshop and pack mistakes, a high discount and a wrong total

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Executive Outplacement program for 4 hourly staff over 3 months, with group workshops for 0 days and 0 Change and Resilience Packs, and a 30 percent discount. The total is USD 20,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Executive program needs senior participants. The Executive Outplacement program is for managers and executives; the quote has Hourly level participants.
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  • Executive duration under 6 months. The Executive Outplacement program is modeled for 6 months or more; the quote has 3 months.
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  • Workshops need a group. Group workshops need at least 10 participants; the quote has 4.
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  • Workshop days inconsistent. Group workshops need 1 to 10 days, and days need workshops selected; the quote has 0 days.
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  • Resilience packs inconsistent. The Change and Resilience Pack (packs of 3 employees who stay after a layoff) needs at least 1 pack, and packs need the option selected; the quote has 0 packs.
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  • Discount over 25 percent. A discount of 30 percent is above the 25 percent maximum in this model.
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  • Stated total does not match. The quote states USD 20,000; the program, options and packs add up to USD 46,000.
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2. Program level, duration and options: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Executive Outplacement program for 5 executives over 6 months, with post-placement support. The total is USD 62,750. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. 5 participants on the Executive program for 6 months; list total USD 62,750 before discount (illustrative prices).
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3. Essentials program and workshops: An Essentials program for managers over too long a duration with too many workshop days

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Job Search Essentials program for 25 managers over 9 months, with group workshops for 12 days. The total is USD 128,400. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Essentials is for hourly and professional staff. The Job Search Essentials Program is for non-exempt, hourly and individual-contributor staff; the quote has Manager level participants.
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  • Essentials duration over 6 months. The Job Search Essentials Program is modeled for 3 or 6 months; the quote has 9 months.
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  • Workshop days inconsistent. Group workshops need 1 to 10 days, and days need workshops selected; the quote has 12 days.
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4. Essentials program and workshops: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Job Search Essentials program for 40 hourly staff over 6 months, with group workshops for 3 days and 2 Change and Resilience Packs. The total is USD 133,200. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. 40 participants on the Job_Search_Essentials program for 6 months; list total USD 133,200 before discount (illustrative prices).
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5. Participants and duration: A program for no participants over a duration that is not offered, with a wrong total

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Professional Outplacement program for 0 professional staff over 5 months. The total is USD 5,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • No participants. An outplacement quote needs at least 1 participant; the quote has 0.
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  • Duration not offered. Program duration is 3, 6, 9 or 12 months in this model; the quote has 5 months.
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  • Stated total does not match. The quote states USD 5,000; the program, options and packs add up to USD 0.
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6. Participants and duration: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. Please quote the Professional Outplacement program for 60 managers over 9 months, with post-placement support and group workshops for 4 days and 2 Change and Resilience Packs, and a 10 percent discount. The total is USD 427,400. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. 60 participants on the Professional program for 9 months; list total USD 427,400 before discount (illustrative prices).
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent prepares an outplacement quote for a group of employees: a program, the employees' level, a duration, and more. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the programs and returns a verdict, every reason and the list total it computed.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please quote the Executive Outplacement program for 4 hourly staff over 3 months, with group workshops for 0 days and 0 Change and Resilience Packs, and a 30 percent discount. The total is USD 20,000. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with seven findings, all in one answer. The Executive Outplacement program is for managers and executives; the quote has Hourly level participants. The Executive Outplacement program is modeled for 6 months or more; the quote has 3 months. Group workshops need at least 10 participants; the quote has 4. The other four are on screen.
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  6. The validator returned seven blocking findings in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other and against the stated total.
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  7. What this shows: for a stated total that must match the computed total, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the employee level to executives, the participants to 5, the duration to 6 months, the post-placement support to yes and the total stated on the quote to 62,750. Three more changes are on screen.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. All seven earlier findings are cleared.
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  13. Seven problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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