Outplacement

'Options' Benefits

In times of rapid organisational change, continuing to keep a productive work environment for employees brings about incredible pressures and even more so the sensitive area of career transition. There are many “moments of truth” that spell the difference between successful and diminished outcomes in career transition.

This is the time when ‘Options’ can be a valuable to your organisation or you as an individual:

For you as an organisation:

  • Underpin your Corporate and Social responsibility policy and the moral obligation to support employees being made redundant
  • Safeguard your productivity with improved employee morale and motivation to maintain employee loyalty for the future
  • Enhance the ease with which changes are implemented and accepted by managing the change more effectively; employees appear to accept the changes more readily and the organisation can move forward with minimum disruption
  • Enhance your company’s reputation as an employer of choice – you could say the more positive the perception of your organisation to the external world, the wider your pool of potential recruits becomes; thereby minimizing future recruitment costs
  • Reduction in legal action - employees feel better about their employer if they are given assistance during their transition. Statistics show that departing employees are less likely to seek legal redress through employment law against their employer when provided with outplacement support as part of their redundancy or severance package
  • Recruitment – bounce back hiring – people have returned to old employers and are now considering returning to their old jobs. Options increases the likelihood an employee would return to a previous employer

For you as an individual:

Most people need help to effectively deal with career transition challenges and the decisions they face when the inevitable change happens. A greater understanding of the job market and how to differentiate yourself from the competition is a vital nowadays.

‘Options’ can benefit you by:

  • Flexible levels of support, dependent upon your individual requirement
  • Helping you maintain morale and focus through the career transition process
  • Providing support in all aspects of finding a new role e.g. planning a clearly focused job search strategy, practicalities of CV writing and practising interview skills
  • Providing you with a unique and unrivalled online support service, that encourages experimentation whilst showing you ‘what good looks like’
  • Assisting with the evaluation of all your potential career options
  • Typically reducing the time to resettlement