Outplacement
Services - Vital Assistance in Career
Transition
© 2009 David
Alan Carter / All Rights
Reserved
People are not eliminated, positions are
eliminated. Better still, those positions are
made redundant. At least that's the language of
the outplacement counselor, ever careful not to
further exacerbate an already tough
situation. Specializing in "career
transition," outplacement firms counsel
laid-off workers, offer resume-writing
coaching, provide office space for job
searches, and more. With basic outplacement
packages starting at about $1000 per laid-off
employee, outplacement services are a
reasonable consideration for employees who
have served you well over the years. Let's
explore.
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By
Doris
Lowell
"Outplacement: The process of helping
redundant workers find new employment."
It's usually not an easy task to terminate a
staff member. There's the obvious emotional
discomfort surrounding the decision to let an
employee go, and of course delivering the "bad
news" is a highly charged moment too. Add to
this the possible financial and legal exposure,
and it becomes clear terminating staff is not
something you should undertake lightly, which
is why the transition process should be handled
by a professional...
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