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Delivering employee outplacement services.

You’ve hired and supported the growth of your team, how are you planning to support your people if they’re facing redundancy?

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Be there for your employees, future and past.

For both businesses and employees, redundancy brings stress and uncertainty. It’s an extremely challenging time for all concerned. We’re here to help by providing outplacement UK services to your individuals who are affected.

Claire Donaldson, our People & Operations Director, has received professional outplacement training, to ensure that we are able to deliver an industry-standard outplacement service to our clients.

What is outplacement support?

Employee outplacement definition: A positive action that employers can implement to navigate downsizing. Using a third-party provider to help employees being laid off or being made redundant by ensuring they have the best chance of securing a new role elsewhere.

Not only is it a kind service to offer to employees you’re letting go, but it also sends a positive message to existing employees, future employees and the wider market that you’re a caring and responsible employer, willing to go the extra mile to protect its employees.

Protect and enhance your EVP.

So, when your hiring starts again, you’ll have a positive story to tell from your downturn.

What do outplacement services offer?

Now we’ve established the outplacement support meaning, the next question is what do outplacement services do and how does the process work? Our approach is to provide employees with practical advice to give them the confidence boost and guidance they need to navigate an increasingly difficult job market, ensuring they have the best chance possible to get their careers back on track.

The service focuses on 1-1 mentoring and interactive sessions covering 4 key areas including:

 

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‣ How to make their CV stand out

Having a CV that stands out above the rest will give employees a competitive edge in a saturated job-seeking market.

‣ Revamping their digital brand

Revamping their digital brand is a valuable tool that can be fine-tuned to help employees succeed in their job hunt.

‣ Interview prep and execution

Many employees may not have attended an interview for a while, and feeling confident will be vital for re-employment.

‣ How to navigate the job market

Knowing how to use job boards, LinkedIn, and recruitment agencies effectively are key to swift re-employment.

What are the benefits of outplacement services?

Top 3 outplacement benefits for employers:


Time saver

Redundancies take up time and resources for internal teams. Redundancy outplacement support is extremely valuable for senior stakeholders, freeing up time to focus on keeping the business moving forward.


Positive EVP

Redundancies managed in the wrong way could damage your reputation and affect your future hiring. Using redundancy outplacement services shows you care about finding new opportunities for employees.


Honest feedback

HR outplacement services allow employees to freely share thoughts on the company with an impartial person. Exit interviews we conduct gather hugely valuable insights used to improve retention, culture and performance.

How is this outplacement service delivered?

Our outplacement process has been designed by Nigel Cork, an experienced Outplacement Consultant, who has over 30 years of industry experience.

Delivered by Claire Donaldson, our internal People & Operations Director, we can offer an industry-standard service at a significantly reduced cost, compared to that charged by established outplacement providers.

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Part 1: Telephone outplacement consultation

Initial consultation to understand their current situation and their ideal types of opportunities:

  • What they enjoyed about their current role and the employer
  • Transferable skills, achievements and key takeaways
  • What other roles and sectors, if any, they’re keen to pursue
  • Planning and preparing for the job-seeking process

Part 2: 1-1 Outplacement workshop session

  • How to make their CV stand out – and key tips on how to get their CV through ATS systems.
  • Where to look when navigating the job market – from industry experts with 10+ years experience.
  • Amplifying their digital brand – how to make the most out of social media on their job hunt
  • Interview preparation – and how to develop a successful strategy for execution

Our outplacement services costs

Free of Charge

Cost for candidates originally placed in your company by us

£200 – £250 pp*

Outplacement cost for other employees not placed by us
* depending on volume of people. If we place the candidate, this cost will be used as credit for your next hire.

We’re more than 50% cheaper than our competitors.

*£500 – £10,000 per employee is the typical cost of outplacement companies UK.

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Whether you’ve made redundancies already or if you’re expecting to make redundancies in the future, we can help by providing UK outplacement services to those individuals affected.

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Questions about outplacement services UK

  • Outplacement assistance is a service offered by career outplacement companies to support businesses and talent teams in the event of employee layoffs. It involves providing CV, interview, career and other support to outgoing employees to help them in getting re-employed during these difficult events.

  • Typically, outplacement services, London and UK-wide, tend to start at around £500 per employee, sometimes exceeding £10,000 per employee.

    We offer free outplacement services and redundancy support for any candidates who were placed in your company by us. We’ve placed an array of fantastic candidates across the UK and around the globe and want to ensure our candidates continue to get the support they need.

    For candidates not placed by us, we charge a reduced rate of £200 – £250 per employee, depending on the volume of people who require this service. If we then go on to place the candidate into another business, this cost will be used as credit for your next hire through us.

  • Not only will redundancies impact the employees you are letting go, but they will also impact the employees who are staying. That’s why outplacement support services help to provide direction and counselling for those you’ve had to let go, whilst reinforcing to existing employees the value, respect and appreciation you have for your people.

    Job outplacement companies also help to relieve some of the pressure for HR departments, which might be stretched due to looking after the people who are staying in the business, or may even have been reduced as part of the redundancy cycle.

  • We started our employee outplacement programmes during the 2020 pandemic, because we’ve placed thousands of amazing candidates worldwide, and we want to ensure we continue to help our candidates in times of need.

    With our excellent outplacement training combined with our experience in the graduate recruitment market, we are able to offer an industry-standard service at a significantly reduced cost in comparison to other top outplacement companies.

    Following outplacement best practices, we will continue to improve and evolve our programmes so that we can offer the best outplacement services in London.

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