How Career Transition Services Support Successful Outplacement?

Career transition services are crucial elements in workforce transition and help employees navigate a change. These services provide professional advice and support to transitioning employees who have lost their jobs due to layoffs or restructuring. By providing outplacement services, they show the current employees that they care about their well-being and help maintain morale with organizational changes. 

These services help protect the company’s reputation and manage employment law risk, and ensure a transition that is structured and beneficial to both the employee and the organization. Let’s see how these services can help: 

Boost Morale 

It is fair to say that morale diminishes within organizations during downsizing. Career transition services help support morale because they show the affected employees that the company cares about their future, even if they are no longer working together.

• Emotional support: counselors and career coaches work one-to-one and help manage the stress and anxiety.
• Job search support: Career transition services offer resume writing, interview preparation, and job searching strategies that can help transitioning employees and provide renewed courage in the process of job search.
• Positive image: Helps reduce the stress of employees remaining, which increases employees’ confidence in being cared for by the organization.
• Motivation: A well-supported transition from the organization supports motivation and engagement during a time of transition.

Enhance the employer brand. 

Providing outplacement services demonstrates a commitment to your employees, despite the unfortunate event of leaving your organization.

• Public Relations: Whether employees, clients, or the general public perceive your company more positively when your organization shows empathy, especially in transition events.
• Employee Advocacy: Ex-employees who receive support in a transition are more likely to speak positively about that company, thereby enhancing the brand.
• Attracting Talent: Supporting previous employees enhances recruitment efforts.
• Corporate Responsibility: Outplacement services fall directly in line with corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals and have your organization branded as ethical and “people-oriented.”

Reduced Legal Exposure

There are severe consequences that can arise from incorrect employee separations. Outplacement services can have a huge impact on reducing those risks.

• Framework for processes: A professional framework ensures that companies are attempting to comply with employment laws and other best practices.
• Reduction in lawsuits: Supporting employees has a significant impact on potentially mitigating termination claims and other liabilities.
• Effective messages: Coaches can develop respectful and legally appropriate communication packages for employees who are being laid off. 
• Support: Providing outplacement is a clear indication that the company is making an effort to help employees and can serve as a memo of support to validate the company’s reasoning in the event of litigation.

Facilitates smooth transitions

Career transition services make the transition process easy with less disruption for the organization and the employee.

• Faster re-employment: Employees can transition to new opportunities faster due to professional support.
• Workforce stabilization: Remaining employees have more confidence, knowing that the employees who left were supported.
• Continuity: Managers can continue focusing on business priorities while experts provide the necessary transition support to the employees.
• Organizational preparation: Outplacement firms provide organizational transition plans with the employee’s goal, the timing, and the company’s goal.