Outplacement – or 'Career Transitioning'

Cutbacks are part of business life. As with growth, the challenge is to manage change effectively.

Over the past twenty years outplacement support for departing staff has been seen as a caring, responsible thing to do. Much more than this however, it is an investment in your 'brand' as an employer. It helps to make a difficult transition much easier. It also aids morale and motivation among those who remain and who have to continue working through the loss of former colleagues.

At senior executive level, high cost outplacement is often an integral part of a severance package. However many companies now believe that outplacement support has its greatest impact upon employer ‘branding' when provided for the main work force affected by cutbacks and redundancy. Arguably they are the people who need greater support because of lower levels of confidence and fewer social networking contacts.

The Gordon Yates outplacement model focuses on this latter group and we call it Career Transitioning. It is an effective and successful high value, low cost model.

On-site delivery...

We offer a range of powerful training and support, from essential advice to sophisticated coaching sessions, designed to help individuals re-launch their careers. This can be delivered on-site if needed and tailored depending on budgets, employer priorities and the needs of the individuals concerned. Price range from £150 per person, or £500 per half day.

...or Personal Vouchers?

Alternatively, employers may prefer simply to provide pre-paid vouchers. Departing staff can then choose from the options available under our Career Doctor menu, selecting the modules most relevant to them and ‘topping up' with their own money if they want. In our experience this is a popular option because your staff feel you are giving them individual choice.

A voucher for £150 for example, would enable an employee to purchase all three of our basic job search modules - covering the application, the CV and the interview. £300 could pay for two intensive care programmes – ‘Creating the Opportunity' and ‘Closing the Deal'. £1,350 would enable a course of Executive Coaching. These are simply examples. The point is that vouchers put the individual in control.

Vouchers can be for any value. You may even choose to provide different values for different levels of seniority, perhaps awarding long-standing staff higher levels of support. We work with you to decide.

For larger numbers discounts may apply.

Email nadia.sharif@gordonyates.co.uk or call 020 7494 4466 and speak to a member of our team.

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