Outplacement Firms

Posted by SSR Consultant on July 16th, 2019

How Outplacement Services help your Business with Managing Your Workforce?

Career Transition also popularly known as outplacement refers to the ideal support services that an organization or recruitment agency provides to employees who are looking to exit a business. Such exits highly differ from one organization to the other and can be either voluntary or involuntary. The prodigious intention of outplacement firms is to ensure a smooth transition of employees to new job prospects and to help businesses in managing their exit formalities. Career transition has gained tremendous popularity especially with businesses who wish to maintain goodwill with their esteemed employees even after they exit a company.

Contemporary businesses immensely value the idea of positive employer branding and give great consideration to how individuals perceive the very idea of working with them. Positive work experience is likely to be helpful for a business to retain existing employees and acquire their ideal talent pool. After all, no employee would wish to work for a company that does not seek to assist them during their job transition. Career transitions can prove to be a tormenting and emotional experience for any employee and a recruitment agency can come to the rescue and make this transition smooth to give an un-troubled experience to the candidate. 

Grave Challenges Faced by a Business While Looking for Career Transition Services?

Career transitions have proved to be a daunting affair for a business of any size and repute. Layoffs have the immense power to negatively affect both employers and employees. Laying off of employees due to lack of projects, employee inefficiency, company downsizing, business acquisition, etc. can negatively impact a company’s workforce. The employees who have been retained might show big signs of low morale and motivation which in turn hampers their productivity. In such cases, the retained employees might have second thoughts about continuing their tenure with the same company. This leads to increased attrition rates among employees and the company suffers a great deal.

On the other hand, the employees who have been laid off can face profound emotional and financial consequences. Some employees are the only earning members in their family and job loss can further increase their worries. Finding a new job might take months and grasping the perfect opportunity sounds nothing short of a dream to many. Also, employees who have a negative experience while exiting from a company are likely to spread the word and share their negative feedbacks on company review websites. A company usually fails to foresee all these challenges and therefore needs our supervision to make exits an employee-centric procedure.

Key Points To Remember

Every company needs to focus on certain key points to drastically reduce employee pain points. They must strive to make sure that employees face the least amount of distress and are able to cope with job loss.

Career Transitioning Counseling -  Career counseling must be provided by professional counselors to employees once they are notified about their exit. This helps employees to refocus their energy and actions towards a positive and hopeful future. 

Career Assesment and Guidance -  The employees must get assistance to explore future career options and strategies. They must be given relative insights to realize their career potential. An action plan can also be developed to make the candidates realize their individual strengths. 

Job Search Skills -  Employees must be provided with adequate assistance in developing a job search strategy. They must also be trained to develop self-marketing skills.

Change Management - Change management refers to a systematic and professional approach to deal with the transition or transformation of an organization's hiring structure. Change management services can be obtained to ease the pain points of transition.

Exit Surveys - Exit surveys involve both open-ended and close-ended questions to gather a candidate’s valuable feedback and opinions. They can also rate their exit experience on a scale of 1 to 5. Such surveys give a company valuable and meaningful insights into the prevailing work culture.

SSR Consultants: Transition Towards A New Future

We At SSR Consultants realize that transitioning employees is never easy. We help your company realize the importance of guiding your exiting employees through the complex and challenging process of career transition. We have a rich history in empowering businesses across the globe in building and maintaining robust relations with their existing as well as new employees. We take immense pride in helping companies in sustaining great morale and productivity among their existing workforce. With the help of our career transition consulting services, businesses can build a vibrant and positive brand image when it comes to retaining employees.

They say that change is the only constant! Allow us to make Career Transition a smooth and positive process for your Company and your Employees.