What is outplacement?

Re-organisation, redeployment and downsizing leading to redundancy is now a frequent occurrence in Ireland. Managing any redundancy situation is difficult. Providing pragmatic career consultancy to your remaining and departing employees isn’t just the responsible thing to do; it makes great business sense. The quality of departing employees experience with an outplacement company affects their ability to find work and also impacts upon remaining employees performance and how others may view the professionalism of your organization.

If redundancy is handled poorly, there is a risk of damaging morale and potentially losing key performers you need to retain.

25% of top performers leave within six months of a redundancy announcement if they think their job is threatened. This rises to 33% in situations where redundancy was deemed to be handled poorly.

However, if your redundancy support service is managed correctly, it creates a better environment. Not only will you give your departing employees the best opportunity to develop their careers, you will also be perceived by your remaining people as a considerate employer, and therefore less likely to lose key people you wish to retain. So what services are available to help you manage redundancy situations as effectively as possible? > services