Outplacement has a number of steps and the overall purpose is to ensure the following benefits:

People who will be retrenched are treated with dignity and with consideration for the difficulties they will experience.

Managers delivering the retrenchment message are appropriately prepared.

Fellow workers who remain at the company see that the company is a responsible and considerate employer.

In the wider community, the image of the company is positive.

Outplacement coaching is a planned approach to assist each individual find the right new position in the shortest possible period of time.

Outplacement coaches are not recruitment consultants. Our role is to guide each individual in their job search (using techniques learned through years of experience) and provide them with support and administrative back-up during the search: to assist them in finding a job, not to find it for them. They remain in control throughout the job search. We are a management resource which to will use just as you would use other resources through your career.

The best way of explaining outplacement is to go through it briefly, step by step.

There are three principal phases: Coming to terms with job loss/retrenchment - readjustment. Evaluation and Career Planning. Developing and Executing a Self-Marketing Plan.