How to Choose Outplacement Services
What happens when a hot headed manager fires an employee on the spot, without taking the time to consider any future ramifications for the company? If you are an HR professional, the file probably ends up on your desk and it’s up to you to perform damage control for the sake of both the company and the individual employee who was let go.
While it is not uncommon for outplacement services to be offered in a standard personnel outplacement, it can be a very important tool in your tool box to consider in other cases as well. Out placement services are often composed of support processes that will assist the outplaced employee in finding new employment. Resume’ writing, interview tips and money management between jobs are just a few of the more common offerings.
It is also fair to consider the emotional impact that outplacement has on the employee. It can be extremely demoralizing to be let go or laid off for any reason. The affected employee can understand cognitively that the action is tied to a legitimate business decision, but emotionally, it is very painful and cultivates a type of fear that we can all relate to.
Fear is the number one stumbling block for out of work employees and fear along with feelings of self-doubt is an emotional response that can be supported through an outplacement resource offering you may not have considered, life coaching.
Life coaching is a great resource for you to consider and it offers real value to an outplaced employee because they have many emotions and are not sure what to do with them. After fear and self-doubt, anger is the second most powerful response that leads to bad will toward the company. Anger and blame directed toward the company ultimately becomes a great excuse for the employee to stay stuck. They feel somehow victimized and justified emotionally for not moving on. It is arguable that focused life coaching can serve as a highly successful strategy to calm the waters under tense circumstances.
Coaching with a professional who is focused on working with outplaced employees can be a very successful endeavor that is a win-win in an otherwise sticky situation. When an outplaced employee has resources to help them find what is good in themselves at a time when they might be feeling worthless is the most powerful support that an organization can offer. It offers true support for where the employee is now and helps them look to the future with a sense of self-worth that will actually make a difference.
Offering life coaching to outplaced employees also sends a powerful message to the work force. That message is that the company cares about its employees and sees them a people in whom they want to invest, even if it is an outplaced employee. It can be viewed as a pay it forward action from an employer that is a good corporate citizen.
Tags: Employee Benefits, Outplacement Services, Resume Services