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Outplacement Services
Effectively manage the employee exit process, protect your organization’s reputation, and maintain a positive employee experience, even during challenging changes with our outplacement service.
Support exiting employees
Letting go of employees can be hard for everyone involved. But there is a way that balances care with pragmatism to steer exiting employees towards a new, more positive path.
We provide thorough, personalized programs to help each outgoing employee to depart on good terms, while maintaining your organization’s brand reputation as departing employees remain great brand ambassadors. Informed by your requirements, we design a program including a combination of services (transition coaching, professional profiling, and career coaching). The result? Departing employees feel ready to take their next step.
How can we help you with outplacement?
Transition Guidance
Our guides bring calm and clarity to the transition, steering employees through the logistics of the exit process and explaining expectations. We lead our coaching with well-being, taking care of the outplaced individual to ensure they can focus on their next challenge: finding a new role.
Career coaching
One-to-one coaching steers people from one career milestone to the next. Our certified coaches empower individuals to set career goals and develop action plans.
Professional profiling
Our accredited practitioners assess each individual’s behaviors, characteristics, energies, skills and more to help understand their full capabilities and provide a foundation for professional development. All our profiling is informed by validated, industry-standard frameworks and psychometric tools.
Securing their next role
We help exiting employees to find their next role with resume crafting, LinkedIn profile building, and interview practice. Our specialist recruiters then stay with job seekers for as long as they request the use of our services.
Why a warm goodbye matters
- Brand reputation: People remember how you make them feel. Our outplacement services help ensure departing employees continue to speak positively about the company after they have left.
- Risk mitigation: Our structured outplacement programs help to minimize the potential for lawsuits or financial claims from former employees. We ensure a sensitive and potentially damaging situation is, in fact, a positive experience for exiting employees and employers alike.
- Business continuity: When employees feel valued and supported during their notice periods, they’re more likely to facilitate a smooth handover and transfer of knowledge.
- Employee value proposition: The way employees depart will leave a lasting impression on those who remain. Our outplacement service demonstrates your organization’s commitment to its employees, right to the end. It’s a great way to show how employees are taken care of throughout their time with the organization.
Meet our Talent Development specialists
Adam Gordon
Global Head of Talent Development
Adam Gordon, a seasoned global business professional with over two decades of expertise in talent and organisational development, boasts an impressive international track record developing talent across APAC, Europe, and America.
Richard Townsend
Global Director, Talent Advisory
Passionate about talent, and ensuring companies and individuals make the most of their potential, Richard has worked across four continents and currently manages a global client engagement team, guaranteeing Robert Walters´ positioning at the forefront of Talent Solutions.
Our other services
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Executive Coaching
Coaching programs to develop leaders to be their best.
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Transition Coaching
Guide new hires through this critical transition period with curated coaching sessions and support.
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Leadership Development
Transform your leadership landscape with our bespoke leadership development programs.
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Candidate Assessment
Take the doubt out of hiring decisions, career development and remuneration.
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What job roles are your outplacement services suitable for?
We deliver outplacement services for exiting employees at all levels, from entry level to executive roles. The level of seniority is reflected in how we tailor each outplacement program, although the program can be delivered for multiple exiting employees. For managing directors and senior executives, an outplacement service is typically packaged differently to better support more senior professionals as they re-enter the job market.
However, the core components of our outplacement services can be delivered across the seniority spectrum and tailored to your organization’s requirements.
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How confidential are your outplacement services?
Our team of experts understand the challenging nature of outplacement processes and that they should be managed with care and confidentiality. Our team works with organizations all year round, so we are acutely aware of how sensitive these processes are.
At all times, we act with the utmost discretion. In addition, the team delivering outplacement services have all signed non-disclosure agreements as a condition of working for/with Robert Walters. Any discussion or correspondence about potential or planned organizational change shall remain confidential.
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Who delivers Robert Walters' outplacement services?
Delivered by our specialized coaches who are guided by a dedicated Robert Walters account manager who will serve as your organization’s primary contact during the outplacement process. They will coordinate a team of seasoned professionals who have a wealth of experience in organizational change and outplacement processes.
Typically, the team includes Robert Walters specialists and trusted partners (e.g. certified coaches). The teams are expertly curated to ensure we can deliver the best experience for your organization and the exiting employees. -
What is your approach to maintaining the well-being of exiting employees?
Our team helps the exiting employee reinstate their confidence and motivation through our dedicated coaching and professional profiling. The coaching takes the employee through self-discovery, building a career identity, and managing impressions to achieve their ambitions. Additionally, transition guidance supports employees to navigate the change and prepare for finding a new role, while equipping them with practical job search strategie and interview preparation.
This holistic approach ensures they feel empowered, focused, and ready to embrace new opportunities successfully while managing the impact of being outplaced.