Outplacement: Supporting Smooth Career Transitions

When redundancy becomes necessary, it can be a difficult experience for both the employee and the organisation. Employers must navigate legislative requirements while supporting affected team members through a significant life and career change.

At WorkPlacePLUS, we understand that effective outplacement is not just about helping someone find a new job,  it’s about restoring confidence, direction, and stability after a challenging transition.

What Is Outplacement and Why Does It Matter?

Outplacement is a structured support program or action plan put in place to assist employees in exiting the business and making the career transition from redundancy to new employment as smooth as possible. It provides professional guidance, emotional support, and practical tools to help individuals move forward with confidence.

While some organisations offer in-house support, many choose to engage independent specialists to ensure a professional, confidential and best practice process. Engaging an external consultant can also reduce internal pressures and ensure that both legal and psychosocial safety obligations are met.

Our Outplacement Program supports a smooth and professional transition for your team

WorkPlacePLUS offers a comprehensive Outplacement Program designed to assist employers in supporting staff affected by redundancy.

Each program is tailored to the individual and delivered through a series of one-on-one coaching sessions. Our experienced facilitators work with participants to:

• Reflect on their career goals and transferable skills

• Identify suitable job opportunities and target markets

• Refine resumes and prepare for interviews

• Optimise LinkedIn profiles and digital presence

• Rebuild confidence and motivation after job loss

This process helps participants re-enter the workforce with clarity and resilience, ready to embrace the next stage of their careers.

Partner with WorkPlacePLUS. Our success rate speaks for itself!

To date, 100% of participants in our outplacement program have successfully found new roles after completing the program.

If your organisation is preparing for change or needs to support employees through redundancy, WorkPlacePLUS can help.

Supporting Employers Through Organisational Change

Redundancies often occur alongside broader organisational change such as mergers, restructuring or downsizing. Poorly managed change can increase psychosocial risks, damage trust and impact workplace morale.

Our HR consultants are change management specialists. We partner with employers to navigate these challenges, ensuring compliance with workplace laws, work, health and safety regulations, and best practice standards for employee wellbeing.

By combining strategic change management with compassionate career transition support, WorkPlacePLUS helps organisations manage difficult decisions responsibly and respectfully.

To learn more about our Outplacement Program and how we can tailor it to meet your organisation’s needs, please contact us today.

Hear from one of our Outplacement Program facilitators

A few of our clients have been in the unfortunate position of having to make an employee redundant. This can be an emotional experience for everyone involved. Employers need to consider the best practice and legislative factors around letting an employee go.

Recently, I was assigned to provide change management support and facilitate a comprehensive Outplacement Program for a WorkPlacePLUS client. You may be thinking, “I've heard of placement and onboarding, but I have never heard of outplacement.” Indeed, I have come to realise that many employers are not aware of this important component of the employment cycle.

Outplacement is a support program or action plan put in place to assist former employees in exiting the business and finding a new job.

While some organisations may be equipped to facilitate outplacements in-house, most employers prefer to engage an independent change management specialist to facilitate a successful Career Transition Program. Outplacement can be offered immediately upon the employee exiting the business or delivered at a later stage when the employee is in the right headspace.

The Outplacement Program that I recently facilitated was delivered through several 1:1 sessions. Each individual participant was in the stressful transition phase between leaving a job and entering a new role. At the beginning of the program, participants were emotionally stuck due to feelings of rejection, compounded by the instability and uncertainty of being unemployed.

The programs covered everything from career evaluation, targeting the job market, resumes and interview preparation, to assisting candidates to improve their LinkedIn profiles. The aim was to refine employable skills and successfully usher participants back into the job market. However, a key underlying component of my role was to restore confidence and alleviate some of the anxieties that the individuals were experiencing.

The Outplacement Program offered by WorkPlacePLUS is designed to support smooth career transitions and enable organisations to provide best practice support to employees who are going through a redundancy. Throughout the program, participants engage in reflective practice and career planning, with the benefit of feedback and support from expert facilitators like me!

To learn more and book an Outplacement Program for members of your team exiting the business, contact WorkPlacePLUS today.