HR SME : HR Function Management

This part – 2 is a Continuation of my Blog post earlier. In this part we are sharing next 15 questions and answers about Outplacement in India.   16. May I know how this outplacement program is provide coaching and psychological support to assist individual to overcome this trauma of job loss? And what kinds of programs are there which may be best used to serve these individuals? GR: Choosing a right coach is a big task. The main ingredient of outplacement is coaching. In this case coaching is given in the context of the Career Transition during redundancies or business closure etc.,. The coach who understands the job market with specific to the Industry and the job roles etc., who has an ability to help the coachee in a right direction to achieve his/her goals.                                   ...

Business is uncertain all the time. With the global competition, changing business environment and the risk increasingly organizations are going through the change and a challenge to review their people productivity and deployment. In the eventualities of re-organization internally, change in business model, merger & acquisitions there is a high possibilities of redundancies with the workforce. In such cases the organization initiates a process of Transition of their people out of the system.  A process that helps the employees to identify new areas of opportunities based on their future aspirations and competencies is known as an Outplacement.  Outplacement is very common HR practice in many countries, however, it is still to evolve as a critical function of Human Resources in India. There are specialized firms who can help transition a junior most employee to a senior most board member through an Outplacement Program. They also can design many programs from a singl...