Outplacement

1
Outplacement

• A service offering counselling and careers
  advice for you and your company
• We offer a single point of contact for each
  referred person
• with ongoing email and telephone support
  included as part of the service.

2
The 5 Cs Plan for Outplacement

• Challenges-employment/self employment/more
  qualifications
• Choices
• Consequences
• Creative Solutions
• Course of action and Action Plan

3
Change outside my control
Elizabeth Kübler Ross
PAST
FUTURE
Acceptance
Denial
Everything will be ok in the morning
!! happens
Forming
Performing
ve
Time passing
-ve
Storming
Norming
GROUP NORMS
How dare they do this to me
If I do x then .
Resistance
Exploration
4
Outplacement Process
assigned Consultant)
Action plans
3 Interviewing
Ongoing telephone and email support
5
Initial meeting with coachee

• Discuss SWOT analysis
• Carry out assessment of direction with coachee
  using tools such as MBTI, OPQ32, career
  orientation questionnaires
• Agree possible ideas and then agree outcomes for
  monitoring

6
2nd meeting-options

• Employed route
• CV writing
• Agencies
• Applications

• Self employed route
• Business idea
• Business structure
• Business plan

7
Business Plan

• Consider the 5 Ms!
• Manpower
• Machinery
• Materials
• Methods
• Money

8
The Burning Platform

• As a change tool the Burning Platform can be used
  for 2 purposes to
• Create a false deadline
• 2. Countermand the standing instructions to do
  the unthinkable!

9
3rd meetingInterview skills

• Employment route
• Role-play
• Actual Interview

• Self employment route
• Application to Bank financiers/backers
• Business plan into action

10
"STAR" Principle
Stay on track when answering criteria based
interview questions S ituation Describe the
original situation T ask Explain what
you are trying to achieve A ction Describe
what you actually did R esults What was the
output?
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Key tips

• Land the plane!!
• Name, Rank and Number!

12
4th meeting- Follow up

• Questions at this stage cover
• What have you done?
• What further help do you need?
• Client uses the meeting for reviewing progress
  and identifying new skills learned
• Final Review where Consultant disengages