Follow me on Twitter Outplacement
The Outplacement Checklist: Help in Selecting an Outplacement Firm
Want to figure out which elements are important in outplacement services? We’re making it easy. Here’s a handy Outplacement Checklist to help you identify the services that truly help job hunters. We’ve indicated which services we provide job… Read more
Typical Flyer You Would Give An Employee
click here if you are unable to view… Read more
Human Resources and How to Let People Go
by David Madison, Ph.D., Director, The Five O’Clock Club National Guild of Career Coaches The Accountability of HR Outside the world of Donald Trump, the actual words, “You’re fired,” are probably seldom uttered in the workplace. There… Read more
HR Speaks Out about Best Termination Practices
“There is nothing worse than being escorted from your place off work, a place where you have come day after day and given your time and your blood. You missed your kid’s soccer games to be there, and now they are saying to you, ‘You are so… Read more
Just Lose Your Job? You May Be Better Off Than You Think
by Elizabeth T. Hill, Esq. Job loss—especially sudden, unexpected job loss—is traumatic. Part of the trauma is money panic: terror that you won’t have enough money to pay the bills. A few weeks or months of severance might soften the blow,… Read more
When Your Employer Cares About You
We are proud of our many HR customers who care what happens to their displaced employees. In fact, HR people can become heroes in their companies by telling their employers about the Five O’Clock Club outplacement program. We work with each… Read more
Will You Get the Right Type of Outplacement?
Forget the desk and phone! There’s a myth in outplacement circles that a terminated employee just needs a desk, a phone and minimal career coaching. Our experience clearly shows that downsized workers need qualified, reliable coaching more than… Read more
Downsized Professionals and Managers Prefer The Five O’Clock Club
Once again, the Five O’Clock Club is the provider of choice. In a recent downsizing of 19 professionals and managers (whose salaries range from $35,000 to $150,000), all 19 were given a choice between the Five O’Clock Club and a major… Read more
Will You Get the Right Kind of Outplacement?
Forget the desk and phone. There’s a myth in outplacement circles that a terminated employee just needs a desk, phone and minimal career counseling. Our experience clearly shows that downsized workers need qualified, reliable counseling more than… Read more
Need Help Negotiating Your Outplacement or Severance?
by David Madison, Ph.D. If you are a professional, manager or executive and think you are about to lose your job, read Get What’s Coming to You. to find out how to negotiate your severance with your employer and how to choose the outplacement… Read more
Severance: Get What’s Coming To You
by Kate Wendleton Case Study: Beth Short-Timer Gets Outplacement Beth had worked at Intelliger for less than two years, including working only two days a week for the past month. The company wanted her to leave, but stay on for another month to… Read more
Firing with Compassion — and Compensation — Outplacement is Even More Necessary in Today’s Workplace
by Kate Wendleton The firings will continue, but do they have to be so mean? When downsizing began a few decades ago, managers were advised to use a “surgical” approach when letting employees go. No warmth was shown for a person who spent twenty… Read more