Employees who lose their jobs because of a downsizing or other reasons are often offered outplacement counselling by their organisation. Outplacement firms help the employees to ‘bounce back’ emotionally, and search for a job effectively and quickly. 

These companies are hired by the organisations laying off their employees in order to facilitate swift transition to new jobs. This service comes as a great relief for the employees who find themselves in a very difficult and worrying position in their career.

Outplacement services offered through outplacement counselling include career counselling as well as advising. Since the majority of employees aren’t quite up-to-date with the modern job searching tools and techniques, they are provided with the necessary training.

Executive outplacement counselling also includes advice with writing cover letters and developing CV’s/resumes so that employees are able to make the right impression with new employers, recruiters, or hiring managers.