The Changing Outplacement Process: New Methods and Opportunities for Transition Management

With downsizing, layoffs, and other retrenchment measures afflicting both the public and private sectors, outplacement consulting has grown from a minor specialty among human resource (HR) firms into almost an industry. Authors explore changes that have occurred in the outplacement process--as well as its practice--to provide a clearer understanding of what it is and what it offers organizations and their employees.

Clearly written and designed to assist upper management and their HR professionals, the book provides not only an insight into the meaning of jobs loss and its devastating effects on workers and the organization, but also a way to help lessen the blow to both. This book is a well-researched, practical resource for all organizations in this economically difficult decade.