Our Approach to Outplacement
Our goal is to ensure that AJO’s career transition services meet the needs of our clients and their impacted employees. We believe that we have gone a long way to addressing many of the challenges associated with delivering high quality services cost effectively today. Want to know how we’ve done this? Download our “Outplacement Services Today - Factors to Consider” handout shown on the left, especially if your answer is “yes” to any of the following questions.
Has it been a while since you purchased outplacement services? Are you purchasing the same programs today that you bought ten years ago? Why does this matter?
If you are purchasing outplacement programs of less than six months duration, chances are that services are running out before impacted employees have successfully transitioned. The average job search duration in the U.S. today is 32 weeks and typically, organizations purchase programs that are of a much shorter duration. We can offer a delivery option that addresses this problem. Our clients think so too, as they’ve switched to our more robust option for their impacted employees and now enjoy a better return on their outplacement investment.
Want to know what components of outplacement services are most valued? What components are the least likely to be used and why?
Individualized consulting, with a personally assigned senior consultant and fully integrated technology tools and resources, (available anywhere, anytime) are the most valued components of an outplacement program. The use of office space has declined precipitously in the last decade and fewer than 20% of your associates will use an office when one is included in the program. We’ll help you configure services that address the needs of those in career transition today – which includes uncompromising high quality consulting and access to technology tools and resources until successful transition. You will only pay for an office when an office is required.
Do you need help configuring outplacement services for a special group or project? Is your budget tight and some “out of the box” solution is needed?
At AJO, we partner with clients to custom design services for non standard situations. We have several creative options up our sleeves where traditional outplacement configurations just don’t work. This includes services that allow individuals to continue working where a facility is closing over a period of time or geographically distributed employees that would have participated in a workshop if they were in the same location.
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