corporate outplacement

Termination of an employee has always presented an unpleasant challenge to the employer, a challenge with multiple considerations and multiple ramifications. Corporations have sought to eliminate as much unpleasantness and risk in this necessary event as possible. Enter the Outplacement Consultant. The outplacement consultant is the specialist versed in training the employer in the process of severing an employee's relationship with the corporation, and in assisting the outgoing employee (the candidate) in effectively working through the process, through his or her emotions and through preparations for finding new jobs or career opportunities.

In 1966, the Great Bull market faltered, mirroring the problems of the economy and American business. Large corporations which had prospered and grown for twenty years supported a now overextended labor force. Expenses would have to be reduced, and the practice of terminating employees wholesale began in the 1960's, first in small numbers and, more recently, by the hundreds and sometimes thousands.

A service entitled Outplacement Consulting, a natural development from the specialized fields of industrial psychology, management development, training and all-around human resources consulting evolved out of the need for outside professional advisors to inform managers on the effective handling of employee termination and on the need to help the out-going employee get organized for a job search.

The original outplacement corporation first invested in outplacement consulting as a courtesy to senior executives in the late 1960's and early 1970's. But the candidate of the late 1970's and 1980's has become the salaried employee. Massive layoffs and mergers have introduced this new breed of candidate. Kammer & Associates specializes in that market, addressing the on-going demand for assistance with corporate change.


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