outplacement
(noun)
The process of helping to find new employment for redundant workers, especially executives.
Examples of outplacement in the following topics:
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Ethical Conflicts
- For instance, a manager might have a duty to keep an upcoming layoff secret until plans for severance pay and outplacement for those affected can be outlined.
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Postponing Job Hunting
- Common methods of job hunting are finding a job through a friend or an extended business network, personal network, or online social network service; using an employment website; looking through the classifieds in newspapers; using a private or public employment agency or recruiter; looking on a company's web site for open jobs, typically in its applicant tracking system; going to a job fairs; using professional guidance such as outplacement services that give training in writing a résumé, applying for jobs, and how to be successful at an interview .