10 Ways Career Transition and Outplacement Coaching can help turn Redundancy into a more Positive Experience - Guest Article by Jill Maidment

10/11/20

Sadly, every day we hear of more businesses making staff redundant in the UK with Covid-19 having a disastrous impact on some sectors. This means that today’s job market is highly competitive for those looking for work, with some adverts attracting over 1,000 applicants.

With professional Career Transition and Outplacement Coaching put in place very swiftly, as a departing employee, you can feel that you’re not alone and can benefit from support in the following ways:

Having an objective trusted advisor to talk to openly and honestly about how you feel. You can then identify where you sit on the Change Curve in order to manage stress, develop resilience and understand how to leave your current organization on good terms. You never know, there may come a time when another opportunity arises with the employer you are leaving and you don’t want to have burnt your bridges in a fit of anger or blame!
Receiving guidance to identify what you really want to do with the rest of your life, having a personal vision, as well as a career vision. Then setting some short-term SMART goals to create structure and routine in to your daily life and diarising actions regarding your job search.
Receiving Coaching in a confidential and safe environment to re-build any loss of confidence, challenge your Negative Voice or Inner Critic and develop a positive attitude to the changes. Also being signposted to independent financial advice to review and manage your finances, household expenditure and pensions in order to be able to make informed decisions regarding your future and to manage risks.
Identifying your key career achievements to include on your CV and to boost your confidence; establishing what motivates and drives you, in order to align your job search with your values. Ensuring you have a professional, up to date CV which ‘sells’ your key achievements and updating and promoting your LinkedIn Profile.
Working through talent assessments to highlight your skills, competencies, strengths and any areas of improvement. Completing Personality Questionnaires to identify your personality type and receiving feedback on how you are likely to behave in a particular role.
Gaining assistance to explore all options in order to make better decisions, from whether to work full-time or part-time in the future, continue working remotely, take early retirement, or maybe start your own business.
Receiving practical advice on CV writing, relevant Executive Search Firms, Recruitment Agencies, and Job Boards.
Scoping out networking opportunities, identifying if you need to retrain and finding relevant online courses or full-time study.
Preparing for an interview, researching employers and practicing Competency or Behavioural based interview techniques and psychometric tests. Then receiving real-time constructive and motivational feedback.
Creating a Work/life Balance by identifying the deal breakers ahead of applying for any roles, such as location or extent of travel involved. Then creating an ongoing SMART Action Plan to keep you positive and on track.

Outplacement and Career Transition Support is provided completely confidentially via video conference. Each one or two-hour session is conducted in a relaxed and informal way, however there is an emphasis on professionalism and completing tasks before the next session. There is plenty of opportunity to ask many questions and deal with any specific problem areas. The key objective is to ensure you do not feel alone in your situation and that you are supported to find a new role or better future.

Jill offers Career Coaching and Outplacement Support for 1 – 2 hours via video conference. Please contact Jill in absolute confidence to discuss any issues, find out more details, or to book a Coaching session.

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Career and Outplacement Coaching benefits Individuals and Businesses

If anyone is equipped to assist companies as they make tough decisions regarding their employees, it’s Jill Maidment of Bristol-based Consultancy, Natural Talent. For over 17 years Jill has been working in partnership with HR teams and senior managers in large organizations providing Executive Coaching and assisting them with their recruitment, Executive Assessment, Talent Development, Talent Management and Succession Planning.

Each week the UK continues to witness thousands of jobs being cut as the major negative impact of Covid-19 on the UK economy continues to hit hard. Many more redundancies are predicted when the governments furlough scheme is reduced further. One of the most tragic consequences of an economic downturn, merger and acquisition, or restructure is often the displacement of employees. Redundancy can have a devastating impact on the lives of whole families and even communities. It can cause shock, blame, anger and a loss of confidence in the employee. As a result, organizations frequently offer outplacement support to those who are losing their jobs.

Jill Maidment delivers practical and effective Career Transition and Outplacement Coaching to aid individuals, who may be affected by organizational restructures and could be facing redeployment or redundancy. She has helped hundreds of individuals, who were at first devastated at losing their job, only to quickly realise that there are always new opportunities to be explored; all her clients have gone on to enjoy new roles, start their own business, work part-time, or even take unexpected early retirement. 97% of her outplacement clients have secured a role within 2 months.

Jill says: ‘the most rewarding part of my job is witnessing the look on the faces of individuals who arrive for Career Transition Coaching and Outplacement Support and whose expressions change within a few moments when they realise that they can take control of the changes, embrace them, and look upon the opportunity to follow their dreams and start afresh.’

A company’s decision to offer Outplacement and Career Transition Coaching is often strategic and operational, being viewed in a more positive way by both the organization, and by those leaving their roles. The benefits can include:

Minimizing reputational risk to the employer brand
Lessening any downturn in productivity by maintaining high engagement levels
Ensuring smooth transitions that support the affected individuals
Reducing stress amongst those who are leaving and those who are still employed
Creating significant ROI as a result of maintaining engagement levels

Jill adds: ‘The key is to ensure that the employee does not feel alone in their situation and that they are fully supported to find a new role. Linkedin is great for keeping up to date with clients’ progress and seeing how they all go on to interesting roles, or start exciting new ventures.’

Jill is well-placed to assist those who have lost their job; her expertise also includes providing high-impact, solutions focused Career Coaching to successfully prepare and upskill many senior managers for high-profile C-suite and Director roles in large organizations and support them in the first 30 – 120 days. 92% of her clients being upskilled have been successfully promoted. In addition, Jill is a British Psychological Society qualified Assessor and has been involved in Executive Search and Selection and the design and delivery of Executive Assessment and Development Centres for global clients using a wide range of pyschometric tests and personality questionnaires. She has also worked across Europe, the US and Scandinavia delivering effective Face to Face 360 Feedback as well as online 360 Feedback to executives in global organizations.

If you are leading a company that is, unfortunately, having to make staff redundant, or an employee who sadly has lost your job, Jill can offer professional, confidential advice and support.

Jill offers Career Coaching and Outplacement Support for 1 – 2 hours via video conference. Please contact Jill in absolute confidence.

Jill Maidment of Bristol-based Consultancy, Natural Talent, is well-placed to assist clients who are facing redeployment or redundancy. As an Executive Business Coach and Mentor to a wide range of leaders in some of the best-known global companies she has also been providing Career Transition and Outplacement Coaching for over 17 years delivering highly practical tips and tools. 97% of her outplacement clients have secured a role within 2 months.