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Today’s Tip: Outplacement Services – Friend Or Foe?
For those of you that have been laid off from a corporation, have you found the Outplacement Services to be a valuable resource in getting you back to work? Or at least, have they properly prepared you to tackle the economy and beat the odds? Or, did they just make you feel "temporarily good" after your former company showed you the pink slip? And within a few weeks of completing the outplacement program, does that "thankful" feeling start to evaporate since you feel your lifeline has not saved you?I am planning to take a blog vacation, and I would like to hear from you during my short hiatus. Please comment on your experience with Outplacement Services. If you haven't gone through an outplacement program, what is your perception of them?
P.S. The more comments I receive, the quicker I will return... deal?
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The primary objective of the outplacement firm is to make the corporation feel good about helping discharged employees find work. They really don’t care or want to know if the services worked or how well it worked, they just want to know that they tried to help discharged workers. This helps the corporation rebuild the low moral of the remaining workers at the corporation. Everyone who is still employed by the corporation acknowledges that the corporation is compassionate and did something to help the displaced workers. The corporation does have a heart. Those of us unemployed are grateful to receive any help we can get. The ill will toward the corporation is minimized on all fronts.
Please don’t misunderstand me every little bit of assistance received by the unemployed helps. Every seminar, workshop, networking meeting, accountability group, and resume writing service helps. they all represent a piece of the puzzle that we must put together to find gainful employment. The amount of money spent on outplacement services is never outweighed by the services rendered to the unemployed.