Past

The outplacement program is often offered to an employee as a part of a dismissal procedure. That often means that the employee has not voluntarily resigned from the job. As a result an employee can develop all sort of negative feelings such as frustration, anger, fear and sadness. This can have a very negative impact on employee’s well being and decrease his/her chances of getting quickly new employment. In order for an employee to make the next steps and focus on the present and future, it is necessary to first understand what happened and take a stock of lessons learnt.

Present

In this part we focus on self-analysis. The employee will discover, through the means of various exercises and assessments, what are his/her work related values, core qualities, competencies and talents, skills, interests. Based on the in-depth analysis and during the brain-storming phase, employee will together with the coach identify the next career steps and choose the position that fits him/her best. This phase ends with a detailed action plan for the next career transition steps.

Future

This part focuses on finding the future employment and consists of the following parts:

• Job market in the Netherlands (tailor-made to the specific situation of the employee)
• Understanding the specifics of the Dutch working culture and Dutch employment market
• Defining a strategy for employee’s job search
• Making a detailed action plan
• Training on how to write an effective CV and Cover Letter according to Dutch standards
• Review of the CV / CL by coach
• Training on how to approach hidden job market in the Netherlands
• Training on how to use social media in job search (LinkedIn)
• Re-write (in case necessary) of the LinkedIn profile
• Training on how to use own network in order to get a job
• Training on the effective networking skills
• Training on the interview skills
• Assistance in finding the right vacancies