Outplacement is often provided by organisations to individuals as part of a redundancy package following a restructure due to changing operational needs, market forces or acquisition. Outplacement can also be included as part of a compromise agreement or a negotiated settlement. The outplacement service is provided by a third party and the organisation pays the outplacement fee.

Some organisations will provide you with a budget for outplacement leaving you free to choose which provider to use and your selected outplacement provider will invoice the sponsoring organisation.

Your next career move is personal to you. Clients say that they found it empowering to 'own' the choice of outplacement provider in what can often be an emotionally fraught occasion with questions of self-doubt and bruised confidence to the fore.

At Appleby Associates, as a first step, you would meet a professional career consultant to determine your specific needs and aspirations. At that meeting which is confidential, free and without obligation on either side, the career consultant (who would subsequently become your career consultant if the two of you decided to move ahead) would show you in some detail how the two of you would work together to identify the right career objective and then how to develop the necessary marketing tools to achieve it.

Common sense will tell you that it is essential for you to spend time (not just a quick five minute hello) with the individual that you would be working with and not just a salesperson before you make your decision. After all you are buying a personal service and not a commodity. Selecting the right individual career consultant is a decision that is too important to be left to others. . It is a decision that you alone can make, do not be persuaded otherwise. NB At Appleby Associates as we only employ career consultants we can guarantee that you will always meet a career consultant.

Appleby Associates has effective methodologies and an excellent track record, however, you and your precise situation are unique so we ensure that your career consultant has sufficient time and flexibility to provide a solution that is right for you.