1. Career Management &
Outplacement Services
for the Public Sector
Supporting staff leaving your organisation

2. Career Management &
Outplacement Services
Career Management and Outplacement are established HR practices
for helping those who are being redeployed or made redundant,
both during the process and beyond.
It assists individuals to make sense of what is happening, take stock and with appropriate
coaching, enables them to positively plan the next steps in their career and life.
Any significant change in an individual’s work situation is often an unsettling experience.
When the change is implemented without the individual’s consent it can create huge anxiety
and uncertainty about their future working life and what will happen next.
With the right support an organisation can make the changes as positive as possible,
as well as providing reassurance to the staff affected that they are being treated fairly.
Why use our services?
“ Career Management
The use of career management and outplacement in private sector
companies around the world is a long established principle having
started in the United States more than 30 years ago.
and Outplacement
• Many private sector employees will have experienced redundancy at least once in
their career as traditional working lives altered – it has become an accepted fact can prevent a drop in
that there is no longer a job for life.
morale, motivation
• Organisations which provide career management and outplacement show they
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are using the best HR practice and providing a duty of care to their employees. and productivity.
• Providing career management and outplacement services as part of the
redeployment and redundancy process is proven to help an individual better
absorb the impact of their situation, and manage whatever transition they decide to • Reduces stress on managers during
embark upon. difficult decisions and times.
• Redundancy is an emotional and difficult time for all concerned – our services, • Provides a professional
delivered by career management professionals, have a range of benefits that can ‘parachute’ for those leaving or
fit with your organisation’s aims and objectives for employee care. actively considering it.
• Professional career management and outplacement can substantially reduce the • Helps manage change using
burden on those implementing the decisions as well as those it directly impacts. best practice.
• As experts in HR services we know that employee engagement of those remaining • Reduces risk of tribunals
is a key part of managing the impact of making redundancies – our services or unfair dismissal by helping
contribute to improving their engagement and motivation. you follow the correct legal & HR
procedures throughout the process.
• Approach broadly supported in
discussions with Unions.
• Reassures your remaining
employees of your good intentions
and prevents a drop in morale,
motivation and productivity.
• Continues to promote you as an
employer of choice.
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3. Working in partnership
Our partnership approach blends traditional methods with new
technology through three companies collaborating to provide
an integrated outplacement service.
Each company has extensive experience working
with the public sector, and we have established
long-term partnerships as trusted advisors with
the majority of our clients.
Between us we advise over 30% of the UK’s local
authorities and many other public sector bodies
on strategic and tactical HR issues.
We can help you to offer high-quality career
management and outplacement advice which
combines training methods and mediums, tools
and subject matter to satisfy the varied learning
styles and requirements of your employees.
Features “ Between usand adviseother 30% ofsector bodies
we over the UK’s local
of our authorities many public
services
on strategic and tactical HR issues.
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Covers ‘at risk’ through to retirement Training for managers Online partnerships
Our approach encapsulates the legal We work closely with your managers Through our career tools we provide:
HR elements of redundancy from before and team leaders, embedding knowledge
‘at risk’ and consultation through and transferring skills to enable swifter • Jobhunt - a web spider that uses web
redeployment to advice on early solutions for all. technology to gather every available
retirement planning. live job in the UK
Career tools
Blended service from 1-2-1 to online • Mandis - a business intelligence
The online service enables users to
service that allows a user to gain
Our services are provided in a range of access a wide range of career tools
detailed information on companies
delivery methods from personal mentoring including psychometric tests, competency
and organisations prior to interview
to online support with email, telephone tests for literacy and numeracy, career
and career coaching from our experts. anchors and many more. • In addition we have a range of partners
providing databases, content and
Partnership approach
career services
Working mainly with the public sector,
the organisations who have created
Career Sage adopt a partnership approach
to HR Services, working openly and
collaboratively to achieve quick results.
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4. Our Career Management
& Outplacement Services
Our experience has taught us that while each organisation is “ We offer the full
range of services
different, the blend of skills offered to support those facing
redeployment and redundancy remains constant. from executive
What has changed in the past few years is the utilisation of web technology, combined
with traditional methods of outplacement, to provide blended solutions. The web is proving
coaching through
a faster and more efficient way of getting an individual to assess their situation and start to online and
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making decisions that will help their future.
We offer the full range of services from executive coaching through to online and group
group support.
support. More detailed information on each is available on our website.
Online Outplacement
Through our unique portal, Career Sage,
an online service provided with a range
of support options including email,
phone and in person responses.
Executive Outplacement
This is the highest level of support we
provide with personal consultancy given
over a period of days to help a senior
manager, executive or director find
the right direction after redundancy –
(typically from 2 to 6 days per employee).
Individual Outplacement
This is similar to the above with less
time required - aimed at more junior
managers and those who require
Outplacement Tools & Modules quicker solutions and support but on
a 1-2-1 basis – (often from 0.5 to
2 days per employee).
The key to successful career management and outplacement is matching the right
support tools to the right individual in order to achieve the best outcome. Group Outplacement
Almost every scenario will be unique as each person will have a different set of Where it is more practical we provide
circumstances that becomes apparent when they evaluate their own position. group exercises typically over a day or
more – combining workshops, personal
Our services allow total flexibility to ensure that the right support is provided for each
support and a full range of job search
individual. These are available through the adjacent delivery methods.
tools from CV writing to job hunting
and interview preparation.
At Risk Consultation Redeployment Redundancy
Train the Trainer
Similar to group style activities but
involving training of your in-house teams
Personal Stocktaking Personal Assessment CV Writing and Review
to deliver the outplacement services
to those at risk and facing redundancy.
Job Search Professional Networking
Management Interview Preparation Job Clinic
Similar to the group exercises involving
the creation of a temporary career
Setting up a Business Retirement Planning Financial Planning support office on the client site to
provide a hands-on service over an
agreed period that is attuned to the
Voluntary Work/Support Semi-retirement Planning Relocation Planning local market.
Career Break Career Change Retraining
and Support
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5. Online Career Management
The heart of our online service blends hundreds of content
pages, e-tools, personal assessment exercises & calculators,
commercial partners and related content links to provide a rich
and personal online experience.
With a substantial investment, Career Sage has been developed over the past 18
months by three organisations specialising in public sector HR & technology solutions.
It has been designed specifically for the public sector following considerable
consultation, market research and testing with our clients.
We developed our online service in response to our clients’ demand for a more efficient
and accessible career management and outplacement service.
Our service starts earlier in the consultation process at the consultation & at risk
stages, with employment law and legal compliance advice. It supports redeployment,
voluntary departures, “at risk” as well as those made redundant.
Our online service is provided through a secure, customisable website, and is supported
by a range of service support options including email, phone and in person responses. Easy to use content management system.
Benefits for your organisation
There are many benefits to online career management and
outplacement, particularly where resources may be scarce
and the demand can be high.
• Easily and swiftly deployed generic tool –
“ Moreused our
have
than 22,000
user accounts are quickly activated by your staff.
online services
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• Intuitive design and ease of navigation reduces
communications and training requirements. to date.
• Customisable/bespoke service – including your
own policies and procedures as content.
• Account Management from an experienced
and expert HR Consultant/professional.
• Localised content – easy to add and supports local
job seeking and career management.
• Logos/images/colours – all adaptable to your
organisation’s requirements.
• Simple, user-friendly content management
system for your staff to have full control of
content changes.
• Management information – provides
anonymous and aggregated usage reports.
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6. Career Sage Tools & Technology
Jobhunt4.me is a unique Jobsearch tool
specifically developed by 4me Ventures.
This remarkable piece of software aggregates
job vacancies from across the web, compiling
results from the main job boards as well
as thousands of company websites.
At any time there are more than
500,000 live jobs shown.
“ From a technology
perspective we have
made Career Sage
incredibly simple to
roll-out, with minimal
impact on your IT
resources or ICT teams.
Business Intelligence • No technical integration needed –
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access via a web link on your intranet.
Mandis Business Intelligence provides annual sales, turnover, profits, cash, debtors,
current assets and liabilities for 7 million Companies House registrations. • Hosted on Global Switch secure servers
and accessible 24/7 via personal login
It provides an invaluable, real-time resource for researching organisations and
from home, office or public location.
learning about new job announcements in every region of the UK.
It is normally available as a subscription-based service costing several hundred • Fully scalable with no impact on your IT
pounds but we provide this a fully integrated part of the Career Sage offering. resources or technology infrastructure.
• Works on all major browser types
including Internet Explorer, Firefox
and many others.
• Team of content editors, career coaching
experts and account support constantly
improving the service.
• Appointed system administrators can
quickly authorise new users and change
existing user permissions.
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7. Benefits for your employees
The use of career management and outplacement services by
organisations has been a key part of their strategy to reduce the
burden on managers and others who are delivering the news to staff.
Our services also have significant benefits External perspective – dramatic personal
for employees: changes can often lead to resentment and
frustration in what is likely to be a volatile
Personal service – the effects of environment. By providing external support
redundancy are unique to an individual. to affected individuals, they can vent their
Career Sage can be tailored to feelings to an outplacement professional.
accommodate every subsequent choice
or scenario from early retirement to Ongoing support – our range of services
finding a job, taking a career break or even provide support that continues until the job
relocating in the UK or overseas. is done, whatever the desired outcome.
An individual may have left your
Expert advice – our career coaching and organisation but will still be drawing on
outplacement advice is underpinned by our expertise for some months beyond –
many years of helping staff to cope with this is all part of our service.
redundancy and get back into work or
take their next step. Our advice is tangible,
professional and ultimately the best an
individual can get.
“ Our range of
services provide
support that continues
until the job is done,
whatever the desired
outcome.
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Connects with Workforce Planning
Workforce Planning is a clear analysis of current situations and future requirements – it should
be an integrated approach and a key part of your organisation’s overall strategies and plans.
It allows your organisation to consider future pressures and put effective solutions in place:
for people development; financial and change management.
Our expertise in Workforce Planning enables your organisation to:
• Overcome resistance when Workforce Planning is seen solely as “cutting”.
• Ensure workforce reductions do not have a disproportionate impact on capability
(e.g. an over-emphasis on “pragmatism”).
• Integrate political and executive leadership, and handle multiple internal and
external stakeholders.
• Improve availability and management of data: jobs, costs, talent and capability.
• Identify and retain talent at all levels, addressing career paths and
progressing, where appropriate, talent from professional to manager.
• Manage its scale and complexity: tasks (definitions, assumptions, expectations)
and improve HR systems.
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8. Our outplacement
service, Career Sage, At Ways HR Consulting we offer a full
is the product of three range of HR services to our clients:
organisations who are
Reward
committed to supplying By drawing on our extensive reward expertise,
strategic and tactical which includes the widely successful Job Family
HR advice to the public Modelling approach (and our unique Job Family Here are some of the public sector
Allocation Tool) you ensure best value for your clients that we have supplied strategic
sector. Together we use
people spend. and tactical HR advice to:
web-enabled technology
solutions and trusted Development Bassetlaw District Council
We provide pragmatic development solutions Blackpool Council
consultancy services to organisations at every stage within the Cumbria County Council
to bring best practice employment lifecycle. Derbyshire County Council
and leading thinking to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Our approach, which uses competencies to
our public sector client recognise the variety of ways in which a person Glasgow City Council
partnerships. can contribute to organisational success, creates London Borough of Newham Council
clear standards for employee development at Nottingham City Council
every level. Pembrokeshire County Council
Powys County Council
Performance
Scottish Borders Council
We help organisations create a clear set
Sheffield City Council
of values, establish a positive culture, and
South Gloucestershire Council
ensure real employee engagement and buy-in
throughout. City and County of Swansea
West Midlands Pension Fund
Our performance services help you to align Wolverhampton City Council
people practices to drive customer satisfaction.
JGP is one of the UK’s leading providers of talent management
software and was established in 1999.
We currently work with over 100 public Jobsgopublic.com
and not-for-profit sector clients - our core This is the leading not-for-profit and public
products include: sector job board in the UK, attracting over
715,000 unique visitors a month.
Skills Portal
A tailored product aimed at gathering robust, EmployeeChex
up to the minute data on your employees’ This application will drive the redundancy
Contact us skills and capacity. The skills portal process for organisations, taking the HR
gives organisations the ability to shuffle users on a step by step journey into best
workforces based on ability rather than practice, thereby limiting cases of unfairness
perceived need, allowing talent to shine and and / or legal litigation in Employment
E enquiries@careersage.co.uk be recognised. Tribunal.
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Talent Pools
W careersage.co.uk Organisations need to be getting more than
a one hire ROI from recruitment drives – the
Career Sage JGP Talent Pool allows unsuccessful talent
1 Portland Street to be nurtured and if needed called on in the
Manchester future. This reduces recruitment costs and
M1 3BE the use of temporary staff.
RecruitR
4me Ventures Ltd© This service addresses the challenges of
attracting, selecting and hiring talent in the
most effective and cost efficient way for
organisations irrespective of size and sector.
RecruitR brings together all stages of the
recruitment process from job postings on the
Jobsgopublic network.