Outplacement, a key management tool

The world of work is constantly evolving and facing serious challenges. The accelerated development of new technologies, including artificial intelligence, is also shaking up practices, impacting certain jobs and creating new ones. The same goes for climate change, which amplifies the need to develop Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and also generates new professions.

To define a genuine career strategy in this VICA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) context, individual outplacement - also known as career coaching - is a valuable tool. In addition to helping you find a new job quickly, outplacement is, more than ever, a fantastic opportunity to manage your professional career on a long-term basis. Particularly for those looking to evolve, change sector or define a new life project.

One coach and a team of experts

To achieve this, support is individual, "tailor-made", allowing time for exchange with a dedicated coach - a tandem within which a privileged relationship of trust is created - but also being embedded in a collective dynamic.

The coach is both the one who welcomes and listens, as well as the one who provides constructive feedback. They are surrounded by a team of experts and seasoned facilitators, able to intervene on specific themes in order to meet the needs of the people being coached, and to adapt to the rapid changes they are/will be facing.

The soft skills challenge

Soft skills are increasingly seen as an important recruitment criteria. Employers are looking for future employees who have not only technical skills, but above all the behavioral competencies (or soft skills) that will enable them to integrate easily into their new professional environment and work more effectively in a team: leadership, interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, etc. And because they are essential for success in a new sector or function, the coach's mission is to help people identify these soft skills and develop them to strengthen their employability in the longer term.

Time for personal development

Outplacement is also an opportunity to take time for yourself, to invest in your personal development. In addition to traditional job search techniques, personality questionnaires help you to get to know yourself better and learn how to talk about yourself. Seminars are also organized to help you identify your professional motivations, enhance your soft skills and make a greater impact in your communication. Workshops on "Mindfulness Meditation" or "Non-Violent Communication", for example, are an opportunity to develop, work on oneself and enrich one's knowledge. Taking time for personal development can help you clarify your career objectives, optimize your professional repositioning, and be better prepared for tomorrow's professional challenges.

Networking is key

Outplacement is also an opportunity to strengthen your network. We offer our clients a rich ecosystem made up of market connection experts, alumni, networks of internal and external partners (recruitment companies, freelance consultants, interim management companies, etc.), and networks of corporate clients. What's more, the workshops people take part in, the peer exchange and energizing groups, and the networking events enable them to develop an effective relational network. So many opportunities to make networking a reality, not just a theoretical approach.

Personal Branding training courses improve their visibility on social networks, giving them easier access to professional opportunities not only on the open market, but also on the hidden market.

Innovative, effective support

Innovative, agile support enables people in transition to expand their "field of possibilities", by discovering other forms of employment, such as Interim Management. It's also an opportunity to learn about technologies such as ATS or Boolean queries, to adjust to the current practices of recruiters, to improve your knowledge of how social media work, and to open up to innovative subjects on which it may be important to have some knowledge to be relevant to recruiters.

Audrey Polomat, Executive Coach - Operations Manager at LHH Luxembourg: "At LHH, we are committed to helping candidates and companies successfully manage their career transition. We are a people-oriented company, and we do our best to facilitate this stage of the career path".

As you can see, if you're looking for career development or a change of sector, outplacement is a serious option. It's a rewarding experience that will make you more effective in your next professional challenge.