Case Study: Workforce Transition and Outplacement
Case Study: Workforce Transition and Outplacement
Business Challenge: How do we effectively redeploy talent from one part of the organisation to another?
Trying to remain competitive in a dynamic industry, this global communications leader was hiring in one part of the company at the same time it was downsizing in another. Because Right Management was currently providing the client with career transition services on an ongoing basis, we were able to identify the inefficiencies in their hiring trends and conceive a solution that would deliver cost savings through a more targeted re-employment process. The goal was to ensure that the right people were considered for the right roles in the organisation. To achieve this, we designed a flexible process that connects internal candidates with hiring opportunities with greater speed and accuracy.
We also provided quick-start sessions to prepare candidates for interviews and facilitated telephone or in-person interviews for candidates around the country – in one three-day period, more than 400 interviews were scheduled, resulting in 59 offers and 51 acceptances. In 2006, this new process saved the client an estimated US$2.4 million in direct costs that would have been spent on severance and hiring from outside the organisation.