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Meet the Coach: Interview with Senior Career Consultant Karen Maida Heckman

Careerminds

With over 20 years in the corporate sector across consumer-packaged goods, finance, sales, human resources, and retail, Careerminds Senior Career Consultant Karen Maida Heckman specializes in outplacement coaching and interview prep. How Have You Seen the Outplacement Industry Evolve Over the Past Decade?

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Klarna CEO sounds alarm on AI job cuts causing recession

People Matters

In 2023, the firm reported a 17% rise in credit losses to US$136 million – a figure tied to increased customer onboarding. Redundancy payouts and outplacement services will not suffice. Credit losses and consumer sentiment Beyond workforce changes, Klarna’s financials offer another lens into how macroeconomic turbulence might play out.

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How HR Capabilities Evolve with Business Growth [+ 5 Tips for HR Leaders]

AIHR

Primary HR capabilities: Outplacement, retention of critical talent, and knowledge transfer. First, the capability is described in terms of the specific competencies required to source, recruit, and onboard talent.

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Workforce Management is the Gift that Keeps on Giving this Holiday Season

Prism HR

Retailers are only expected to add 520,000 new jobs this year—down from 564,200 last year at this time, according to research from global outplacement and career transition company Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Even so, that’s still a half-million new faces that need to be onboarded and added to the schedule.

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Don't Let Them Leave Mad - Offboarding with Empathy

Speaker: Caroline Vernon, Director of Sales, CareerArc

Enter Outplacement - the brand strategy you may be overlooking. How does providing an Outplacement program to an exiting employee affect the Employer Brand/ Reputation? Almost all organizations have a strategy in place for effective onboarding - now let’s talk about your off-boarding strategy!

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HR in Mergers and Acquisitions: What HR Leaders Need To Know

AIHR

Ensure that these changes are handled with empathy, comply with labor laws and organizational values, and support impacted employees through outplacement services or other mechanisms. HR must facilitate leadership onboarding, role clarity, and alignment sessions to unify the top teams vision, communication, and behavior.

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[FREE] Employee Termination Checklist: Your Simple Offboarding Guide

AIHR

✔ Conduct an exit interview: If appropriate, gather feedback from them on their employee experience to help improve onboarding changes or retention strategies. ✔ Update HR systems: Mark the employee as terminated in your HRIS and update internal payroll and benefits records.