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Outplacement Support Services

Exceptional support for seamless career transition. Trust City CV to help your exiting employees confidently find new roles, freeing you to focus on your business.

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Est. 2008Career expertise built in the City
40,000+Clients supported
100 daysAverage time to placement
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Services for a Smooth Transition

Experiencing unexpected organisational change, like redundancy, can be challenging for both employees and employers. At City CV, we’ll take care of the people you need to let go.

Our flexible outplacement programmes are made to fit your people and your business. We combine expert coaching with award-winning CV writing services for a smooth and successful transition.

Why Choose Outplacement Support?

Taking care of your employees is not only the right thing to do – it’s also good for business. A supportive exit strategy positively impacts your employee’s wellbeing and plays a crucial role in protecting your employer brand.

The Benefits of Outplacement

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For Your Exiting Employees:

Expert Guidance: Get ahead of the competition with personalised career coaching and guidance.

Professional Personal Branding: Expertly written CV and LinkedIn profiles which clearly showcase value, achievements and skillset to attract future employers.

Interview Preparation: Personalised coaching and interview skills boost confidence and improve interview performance.

Emotional Support: Safeguard mental health during the uncertainty of job loss and career transition.

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For Your Business:

Protect Your Brand: Demonstrate your commitment to caring for departing employees to enhance your brand reputation and preserve employee morale.

Benefit from Smooth Transitions: Reduce disruption to operations and minimise potential legal risk.

Retain Talent Pool: Maintain goodwill with former employees who may return or refer others.

Enhance Recruitment: Showcase a supportive company culture that values employees at all stages and attracts top talent.

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Ready to Protect Your People and Your Brand?

City CV outplacement programmes combine expert coaching, CV writing and emotional support to help you safeguard employee wellbeing while strengthening your employer reputation.


What Our Clients Say

City CV treat every departing employee with respect, empathy, and compassion, providing meaningful support throughout the transition. This ensures that our colleagues leave feeling valued and prepared for the next stage of their journey.

Harriet McArthur, Human Resources Director, Europe, Global Aerospace.

“City CV are a natural partner for us. Their specialist team have provided practical and emotional support to our people when they needed it most.”

Sue Stephens, Senior Resourcing Pizza Hut Restaurants

“Their knowledge and experience and the support they provided has made a huge difference to those that have used the service.”

Jane Howkins, Head of Talent and Resourcing Moto Hospitality Ltd

What Our Candidates Say

“I secured work quite well, and quickly. It’s given me extra confidence to pick and choose.”

“Thoroughly recommend City CV. A professional experience that has delivered incredible results, quickly.”

“It provided practical and emotional support and offered a lifeline. It was transformative.”

Looking for a Trusted Outplacement Partner?

As one client shared: “City CV are a natural partner for us. Their specialist team provided practical and emotional support when our people needed it most.” If you want the same peace of mind for your organisation, let’s talk.


What’s Inside Your Outplacement Support Programme?

Career Transition Coaching

Transition coaching provides your employees with an opportunity to objectively review past, present and future with support from our expert coaches. This helps to identify unique skills and motivations, define and articulate their personal brand and achieve career goals.

Writing Services

Ensure your candidates secure their next role with professionally written CV, LinkedIn profile, bio and cover letter. Our expert team brings their strengths and qualities to life in a suite of personal branding documents that will spark interest and generate offers.

Career Refinery Portal & App

Blending e-learning, personal branding, live jobs and transition support, the Career Refinery combines interactive tools and valuable resources that equip your employees for the next stage of their career.

Wellbeing & Mental Health Support

Practical and emotional support is vital for tackling the personal stress that can arise from redundancy. Our mental health masterclasses and support helpline provide a safe space outside of the workplace for your exiting team to discuss concerns freely and receive qualified support.

Financial Planning Support

The importance of managing finances increases during career transition. With support from our partners at a leading wealth management firm, your candidates will receive free access to a Financially Fit workshop and 1:1 with a financial advisor.

Our programmes are tailored to you and your people

We know how complex the outplacement process can be. Our bespoke packages offer an end-to-end solution to assist with every aspect of your employees’ job search. We supply top professional CV and LinkedIn profile writing as well as confidence-boosting interview and career coaching. All programmes are delivered online/virtually and are supported by our industry leading Career Refinery Portal & App.

Executive Outplacement

Connect your senior leadership with their next opportunity.

Who is it for? Perfect for leaders, directors and board members, our Executive Outplacement programme provides crucial support that reflects their level of experience.

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Outplacement for Professionals

Connect your mid-level employees with their next opportunity.

Who’s it for? This programme is perfect for staff with circa 5-15+ years’ total professional experience, our outplacement programme.

Programme includes: Writing Services, Executive Career Transition Coaching, Career Refinery Portal & App and Mental Health Support.

Outplacement for Junior Team Members

Connect your junior team members with their next opportunity.

Who’s it for? This programme is perfect for staff with up to 5 years’ total professional experience and provides crucial support that reflects their level of experience.

Programme includes: CV Writing Service, Career Transition Coaching, Career Refinery Portal & App, and Mental Health Support.

Create Your Bespoke Outplacement Programme

We’ll build a flexible solution to meet your needs, your budget and your people – from junior employees to senior leaders.

Design my Outplacement Programme

Why City CV

City CV is an award-winning career consultancy with almost two decades of experience delivering excellent career transition coaching, professional CV and LinkedIn profile writing and interview coaching. Our team comprises former executives, headhunters, HR professionals, interview coaches and recruiters from a wide range of business backgrounds, all with powerful coaching and copywriting skills.

We equip employees with the tools and increased confidence to successfully attain new career opportunities.

The cross-functional support we deliver will benefit your people, your business and your brand.

It’s our mission to supercharge careers, transform organisations and change lives.

What our clients say

City CV treat every departing employee with respect, empathy and compassion, providing meaningful support throughout the transition. This ensures that our colleagues leave feeling valued and prepared for the next stage of their journey.

Harriet McArthur
Human Resources Director, Europe, Global Aerospace

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Simple Steps to Excellent Outplacement Support

Our expert coaches will seamlessly guide your employee through their outplacement programme – from start to finish.

Contact & Takeover

Let City CV put your people at the heart of their outplacement. We’ll contact them and takeover support.

Select Programme

Choose from Leaders, Professionals and Junior Team Member Programmes for your exiting employees.

Personalised Support

After consultation, we help your employees choose the services for their programme, aligned with personal goals.

Outplacement Programmes

Flexible and personalised outplacement programmes to support your exiting employees’ next career steps, protect their wellbeing and safeguard your brand during redundancy.

Talk to an outplacement specialist

Book a confidential meeting to discuss your employees, your business and the support you need.

Frequently asked questions

Find out how our outplacement services work, who they support and what can be included.

Outplacement services provide practical career support to employees leaving an organisation, often following redundancy or restructuring. Support can include career coaching, CV and LinkedIn writing, job-search planning, interview preparation, digital resources and wellbeing guidance.

We can support junior team members, established professionals and groups containing people at different career levels. Executive and board-level outplacement is delivered through Hanover Talent Solutions.

Yes. We build programmes around the number and career level of the employees affected, your budget, timescale and the services you want to offer. Different groups within the same organisation can receive different levels of support.

We can prepare a tailored outplacement plan within days. The exact start date will depend on the number of participants, the services selected and your organisational timetable.

Yes. Our programmes are delivered virtually, allowing employees to access specialist support across locations and time zones. Participants also receive access to the Career Refinery Portal & App for ongoing resources between sessions.

Outplacement provides departing employees with focused support at a difficult point in their careers. It can also help an organisation protect employee morale, maintain goodwill and demonstrate a responsible approach to organisational change.

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