Employment counselling
TheresaD
9 Posts
We are letting an employee go. I want to offer him some assistance in finding another job. May be some help with his resume, interview skills, and job placement. Any ideas?
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I think the only caution I would offer is to offer your assistance but don't take on the responsibility for this individual.
I went so far as to help a young man we had fired apply and get into a live-in job corp training program. This young man was from a tough home with no parents really to speak of. He had violated our rules to the point that he could not continue working for us but as an individual I felt like it was appropriate to help him try to steer his life in a positive direction.
In NJ, our Department of Labor & Workforce Development provides tons of free resources to help displaced workers find work and/or train for a new career. If your state does not offer these services, you may want to consider a "severance" type of agreement, where your company would subsidize the cost of a professional re-employment service.