Outplacement: a fashionable and difficult HR service

Monica Georgescu, Managing Consultant of the local subsidiary of the Lugera&Makler human resource management company, explains the low growth rate of Romanian outplacement activities. “The problem may be the fact that potential employers are presently unable to recruit.”

Outplacement activities on the Romanian market are carried out by unspecialized HR companies, which include this service in their portfolio.
   
“Considering the rising number of unemployed, it is difficult to outplace personnel; people must be given a competitive advantage to make them attractive on the market and a career plan to shelter them against future unemployment,” said Madalina Popescu, General Manager of the Pluri Consultants Romania company.

When local companies that lay off staff decide to contact such a company to facilitate the future professional integration of their employees, they are also considering the compensation package.