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Outplacement & Career Transition.
Supporting change with clarity, structure and care. When roles end, we help your people find their next step — and protect the brand, trust and reputation you’ve built.
Human-centered outplacement across Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia — for a single senior exit or a whole department, delivered to a global standard.
Senior HR consultants · regional transition programs across the Adriatic
Transition programs delivered for
GSK
Oriflame
Huawei
across the Balkans & Adriatic
Why it matters now
One of the most sensitive moments — for your people and your brand.
In times of organizational change, restructuring or transformation, career transitions are one of the most sensitive moments for both organizations and individuals. How you handle people leaving says as much about your company as how you hire them — and the team that stays is watching.
A responsible transition does two things at once. It gives departing employees real, practical support to find their next role with confidence. And it protects what you can’t afford to lose: your employer brand, the trust of the people who remain, and your reputation in a market where word travels fast. Done well, outplacement turns a difficult decision into evidence that you treat people with care — even when you have to say goodbye.
What it is
What outplacement means at Heads.
Outplacement — also called career transition — is the support an organization provides to employees who are leaving, usually because of restructuring, downsizing or redundancy, to help them move on to their next role quickly and confidently. At Heads, it’s not a workshop or a template. It’s a responsible, individualized program built on a genuine working alliance between each participant and a senior consultant.
What makes it work
A real coaching relationship
Not a module — a relationship built on trust between participant and consultant.
Actionable job-search support
Not theory — practical help that moves people toward real opportunities.
Hogan-based self-awareness
So people leave not just with a CV, but with sharper insight into how they work, lead and decide.
Protection for your organization
Every interaction is designed to safeguard your employer brand, trust and reputation.
What a participant gets
What the program gives your people.
Six elements of our Alliance Approach — a structured, personal program that rebuilds confidence and turns a difficult moment into a clear next step.
Individual career coaching
One-on-one sessions with a certified career coach to identify strengths and define a clear strategy for the next career step.
Professional profile evaluation
Identifying transferable skills and what you bring beyond experience — and presenting it as a strong asset in applications and interviews.
Personal branding & presentation
Shaping a career profile that clearly and convincingly communicates expertise, achievements and unique strengths.
Job-search strategy & networking
A structured approach to market research, activating professional networks, digital recruitment channels and industry-tailored strategies.
Preparation for selection
Interviews, competency-based and behavioral assessments, online selection processes and AI-assisted evaluations.
Offer evaluation & negotiation
Support in weighing offers and negotiating the terms of the next role with confidence.
What the employer gets
What it protects for your organization.
Outplacement is an investment in your people and in your organization. With Heads, you get:
Employer brand protection
Departing employees leave as advocates, not critics. In a connected market, that’s reputation insurance you can’t buy back later.
Trust with the team that stays
People who remain judge the company by how leavers are treated. A visible, caring process protects morale, engagement and productivity.
A dignified, defensible process
Structured, discreet and consistent — so a sensitive change is handled professionally from start to finish.
A smoother transition overall
Less disruption, less risk, and a clearer path forward for everyone involved.
How it works
How a Heads transition program works.
A clear, proven method — structured, discreet, and built around the individual.
Scoping with you
We align on the change, who’s affected, the locations and timeline, and the outcome you need to protect.
Onboarding the participant
Each person is matched with a senior consultant and begins on a basis of trust and confidentiality.
Insight & direction
Hogan-based assessment and structured reflection map competencies, transferable skills, career drivers and self-awareness.
Job-search activation
CV and LinkedIn, targeted market and networking strategy, interview and role-selection coaching — all actionable.
Ongoing support
Continued coaching through the search, adjusting as real opportunities appear.
Landing & follow-up
Support through to the next role, with follow-through that reflects well on you.
What we commit to
Clear deliverables, on both sides.
To each participant
- ✓Competency assessment through a personality inventory
- ✓Identifying strengths, transferable skills and growth potential
- ✓Individual coaching sessions and interview practice
- ✓CV and cover-letter preparation assistance
- ✓LinkedIn profile tutorial
- ✓Guidance through the job market, expanding professional networks and applying effective, tailored job-search strategies
To you, the client
- ✓Support in communication strategy and introduction of the project to impacted employees
- ✓Regular updates on program delivery and status for each participant
- ✓A defensible, dignified process that protects your employer brand throughout
Our aim: to decrease unemployment time and lead to a desired new career opportunity — humanizing an unpleasant aspect of organizational life.
Scale
For one person, or a whole department.
Individual & executive
Single & senior exits
Discreet, senior-led support for a single departure, including sensitive C-level exits where confidentiality and dignity are paramount.
Group & collective
Teams, functions & sites
Structured support across teams, functions or sites during restructuring, downsizing or M&A integration — consistent quality at scale, across Serbia and the Adriatic.
Whatever the size of the change, the standard is the same: human-centered, structured, and built to protect your brand.
Why Heads
Why organizations choose Heads for outplacement.
You can hand people a CV template and a goodbye — or you can give them a real partner, and give your brand real protection.
Human-to-human consultancy model
A genuine working alliance between participant and senior consultant — the opposite of a one-size workshop.
Senior-led engagement
Every program is delivered by senior consultants — not handed to junior facilitators or a generic workshop.
Brand protection built in
Every interaction is designed to protect your employer brand, trust and reputation — not just the leaver’s CV.
Science-backed methodology
Validated assessment frameworks and personality inventories turn an exit into lasting career self-awareness — a depth thin providers can’t offer.
Deep market knowledge & networks
Access to talent networks across relevant industries in Serbia and the Adriatic, delivered to a standard an international HQ will accept.
Discretion as standard
Sensitive changes — including senior exits — handled confidentially and professionally throughout.
Reference partnerships
Regional transition projects we’ve delivered.
Multinationals trust Heads to manage sensitive, large-scale transitions across the Balkan and Adriatic region.
impacted employees supported across the Balkan region.
impacted employees in a regional Adriatic outplacement project.
impacted employees in a regional Adriatic project for Logistics & Distribution support functions.
impacted employees supported in the Adriatic region.
The Heads Advisory Team
The senior consultants who’ll support your people.
Our outplacement program is delivered by a team of senior consultants with extensive experience in managing career transitions as thoughtful, professional and strategically guided processes — tailoring the approach to each individual’s needs and career goals.
Jelena Kolenc
Business Psychologist & Senior HR Consultant
Ana Lazović
Senior HR Consultant
Mina Popović
Senior HR Consultant
Mia Stevanović
Senior HR Consultant
Vanja Pridraški
Senior HR Consultant
Zagorka Maksić
Senior HR Consultant
Gordana Pelengić
Senior HR Consultant
A dedicated, certified career coach stays with each participant throughout — the working alliance at the heart of our model.
FAQ
Outplacement — frequently asked questions.
What is outplacement?+
Outplacement, or career transition, is professional support an employer provides to departing employees — career coaching, job-search help and skills insight — so they can move to their next role quickly and with confidence, while the organization protects its reputation.
How is outplacement different from a career-transition workshop?+
A workshop is generic and one-off. A Heads program is individualized: a dedicated senior consultant, a real coaching relationship, Hogan-based insight and actionable job-search support tailored to each person.
Does outplacement really protect our employer brand?+
Yes. How leavers are treated shapes how employees, candidates and the market see you. A caring, structured transition keeps departing people as advocates and protects the trust of the team that stays.
Can you support one senior exit as well as a large restructuring?+
Both. We run discreet individual and executive programs, and structured group programs across teams and sites — including regional projects such as Sanofi Aventis (200 employees, Balkans) and GSK (90 employees, Adriatic).
Do you deliver in English and across the region?+
Yes — across Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, in local languages and English, to a global standard suitable for international organizations.
How long does a program last, and what does it cost?+
Programs are scaled to the situation and the seniority of those involved. Tell us about your change and we’ll come back with program length options and a pricing model.
Plan a transition that protects your people and your brand.
Tell us about the change you’re managing — one role or many — and we’ll come back with how we’d support your people and protect your organization through it.
