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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 the Adriatic region — for a single senior exit or a whole department, delivered to a global standard.
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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.
For one person, or a whole department.
Single & senior exits
Discreet, senior-led support for a single departure, including sensitive C-level exits where confidentiality and dignity are paramount.
Teams, functions & sites
Structured support across teams, functions or sites during restructuring, downsizing or M&A integration — consistent quality at scale, across the Adriatic region.
Whatever the size of the change, the standard is the same: human-centered, structured, and built to protect your brand.
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 the Adriatic region, delivered to a standard an international HQ will accept.
Discretion as standard
Sensitive changes — including senior exits — handled confidentially and professionally throughout.
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 Stevanović
Division Director
Business psychologist and executive coach with 20 years of leadership experience in multinational HR consulting environments.
Minja Bolesnikov
Transformation Partner
Professor. Author of Holistic Management (Routledge). Expert in Strategy & Industry 5.0 and mentor of leaders in business.
Ana Lazović
Senior HR Consultant
Senior HR business coach with Hogan and SHL certification and extensive experience in assessment and development centres and outplacement.
Zagorka Maksić
Senior HR Consultant
Professional with over 20 years of experience in niche talent acquisition and senior-level recruitment.
Vanja Pridraški
Senior HR Consultant
Senior talent acquisition professional with 15+ years of experience in specialized recruitment and executive search.
Mia Stevanović
Lead HR Consultant
Experienced HR professional with coaching expertise and SHL certification and extensive experience in assessment and development centres.
Mina Popović
Lead HR Consultant
Experienced HR consultant with SHL certification and strong expertise in assessment and development centres.
Gordana Pelengić
HR Consultant · Capability Building (L&D) Coordinator
HR Consultant and psychologist with expertise in learning and development, certified in SHL assessment methodology.
A dedicated, certified career coach stays with each participant throughout — the working alliance at the heart of our model.
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.
Do you deliver in English and across the region?+
Yes — across the Adriatic region, 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.
Every inquiry is handled in strict confidence. Or email us directly: info@headstalentsolutions.com
