Job insecurity and successful re-employment: Examples from Belgium

Abstract

Outplacement is a method of finding another job in the labour market. Active techniques are used to help find other employment: for instance, interview training, counselling and an analysis of personal strengths and weaknesses. Outplacement was introduced in Belgium during the recession at the beginning of the eighties. During this period, several methods of career guidance were used: career breaks, part-time employment, early retirement, etc. Outplacement constitutes a different way of organising a career, namely a specific approach which allows the employee to leave the company under more favourable circumstances (Denolf et al., 1999).