Outplacement
Outplacement The Hague - Find guidance in case of dismissal
A role can end for many different reasons. With outplacement in The Hague, we focus on what you take from your previous work and how you can use that experience in a suitable next step.
- A dedicated coach who knows the employers in this city
- Modular in structure, matched to what you need
- Support with your CV, LinkedIn, interviews and job search
- Both individually and for a whole department
Trusted by organisations that invest in their people
Outplacement: support towards a new future
What is outplacement?
Outplacement means your employer pays for guidance towards other work, usually arranged in the settlement agreement. The programme is modular: you and your coach choose which components you need, from a career scan to active job matching, and you pay only for those. Because many posts in The Hague are filled through people who know each other, our emphasis falls early on who you should be speaking to.
Want to see what a programme involves beforehand? Read what an outplacement programme involves.
What does an outplacement process look like at Care4Careers in The Hague?
Our approach in 5 steps
The five steps below are the core of our outplacement programme. Together with your coach you work on self-insight, on application skills, on your network and on how you approach employers. That makes outplacement more concrete than advice alone.
Many people opt for a modular programme: together with your coach you decide where to put the effort. Here you will find our modules.
Personal intake
In this phase we map your situation, your agreements and your wishes, and decide how visible you want to be.
Coaching and assessments
In this phase conversations and assessments establish what you can genuinely do, apart from your job title or grade.
Labour market preparation
In this phase we set your profile against the employers in The Hague and determine which types of organisation fit.
Job search and networking
In this phase you go public: CV and profile in order, interviews rehearsed and your network approached deliberately.
Aftercare and guidance
In this phase you have started, and we stay available for the first months in the new post.
When an external career move needs to be prepared
When outplacement is used
The reason may be organisational, contractual or personal. We adapt the starting point to what has already been decided and what still needs exploring.
Your role disappears through restructuring
If the organisation no longer continues your position, we examine how your experience can be used outside its current setting.
Temporary employment has an agreed finish
When renewal will not happen, you can already strengthen your position in the market and look ahead before the final day.
Both sides reach agreement on departure
Employer-funded support can be included in the settlement, helping you prepare professionally for what follows.
Returning to the current employer is no longer possible
If employment ends after a sustainable return is ruled out, we investigate work that can provide a more suitable next setting.
Outplacement in The Hague
From work to work, with everything you have built up
This region is full of organisations that resemble one another and still work very differently. Knowing that difference makes the search sharper and wastes fewer applications.
Translation is most of the work here
Anyone who spent years in one environment uses words that mean nothing outside it. Rewriting that yields more than another application; see writing a CV after dismissal.
We know the employers in this region
From care institutions and schools to consultancies and delivery agencies. That saves hunting for the right way in.
Also when the procedure runs in English
With the international organisations here that is the rule rather than the exception. Part of our team guides entirely in it.
Wassenaar to Zoetermeer is one market
Rijswijk, Voorburg, Leidschendam, Delft and the Westland belong to it. Travel times inside that ring stay under half an hour.
What you are working towards
You know which kind of organisation suits you and you are in one, instead of somewhere you happened to end up again.
Your dedicated guide
The coaches on the Raamweg
One coach who knows the employers in The Hague, from the public sector to the consultancy, and who will hold the sessions in English if you prefer.
Our office
Outplacement in Hague and nearby
Our location in The Hague is the Raamweg, on the edge of the Benoordenhout and walking distance from the government quarter. The city is known for ministries and international institutions, but most of the jobs are not there: healthcare, education, retail and professional services are by far the largest employers between them. What the conversations here have in common is that people often change worlds without changing field.
A contract rarely ends the same way twice. One person is made redundant in a reorganisation, another leaves by mutual agreement, and for a third an appointment simply expires. That form decides how much time there is and what there is to discuss, which is why we start there. For the employer it decides just as much about what can still be arranged.
About Hague
Good to know about Hague
Policy, delivery and consultancy overlap
Many people here move back and forth between a ministry, an agency and a consultancy over their career. That is normal, and it makes switching easier than most assume.
International work is its own category
The international institutions operate in English and on their own contract terms. We coach in English and know how an expiring appointment plays out in practice.
Raamweg, beside the Malieveld
Reachable by tram and bus from across the city and a short cycle from Centraal. Anyone who would rather stay home does the sessions by video.
One market from Wassenaar to Zoetermeer
Rijswijk, Voorburg, Leidschendam, Zoetermeer, Delft and the Westland all belong to it. Journeys inside that ring stay under half an hour.
The form of the departure sets the room to manoeuvre
A social plan often arranges support already, a settlement agreement leaves room to negotiate, and with an expiring contract time is the only thing that counts.
The region at a glance
The labour market in Hague
Government, international institutions and professional services set the picture here. Demand is shifting towards IT and healthcare, so experience from policy and delivery more often lands outside its own column.
Characteristic of this region
- Government
- Professional services
- Healthcare
Where the openings are
- Government
- Healthcare
- IT
- Technical
Roles with prospects
- Administration
- Policy
- IT
- Healthcare
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about outplacement
I work for central government. Do the same rules apply to me?
Largely, though the path there differs. Since the Wnra came into force, civil servants fall under ordinary employment law, while internal procedures and work-to-work policy still run to their own rhythm. We adapt the programme to that.
Can I do the programme in English?
Yes, from intake to aftercare. Given how many bodies here operate in English, that is simply standard practice for us. If the feedback keeps landing on the interview itself, look at preparing for a job interview.
How do I stop my network hearing too early that I have to leave?
By working in stages. We begin with orientation and conversations outside your immediate circle, and decide together when you become more widely visible.
Is a secondment a step backwards?
Seldom. In The Hague, secondment is a well-trodden route into permanent work, with the side benefit that you see from the inside which posts are coming up.
Who pays, and what should I agree about it?
The employer pays, and the budget belongs in your settlement agreement. Get legal eyes on it, and work out what your transition payment comes to, before you put your name to anything. The entry rate is 2,000 euro; with every component included you arrive at 5,000, excluding VAT.
Where can I find Care4Careers in The Hague?
Raamweg 4, 2596 HL The Hague. A first conversation carries no price tag and no obligation. If you plan to visit, let us know beforehand and we will set aside time with the coach who handles your type of question.
How far does your working area reach?
From Wassenaar to Zoetermeer and from Scheveningen to Delft. Rijswijk, Voorburg, Leidschendam and the Westland all fall within it, in person or online.
I come from a policy role. What can I do outside it?
More than you think. Analysing, writing, weighing interests and steering processes are wanted everywhere. The challenge is translating policy language into terms another employer recognises, and that is where we start.
Have another question about outplacement? Feel free to get in touch for a no-obligation conversation.
Related services
More career support in Hague
Besides outplacement we also help with other career questions in this city.
Outplacement programme
Guidance from work to work, with modules you put together yourself.
Career coaching
Coaching for anyone choosing again after years with the same organisation.
Jobsearch support
Concrete help finding vacancies and handling interviews.
Career scan
An online scan that makes visible what you are good at and what drives you.
Outplacement for employers
Buying in support for one employee or a department, including the arrangements on paper.
Outplacement near Hague
Outplacement throughout Zuid-Holland
Our working area runs well beyond the municipality; we guide people there too.
Care4Careers also provides second-track reintegration in Hague and career coaching in Hague. See all our locations.
Contact location The Hague
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