The Hays surveys questioned nearly 300 HR professionals and line managers and more than 750 employees across the public, private and voluntary sectors. It found 50% of public sector employees expect further redundancies in the next twelve months.
Although 80% of public sectors workers who had experience of being made redundant had made use of outplacement services, 73% of public sectors employees said there was no current support from their employer about being made redundant.
Some of the reasons employers cite for not using career transitions services in the past has been a lack of internal resource to organise it (44%) and that it is not seen as important by management (40%).
"The problem with existing services is they often only go so far, and concentrate only on the psychological aspects of redundancy," said Mark Staniland, MD of Hays' Career Transition Services. He added: "The employees we surveyed told us that the one area they really wanted help is finding a job, which is why the most effective transition support is linked to recruitment and the practical aspect of searching for a new role."
Outplacement services should be compulsory say public sector staff
As the public sector braces itself for across-the-board job cuts, of survey of public sector workers finds 85% of them want career transition services and CV/interview advice to be made compulsory.
