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Outplacement Adelaide by Development at Work Australia is the leading provider of outplacement services focused on Adelaide and its surrounds

Do you need to support your people through change?

Do you need to use outplacement services?

Manage outplacement and career transition more effectively with Outplacement Adelaide by Development at Work Australia, helping retrenched executives find their next step.

Support your people with kindness through change and transition. Do you need to make redundancies? Whether your need is for one person or many we can help with outplacement services.

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Bridget Hogg

Bridget Hogg, Principal Outplacement Consultant has over 20 years’ experience providing outplacement services and will

personally assist your people.

Call 0477 016966 to discuss your outplacement needs and questions. Bridget welcomes your enquiry and can provide you with a quick quote and a full proposal.

Do you need to assist someone to transition out of your organisation, feeling supported? We can help by providing outplacement services in and around Adelaide, and remotely. We are the only outplacement provider who measured the impact of our service on over 500 recent career transition clients. We gave the results to an independent statistician – who discovered we made a highly significant impact for the better on every single measure of success!

Help for leaders to plan and manage the people aspects of change
Onsite, on the day, support to you and your people as you give the news
Individual comprehensive outplacement packages lasting up to 12 months utilising the best positive psychology, NLP and strategic intervention coaching tools and techniques
Ongoing change and transition support to help your people avoid “survivor syndrome” – which can result in voluntary separation of the employees you need to retain.
Transition to retirement support
Portfolio career management support – helping people to pursue new career directions, start a consulting business, explore contracting and interim management
Connections to senior leaders in Adelaide
Remote and rural support online, via phone and email
Maintenance of your brand reputation
Career transition group workshops, managing change workshops, building resilience in times of change and uncertainty workshops (for senior leaders, team leaders and employees)

I have selected Development at Work Australia as our outplacement provider for many years over different organisations and have always been impressed by the responsiveness and high levels of service. Bridget Hogg, Principal Consultant, has personally provided outplacement services to many people across the sporting and energy industries. She has assisted our outplaced people to manage the emotional impact of redundancy and has coached them in managing their emotional state whilst seeking new employment. Bridget also assisted outplaced candidates to find their next direction and she effectively coaches them in resume writing; job application techniques; finding the hidden jobs; finding alternative employment routes (such as self-employment); and interview skills. Bridget’s NLP credentials and background in psychology, coupled with her many years of experience as an outplacement consultant enable her to address the core issues with our people – helping them to see and find light at the end of the tunnel.

Craig Brooks

Craig Brooks HR Consulting

years of experience

career transition clients

Personally, I have utilised the services of a number of outplacement providers over many years. I have found the support provided by Development of Work Australia to be of the highest standard in educating and supporting candidates in resume writing, job application techniques, interview skills and coaching them to secure new roles. Bridget’s NLP credentials and background in psychology, coupled with her many years of experience as an experienced outplacement consultant provide invaluable support to candidates to secure new opportunities. I would have no hesitation in recommending Bridget and the services of Development at Work Australia.

Chris Ramage

Former HR Manager, Treasury Wine Estates

Contact us now to ask for a brief overview of all that we can provide including:

Personal support and self-awareness development
Mindset management and psychological wellbeing support to foster acceptance of career mobility and change and engender hope and confidence
Career, values and life goal review
Strength’s assessment and review of accomplishments and transferable skills
Personal development planning and review of options and unique opportunities
Information on the market, careers in the industry of choice, skills gaps and local demand
Goal setting and career direction clarity
Personal branding, positioning oneself and marketability review
Online personal branding (including review of Linked In profile) and digital literacy support
Development of resume, Linked In profile and other documentation
Development of cover letters
Editing of cover letters
Job search coaching (including online)
Personal and professional network review

Assistance to build networks and find the hidden jobs
Introductions to recruiters and useful local connections
Invitations to events
Introductions to other sources of support to pursue portfolio career options such as contracting and self-employment
Support to build personal initiative, wellbeing and resilience and to persevere in job search
Support to transition to Retirement
Support to explore career change and upskill
Assessment Centre guidance (Bridget Hogg is an Assessment Centre Designer and Assessor)
Interview skills – online, SOAR technique and Executive interviews
Interview skills practice and feedback
Support in salary negotiations
Support for partners who may be emotionally distressed
Complimentary access to our recorded online workshop program (for those on the 6 month, 9 month or 12 month programs)
Onsite on the day support for those giving the news, including a debriefing afterwards and an initial meeting with each person whose role was retrenched
Support for leaders in the organisation to plan and manage change and avoid survivor syndrome

Bridget provided a very professional service when handling a difficult situation. I had never heard of outplacement services until I met Bridget. I investigated other outplacement options and decided to choose Development at Work Australia. I have been extremely pleased with the service and support that she provided.

Elwyne Smith

Genesys Wealth Advisors

I want to take the time to express my gratitude for your outplacement guidance. With your professional knowledge and excellent consulting skills, I have received a permanent full-time job offer as a Cloud Computing Consultant…Your assistance definitely played a vital role in making all these exciting things happen. You analysed my personal strengths and directed me toward the right career opportunities...Thank you again for everything!

Suifeng Yuan

retrenched from Chamonix 2024

Outplacement Services in Adelaide

Bridget Hogg, Principal Outplacement Consultant has over 20 years’ experience providing outplacement services and will personally assist your people. Bridget previously provided outplacement services for one of the large international outplacement firms. Bridget has over twenty years’ experience in outplacement and career coaching, has won several awards (local, State and International) for career transition coaching and has qualifications in psychology (BSc Hons Psychology, MSc Psychology), NLP (Practitioner) and Strategic Intervention. Bridget is a long standing Professional Member of AHRI, the Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI), Professional Member of the CDAA and Fellow of the GLF.

Bridget is supported by other specialist career transition professionals on large scale redundancy projects. Some Executives have sessions with another career transition practitioner – for better industry alignment or, for example, where a male career transition practitioner is requested.

Services can be provided at your site and we meet clients across Adelaide (Adelaide North, South, East and West) to avoid the need for your people to undertake unnecessary travel and expensive CBD car parking costs. We can provide remote services too and welcome your enquiry.

Tailored Support

We provide effective tailored support at the right time.

Tailored Support

With over 20 years’ experience in the provision of quality outplacement services, Bridget tailors each package for the needs of the individual. Bridget will meet with each person weekly and is sensitive to what each person needs, when. Bridget provides personal support to assist each individual to take their next step.

Tailored Coaching Support

Bridget provides mindset management and career transition coaching support.

Tailored Coaching Support

When someone needs practical techniques to build their confidence and vision of the future – that’s where the coaching will focus. When someone needs assistance to: build connections and a network; find the hidden jobs; improve and manage their online presence; maximise their personal branding and marketability; write a resume and cover letter with impact; manage their job search; practice their interview skills – that’s where the career coaching will focus.

Mindset Management

Mindset management is a key part of our offering.

Mindset Management

Bridget helps retrenched employees maintain hope and optimism. She brings the tools and techniques of positive psychology into outplacement, helping your people manage their mindset and emotional state.

Proven Results

You want a service that has proven results. Bridget tracks results.

Proven Results

Bridget has helped Executives to transition to their next role in Australia and overseas – in industries as varied as Sport to Mining. An independent statistician analysed the progress made by our job seekers across 7 measures (such as mental health and wellbeing, knowledge of effective resume writing techniques and making increased professional connections) and found participants made a statistically very highly significant improvement on all 7 measures of success – and found work they want

Transition to Retirement

When the employee you have retrenched wants to transition to retirement, start their own business or explore a portfolio career

Transition to Retirement

Bridget is one of the few outplacement consultants in Australia trained in age management and helps your people manage the transition to retirement.

I would really like to thank you for the support that you provided during the week after I was retrenched. The help with my resume and interview practice was invaluable, particularly as I hadn’t been unemployed for many years and was very much out of practice. It really boosted my confidence which I really appreciate. Thank you also for your advice and support long after your contract with (my former employer) was completed. I attended most of the seminars you recommended and met with other people in my age group in a similar position. It can get very lonely while searching for employment and it was good to exchange ideas and stories with my peers. Thank you once again.

David Brewer

Bridget was highly recommended to me by another organisation and when the time arose to use her services I could not have been more pleased. Part of our organisation was going through a restructure, so with Bridget’s expertise we were able to offer external support to our employees and this service was used by a number of them. To also assist myself and a couple of managers, I sought Bridget’s expertise to run a workshop on “Managing the People Aspects of Change”. This was presented professionally but flexible to those attending.

Paula Ridge

formerly Human Resources Coordinator, South Australian Cricket Association

Evidence Based

In 2021 Bridget hired an external statistician to examine the improvements made by 550 of our career transition clients over the last few years.

The statistician’s analysis revealed that over the time that career transition clients worked with us, they made a very highly statistically significant improvement in:

their mindset (mental health and wellbeing);
their knowledge about what additional help and support was available to them (for example to start a business);
their job search ability (including their ability to manage their online presence, write an effective resume and represent themselves confidently at interview);
their engagement with connections that would support their career transition
their engagement in education and skills building appropriate for their next role
their engagement in job search behaviours (i.e. keeping their spirits up and continuing to consistently engage in job application and networking activities to find employment) and
their employment

Capacity

Bridget and her team have worked with over 600 career transition clients to help them find work they want.

Capacity

Bridget and her team have worked with over 600 career transition clients to help them find work they want. Whether you are seeking individual support for one person, help with a large redundancy program or group workshops – please contact Bridget on 0477 016966 for help.

Awards and Commendations

Bridget and her team have won several awards and commendations for career transition work.

Awards and Commendations

In 2020 we won the Career Development Association of Australia Award in SA for Excellence in career transition, and we were nominated by the Career Development Association of Australia for a National Award in 2022. We have won local awards (City of Marion and HCBA) and an international award for our career transition services (from the Asia Pacific Institute of Learning and Performance).

Click here to download our checklist of what to consider when selecting your outplacement service provider

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Bridget has been fantastic in so many ways to help me through my ‘redundancy journey’. Right from the first day she was kind and empathetic whilst immediately providing me with some necessary tools, including simple but important things such as how to communicate this to my wider network. She then assisted me in improving my CV and cover letters when applying for new jobs and subsequently helped with practising interview skills when I gained my first interviews. (If you can survive an interview with Bridget, all interviews thereafter will be a breeze!) She was also great in following through and keeping in touch to see how things were going. I would highly recommend Bridget to anyone in the same position as I found myself which was very difficult to process and navigate initially. The help that Bridget provided was invaluable.

Outplacement Client Emma (who found work in 5 weeks) October 2024

Thank you for your assistance during my recent outplacement counselling sessions. I have no hesitation in saying that the sessions were major factor in my finding suitable employment so quickly. The personal meeting sessions were relaxed and productive. From the first session my confidence was raised…When first provided with the offer of outplacement counselling from my previous employer I had not really decided whether to take up the opportunity. I had a preconceived view of this type of counselling more as a stress or grief management service than as a pro-active employment training exercise…I may not even have contacted (Bridget) if you had not made the initial contact. Needless to say I am now extremely glad you did… The entire program was extremely useful.

Emailed by an outplacement candidate assisted by Bridget Hogg

A few years ago, I was in need of a consultant who could handle our outplacement in a holistic way. My criteria for a successful outplacement consultant included providing an educational service to managers in addition to the support and assistance throughout the process from end to end. After phoning 3 different companies, Bridget was the only one who returned my call the same day and made a time to meet with me. Before our meeting, Bridget and the team at Development at Work Australia sent preparatory information which was actually useful (rather than being salesy or ‘fluff’). Upon meeting Bridget, my immediate impression was her warmth and compassion, coupled with her knowledge and obvious experience … I knew I had found the consultant who could work with us. I continue to recommend Bridget’s team at Development at Work Australia as I trust and highly value the services they provide.

Cyndy Broekers, Personal & Professional Coach,

Cyndy Broekers Consulting

Bridget has personally provided outplacement services to a large number of organisations across industry sectors in Adelaide and Interstate including: