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Supporting Your People Through Change

When Re-structuring Means Letting Good People Go

Making colleagues redundant is never easy.

Sometimes it requires putting the needs of the business ahead of the needs of individuals.

But that doesn't mean you don't care. You do. A lot.

You're looking for ways to help your colleagues have the smoothest possible transition out of the company and into their best next role.

You'd like nothing better than for these former colleagues to find brilliant opportunities and even find themselves celebrating the change just months later.

That's exactly what we help make happen.

The Real Impact of Redundancy

It's easy to underestimate the impact of being made redundant.

Losing your job can trigger all kinds of struggles—financial pressure, mental health challenges, and eroding self-confidence. Even the most capable, senior professionals can feel worthless - as if they've been thrown out with the trash.

Even a thoughtful outplacement package can help support individuals through this complex transition and help them land on their feet with dignity, clarity, and renewed confidence.

Great experiences for outgoing employees can be very helpful for your employer brand reputation. It's cost-effective to help people leave well and can lead to ongoing positive relationships, rather than resentment and negative word-of-mouth if employees leave feeling hard done by.

A Full-Service Outplacement Solution

That Actually Works

Since 2012, Obvious Candidate Career Solutions has been supporting organizations and their outgoing employees through career transitions.

Here's what makes different:

The biggest complaint we hear about rival providers is that their outplacement services are "impersonal" and "generic" - "one size fits all solutions that leave individuals feeling lost, alone and uncared for". That's never the case with our one-on-one personal coaching.

We provide optional group participation which can offer camaraderie, support, and group learning, but always in addition to 1:1 coaching time.

This is by far our biggest selling point and differentiator.

It means that every individual gets a tailored and unique personal experience, precision-fitted to their situation, their needs, and their future ambitions.

What's Included?

Complete Career Transition Support

When you introduce your outgoing team members to us, we provide everything they need to move confidently into their next career chapter:

Emotional Support & Processing

Dealing with the news, shock, emotion, and grief

Working through anger, fear, and embarrassment

Maintaining a future-focused, action-oriented approach

Strategic Career Planning

Exploring new career directions and possibilities

Creating a clear plan with specific criteria

Taking the crucial pause to consider what's really right for their next chapter

Personal Marketing Materials

High Impact CV and resume

Optimized LinkedIn profile

Professional cover letters

Introduction emails and message templates

Confidence-boosting materials that showcase their true value

Job Search & Networking

The Dream 30 Strategic Networking Method

Professional networking strategies

Conducting an effective job search

Re-engaging their network and professional recruiters

Interview & Negotiation Support

Interview preparation and performance coaching

Offer negotiation support to secure pay rises

Ongoing guidance until they land their next role

... All done with them and for them.

As The Company, HR or The Owner... You simply make the introduction.

We do everything else.

And It Works...

Our clients have achieved 23 job offers in just 11 weeks.

21 of those came with pay rises. Two of those were pay rises of over £150,000.

The money is nice. The pay rises always land well.

But it's really not all about the money.

Our clients always talk about the personal service. They always talk about the personal attention.

And almost all of our clients find us by recommendation from someone who's already built their career with us.

That matters. We're hugely proud of it.

From Devastation to Dream Role:

A Real Story

Mid 2025, a C-Suite executive sat across from me (virtually) in our first coaching session.

He was shaken. Angry. Fearful.

For the first time in his career, he'd been let go.

He hadn't done anything wrong.

He was simply caught in a reorganisation—one of several casualties of an Executive Team reshuffle.

The decision had been made about him, without him. His control, his identity, his certainty—all stripped away in a single conversation.

We worked together for seven months.

It wasn't all smooth sailing. There were four processes that didn't land.

Thirteen interviews in total. Applications that went nowhere. Ghostings. False starts and false hopes. Moments when he wondered if anything would work out.

But we stayed true to the process. We trusted in The Obvious Candidate Method.

First, we worked through the anger and fear—acknowledging those very real emotions while maintaining a future-focused, action-oriented approach.

Then we explored his options properly, taking that crucial pause to genuinely look around and consider what was really right for his next chapter.

We built confidence-boosting personal marketing materials—

a High Impact CV, an optimized LinkedIn profile, template cover letters, and message models for re-engaging his network and professional recruiters.

We deployed The Dream 30 Strategic Networking Method.

And then a strategic networking lead opened a door.

A quick coffee chat rapidly progressed to serious discussions.

Within weeks, he had a new C-Suite role with a pay rise approaching 40%.

What began as an apparent disaster became a blessing in disguise—a strategic reset and a huge step forward in his career.

Outgoing employees tell us they feel "understood" and "cared for."

Often we hear that they were totally surprised by how thorough and personalised the service was for them.

Sometimes we even hear that they're happy they were let go.

They've been shown a better future that they never even knew was possible or they never even knew existed.

How It Works:

Simple, Seamless, Supportive

For You:

Ideally, outplacement support should not be left until redundancies are announced.

We work with HR and company leaders well in advance to have everything set up for a smooth and efficient handover of care.

Seamless for individuals.

Once you've made the introduction, we take it from there.

You can focus on your business and its new future.

We look after the exiting team members and help them rebuild their next career step in a positive way.

Win-win.

We handle everything with complete discretion and professionalism.

Unless you want updates, you won't be burdened with the day-to-day details.

We can provide custom updates if helpful, but typically it's a clean handover.

For Your Outgoing Team Members:

We contact them promptly and begin the journey.

All our work is delivered remotely via video call, providing flexibility and convenience during an already disruptive time.

We offer tiered packages starting with support for mid-level employees, and providing more tailored, senior-level specific support for Senior Executives and C-Suite employees.

Here's our biggest differentiator:

We can offer 3 or 6 months as standard.

But we also offer the enormous value of working with individuals until they land their next role—with no limit on the duration of support.

... That really equates to you buying peace of mind.

Global Reach, Personal Touch

Primarily we work with UK companies, but we can support redundancies in any country.

We have worked with clients in over 55 markets worldwide, including all the major economies, from Europe to the US, APAC, and Australia.

We can offer larger custom solutions for up to 50 redundancies, but we are best placed to create solutions for up to 15 people.

This allows us to maintain the personalised quality and attention that makes our service truly effective.

We can also provide custom support to remaining colleagues if companies are seeking that additional assistance.

Why Professional Outplacement Support Matters

Remaining employees watch how you treat their departing colleagues.

When they see the company investing in proper support, it reassures them that they work for an organisation that values people even in difficult times.

Without proper support, redundant employees can struggle for months, damaging your employer brand and affecting team morale.

With our support, they transition faster, more positively, and often become advocates for your organisation despite the difficult circumstances.

The cost of doing this well is far less than the cost of doing it poorly.

About Obvious Candidate

As the Founder of Obvious Candidate, I've been helping guide careers at all levels since 2003.

I've been through redundancy myself. I know what helps. I know what disappoints.

When I take on any individual into the Obvious Candidate Method, I go out of my way to support them with personalised care and attention.

My business and my reputation depend on looking after every individual.

I'm on a personal mission to help my clients build their careers forward.

Since 2012, Obvious Candidate has been supporting organisations and their outgoing employees through career transitions.

Our clients always talk about feeling understood and cared for. They're often totally surprised by how thorough and personalised the service is.

That's not by accident. That's by design.

Let's Talk About Your Situation

Every restructure is different. Every individual's needs are unique. Every budget has its own constraints.

That's why we create custom solutions tailored to your colleagues and your circumstances.

It all begins with a conversation.

Book a 30-minute confidential call. No pressure. No big pitch.

We'll ask questions to fully understand the need and the individuals. We'll explain the services we provide. We'll answer your questions.

Then we'll follow up with a proposal so you can make informed decisions about how best to support your people through this transition.

Your company can focus on its new future.

We'll look after the exiting team members and help them rebuild their next career step in a positive way.

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