Issues in Civilian Outplacement Strategies -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Issues in Civilian Outplacement Strategies Proceedings of a Workshop -- INTRODUCTION -- WORKSHOP MODEL OF OUTPLACEMENT -- Organizational Focus -- Individuals and Communities -- The New Employment Contract -- PLAN OF THE PROCEEDINGS -- PART I Outplacement Research and Expertise -- OVERVIEW -- UNEMPLOYMENT AND OUTPLACEMENT:AN ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF UNEMPLOYMENT -- OUTPLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES -- Services Available to the Organization -- Planning the Process -- Deselection Decisions -- Training the Person Who Conducts the Termination Interview -- Conducting the Termination Interview -- Counseling Survivors -- Communicating with the Community -- Services Available to the Individual -- Emotional and Social Support -- Financial Decisions and Adjustments -- Career Planning -- Planning and Conducting a Job Campaign -- Administrative Support -- Summary -- EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUTPLACEMENT PROGRAMS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE OUTPLACEMENT SERVICES -- INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND OUTPLACEMENT -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- CONCLUSION -- References -- REEMPLOYMENT:LABOR MARKET BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS -- MAJOR CATEGORIES OF DISPLACED WORKER PROGRAMS -- Programs to Speed Up Reemployment -- Programs to Replenish Human Capital -- Self-Employment Programs -- REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -- Displaced Worker Studies -- The Texas WAD Program -- The New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Demonstration -- The Trade Adjustment Assistance Study -- The Unemployment Insurance Reform Experiments -- Reemployment Bonuses -- Self-Employment Programs -- RECENT REEMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES -- Worker Profiling -- Training Vouchers -- Earnings Subsidies -- SUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Expediting Reemployment -- Replenishing Earnings Potential.

NOTES -- References -- REMARKS ON THE JOBS WORKSHOP AND PROJECT -- PART II Industry Experience with Outplacement -- OVERVIEW -- LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUTPLACEMENT PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE -- THE DECISIONS TO DOWNSIZE -- THE ELEMENTS OF A DOWNSIZING AND OUTPLACEMENT PLAN -- IMPLEMENTING DOWNSIZING -- Termination Announcements and Timing -- The Termination Interview -- Supporting Job Loss -- Supporting the Job Search -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REMARKS -- SUSAN DIAMOND -- ELLEN R. JACKSON -- ANNE L. MESSENGER -- ANTHONY S. PAPALIA -- PART III The Department of Defense Outplacement Task -- ORGANIZATIONAL OUTPLACEMENT -- OUTPLACEMENT PLANNING -- OUTPLACEMENT COMMUNICATIONS -- RESOURCING THE TRANSITION CENTER -- CUSTOMIZING OUTPLACEMENT -- OUTPLACEMENT MONITORING -- Community and Individual Outplacement -- REFERENCES -- Appendix Workshop Agenda and Participants -- WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS -- OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE(CIVILIAN PERSONNEL POLICY) -- OTHER GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES -- PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIVERSITY GUESTS -- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF.