Describe what companies can do to prepare employees for layoffs and to reduce their potential negative effects.

What will be an ideal response?


Sometimes layoffs are inevitable, and efforts should be taken to reduce their potential negative effects. In particular, companies should provide outplacement services, which should include:
•    Advance warning and an explanation for the layoff
•    Psychological, financial, and career counseling
•    Assessment of skills and interests
•    Job seeking services, such as resume writing and interviewing training
•    Job banks where job leads are posted
•    Electronic delivery of job openings, self-directed career management guides, and interest inventories

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What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following leads employees to think "the grass is greener elsewhere"?

A) not knowing what it takes to move ahead B) not understanding how compensation programs work C) not knowing where they stand in the eyes of management D) lack of sensitivity to their peers' problems

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In what ways do MPR professionals create and cultivate brand value?

What will be an ideal response?

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Trade discounts are usually deductions from the total amount of the invoice

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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