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outplacement

/ˈaʊtpleɪsmənt/

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

Support given to departing employees to help them find new employment.

The settlement included six months of outplacement counselling and CV coaching.

Similar: career transition support

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

Business noun

Support provided to departing employees to help them find new work, such as coaching and CV advice.

The redundancy package included three months of outplacement support.

Topic: Human resources in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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