RiseSmart, a Randstad company and one of the world’s top outplacement firms, celebrates a decade in India. The company reports continuous market growth, more than doubling in size and counting many of India’s largest firms and numerous global enterprises as its customers. For the first three quarters of 2018, RiseSmart also reports the company has serviced 57 percent more people in India than any other outplacement services provider in the country.
Since its inception in 2008, RiseSmart India has offered a contemporary approach to outplacement that includes a “3:1 services model,” providing three career transition specialists for each impacted employee, plus access to a patented technology platform. The RiseSmart career transition methodology results in candidates landing new jobs in less than three months on average in India, faster than the norm without RiseSmart support.
As part of its commitment to providing the best services available, RiseSmart’s solutions are localized by language and customs, and delivered by local experts with intimate knowledge of Indian job markets, regulations and best practices. As a member of the Randstad family of companies, RiseSmart provides greater value and a wider range of services with an expanding in-country staff of nearly 200. Customers and programme participants benefit from the company’s association with the number one HR services organization in the world.
“Our growth in India and the successes we are experiencing globally firmly elevates RiseSmart to assume market-leading positions in many more countries,” stated RiseSmart’s Vice President, International Strategy, Kevin Gounden. “RiseSmart’s aggressive international expansion strategy in 2019 will capitalize on the accelerated rate of adoption of our contemporary outplacement solutions by HR leaders in every market looking for value, impact and the ability to prove ROI on their investments,” he said.
“While outplacement isn’t a new concept, its popularity has grown from being offered mostly by multinational companies with staff in India to being a best practice among Indian companies of all sizes,” stated RiseSmart General Manager of India, Joel Paul. “We now count some of India’s largest organizations as our customers,” he added.
