In this article, outplacement is addressed as a recent human resource policy associated to the context of intense and fast change that is characteristic of the business world today. We offer a theoretical and empirical reflection on outplacement models and practices and analyze the lived experiences of people who underwent such processes of employment and/or career transition  when  they  found  themselves  unwillingly  removed  from  their  jobs.  The  qualitative  and  exploratory  methodological  approach  we  used  shows  the  advantages  of  outplacement  measures  promoted  by  the  companies  for  the  employees  who  were  dismissed.  Such  advantages are notorious in the access to the labour market and from the social-psychological and relational points