As part of The Ayers Group’s commitment to the community at large, the firm’s professionals share their knowledge and expertise with students, job seekers, client constituencies, and others through a variety of forums. Following are several recent examples.
§ Joan Caruso, Managing Director of OEC, brought members of HR Networking Groups hosted by Ayer’s New York and Norwalk offices up to date on the latest issues and trends in organizational development.
§ Terry Ebert, Managing Director of Career Transition Services, has been asked to speak to student groups at both Boston University and MIT as a result of contacts made at Ayer’s College Day program held last June. He will be working with the students in preparation for their job searches, addressing topics that include resumé development, networking, and interviewing.
§ Vice President Tom Klugewicz presented a two-hour seminar on how to develop a self-marketing plan to members of Job Seekers of Princeton. Founded in 1982, Job Seekers is an instruction and support group for those who are unemployed or changing careers.
§ Ellen Perlstein, VP-Business Development, created a seminar on “Networking: Strategies for Continuous Career Growth” targeted to the needs of HR professionals. She has presented it to Accenture HR staff community meetings in New Jersey and New York and also to the HR Networking Group hosted by Ayers in New York.
§ Associate Donna Schwarz presented effective-interviewing seminars at the New York Women in Communications Career Conference and a weekend workshop that is part of the certificate program in adult career planning and development at NYU’s School of Continuing & Professional Studies. She co-presented a seminar on “English for Finding a Job” to an international student group.
§ Attendees at several meetings of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church’s Employment Advisory Committee learned about “Bridging the Employment Gap With Temporary Work” from Senior Consultant Dan Shea. The monthly meetings, which cover various aspects of job search, are held at the church’s parish house in Manhattan and are open to the public.