“Building the expertise to move into areas where clients have changing needs is one important way we bring value to our client relationships,“ says Bob Deissig, Ayers’ President of Staffing Services.  As an example, he indicates that growing demand for high-caliber candidates with expertise in information risk and risk management; information, data, and network security; and compliance has led the firm to establish a recruiting practice focused on those specialties.

Asked what the Ayers Information Technology Consulting group does to make a difference for staff-augmentation clients, practice head Donna Held replies: “We go the extra mile. That means taking the time to understand what the client really wants and needs and then following through with the optimal match to meet those needs—at the right price. Because we’re a small firm, the client gets our full attention and our commitment.” 

“One of the biggest issues we’re dealing with as tight market conditions persist is that more and more candidates are leaving outplacement without new positions in hand,” says Terry Ebert, Ayers’ Managing Director of Career Transition Services. “A job search is both a process and a project.  We need to ensure that when our project-management role ends, candidates can continue on their own. That means preparing them not only for going through the search process but also for managing the search project.

“In the current economic situation, creative career directions are assuming new importance,” says Ayers' Senior Associate, Dr. Peter Olsinski. “It’s not about jobs anymore; it’s about carrying skills on to new opportunities, and a growing number of our candidates are looking at consulting as an option.” Olsinski conducts the firm’s Introduction to Consulting Seminars, launched in December to address this interest.

This is the first article in an ongoing series that will highlight some of our recent outplacement success stories.  As these examples indicate, candidates who are diligent, effective in their networking, and—in many cases—creative in thinking about their careers are making gratifying headway, even in this challenging job market.

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