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Editor in Chief:
Joan Caruso
Writer:
Catherine Carlozzi
Designer:
Loan Tran
If you have questions or comments on this month's issue, send your feedback to loan.tran@ayers.com
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President's Letter
Disconnecting, Reconnecting, and Reinventing
 In my last letter, I talked about the uncertainty and anxiety we’ve been seeing among the HR community as downsizing threatens your own ranks. In fact, since we published the last issue of the Ayers Report, we’ve begun hearing from HR professionals who have lost their jobs. Some of you are looking for ways to recapture the reward and challenge you had in the positions you’ve left but without the inherent stress. Others are willing to accept change and stress but in a world other than HR.
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Ayers Initiatives Address Workplace Stress
In the last issue of the Ayers Report e-newsletter, we asked, “What is causing you the most stress?” Readers who responded to our online survey said economic conditions and job security (75.9%), war and terrorist attacks (6.9%), SARS (1.7%), and all of these (15.5%).
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College Day Program Gives Grads an Edge in the Market
“You are all at one stage or another of completing one of the hardest things you will ever have to do: find a job in one of the toughest markets we have seen in many years,” Bill Ayers told the 60 some college students and recent graduates who attended The Ayers Group College Day Seminar on June 5. “We’re here today to give you a helping hand.”
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From Sweats to Suits
“Employers aren’t beating a path to campuses today the way they were in the ‘90s,” says consultant Linda Yaffe. “It takes much more than a good education and a well-written cover letter and resumé to stand out in this buyer’s market. Yet few current graduates come to the job search equipped with a realistic picture of employers’ expectations.”
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Staffing Up—Where the Action Is
“There are encouraging signs,” says Bob Deissig, President of Staffing Services at The Ayers Group. “Technology managers are telling us that staffing cuts have begun to affect their companies’ service levels and ability to remain competitive. After being tight for so long, they need to start adding staff.”
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Ayers Enhances Resources for Research and Networking
“Candidates in outplacement at The Ayers Group have a rich assortment of resources at their disposal,” says Terry Ebert, Managing Director of Career Transition Services. “Many of these resources are focused on assisting in research and networking efforts, and we are continuously expanding or enhancing them to increase their usefulness.
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Expanded Peak Performance Teams Offer Support, Motivation, Networking
“Peak Performance Teams have proved to be such a successful addition to outplacement programs for our top-level candidates, we are expanding the concept to encompass all levels from manager through CEO,” says Terry Ebert, Managing Director of Career Transition Services at Ayers.
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Ayers, MENG Hold First Joint Meeting
The Ayers Group recently agreed to host meetings of the Marketing Executive Networking Group (MENG) at its headquarters office. In exchange, MENG will make specialized presentations available to senior Ayers candidates. The topic for the first joint meeting, held in mid-July, was “Turning the Private Equity Community Into a Valuable Networking Resource."
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Ayers Launches Seminar for Entrepreneurs
The Ayers Group is launching a new seminar for career transition candidates who are looking at entrepreneurial career options, including full- or part-time freelancing and contract work.
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Successful Landings
Even in the most challenging job market, motivated candidates who think outside the box, tap the resources Ayers offers, and network, network, network can achieve their goals, as these did.
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OEC Consultant's Corner: Maximizing the ROI of Executive Coaching
A Conversation with Joyce Grillo
As executive coaching becomes more complex and pervasive, organizations face the challenge of applying and managing this resource effectively to maximize ROI. Coaching that occurs in a vacuum—without being aligned to the company and its culture, strategic direction, and talent-management objectives, as well as to the specific situation and developmental objectives—does not enhance organizational effectiveness. Without standards that create the alignment, coaching can be a series of disparate initiatives.
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OEC Sees Renewed Interest in Diversity
The Organizational Effectiveness Consulting Group at Ayers has detected a reawakening of interest in diversity training. “Over the last few months, I’ve been getting at least a call a week,” says Joan Caruso, Managing Director of OEC. The Ayers Report asked her about this trend.
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Staff Announcements
Latest announcements on Ayers employees.
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Robert Kelling – In Memoriam
Our esteemed colleague, Bob Kelling, passed away in May, 2003. He died peacefully in his sleep, one week before relocating to North Carolina, where he and his wife had planned to live, in retirement, close to their son and his family.
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