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Editor in Chief:
Joan Caruso
Writer:
Catherine Carlozzi
Designer:
Roberta Martin
If you have questions or
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feedback to: roberta.martin@ayers.com
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President's Letter
Turning Points
 The Ayers Group has officially entered its 30th year of business. And, to paraphrase from the Grateful Dead, what a long, interesting trip it’s been.
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New Partners Give CPI the Largest U.S. Office Footprint
Career Partners International (CPI), of which The Ayers Group is a partner, has announced the addition of nine new partner firms in the U.S. and abroad. These additions, combined with recent expansions by existing partners, give CPI the largest U.S. office footprint of any career management firm.
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Staffing/IT Consulting—Offers and Counters Fly as the Floodgates Open in Financial Services
Ayers’ Staffing Services group is seeing a major increase in technology jobs in the financial services sector. “The floodgates we were talking about last year have opened and there is quite a bit of movement in the marketplace,” says Bob Deissig who heads the group. “A lot of people out there are looking to jump,” Managing Director Harry Plastik adds. “They are thankful to have had jobs but have been unhappy for a long time.”
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Interim-Staffing Services From Ayers—A Solution to Changing HR Needs
As the economy has improved and companies have gone into hiring mode, many find themselves in an awkward position. “Organizations that cut their HR staffs after the recent waves of downsizing are now short-handed,” says Terry Ebert, Managing Director of Career Transition Services at The Ayers Group. “Some are reluctant to add full-time head count in corporate functions. Interim staffing can be the solution.”
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Executive Coaching—The Perk That Pays Back
“So You’re a Player. Do You Need a Coach?” was the headline of an article in FORTUNE magazine (February 21, 2000) that captured the emergence of coaching as an executive perk four years ago. Executives who may once have thought, “I’m successful so why would I need a coach?” were now proudly introducing their executive coaches to peers and colleagues.
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OEC Consultant's Corner: The Dynamics of Conflict
Workplace conflict—situations in which people have incompatible goals, interests, principles, or feelings—is inevitable. It can also be disruptive. Studies show that managers typically devote more than a third of their time to dealing with conflict and its consequences. Unmanaged conflict accounts for some 65 percent of work-performance problems.
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Breaking the Cycle of Conflict
Typically, a cycle of conflict is triggered when someone says or does something to which you attribute a motivation. If that attribution is something negative or threatening to you, you assign blame and respond with destructive behavior—fight or flight—which triggers a similar cycle within the other person.
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Ayers Professionals ‘Give Back’
Giving back to its community has always been central to the values of The Ayers Group. In support of that commitment, the firm’s professionals use their knowledge and expertise and a variety of forums to help students, job seekers, client constituencies, and others. Following are a few recent examples.
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Tech Tools for Today’s Wired/Wireless Candidates
One of the challenges many candidates face in conducting a job search is lack of consistent access to the sophisticated technological tools they were accustomed to using on the job. The Ayers Group’s well-equipped candidate facilities fill that need.
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Successful Landings
The following case studies and commentary by senior consultants in Ayers’ Outplacement Division provide a snapshot of what candidates are finding as the job market continues to open up.
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Staffing Services Staffs Up
With placement activity on the increase, Ayers’ Staffing Services group continues to grow. We are pleased to welcome two experienced IT recruitment professionals who have joined the firm as Senior Recruiters/Account Managers.
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