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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Fall 2005

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 11

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IN THIS ISSUE...

President's Letter

Late-Career Job Seekers
Explore Reinvention

The IT Melting Pot—
Issues in Diversity

IT Coaching

Meetings: Time Wasted or Well Spent?

Successful Landings

OEC Announces New Directors

Staff Annoucement

Counteroffer White Paper Available

AYERS REPORT

Editor in Chief:
Joan Caruso

Writer:
Catherine Carlozzi

Designer:
Roberta Martin

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President's Letter
RIDING THE RETIREMENT WAVE

This coming New Year’s Day will mark more than the beginning of another year. On January 1, the baby boom generation—somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 million people born between 1946 and 1964—will begin to turn 60. On New Year’s Day of 2011, what FORTUNE magazine calls “the biggest retirement wave in U.S. history” will officially begin. It will most certainly transform the employment landscape. In 2015, we’ll reach the point at which the 65+ age group begins to swell more quickly than the 20-to-64 age group, draining the traditional labor pool.
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Late-Career Job Seekers
Explore Reinvention
CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES
by Terry Ebert

An increasing number of mid- to senior-level job seekers are pursuing alternatives to traditional job searches and reinventing their way into satisfying new positions.

"Although it’s easier to look for the kind of position you already have, we see more and more candidates looking at alternative careers," says Terry Ebert, Managing Director of Career Transition Services.
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The IT Melting Pot—
Issues in Diversity
by Bob Deissig & Donna Held

The Ayers Group passed its 30th anniversary landmark on August 31. Throughout its history, the firm has recruited on the tech side of business, tracking the evolution from data processing to information technology and from a back-office support function to one with a full seat at the table.
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IT Coaching
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS CONSULTING
by Joan Caruso

Over the years, because of our roots in technology recruiting, The Ayers Group has been called on to do a great deal of coaching in IT. Twenty years ago, IT was a relatively isolated function staffed by people hired for their technological competencies. Today, IT occupies an important seat at the table. Almost all businesses and industries have become technologically dependent. Infrastructure rules. If it’s down, you’re down.
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Meetings: Time Wasted or Well Spent?
CONSULTANT'S CORNER
by Gene Moncrief

Some 25 million meetings take place in corporate America daily. Roughly half that time is wasted. Why so many unproductive meetings? One reason is that American business culture is "low context." We prize highly specialized functional experts who have a thorough understanding of what they do. This requires us to meet often, as teams, to exchange information and get a view of the bigger picture.
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Successful Landings
Ayers’ Career Transition Services group reports that candidates have continued to land throughout the summer. Following are some of the many examples.
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OEC Announces New Directors
The Ayers Group is pleased to announce that it has added two Directors to its Organizational Effectiveness Consulting practice.
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Staff Annoucement
Alejandro Guzman Acha has joined Ayers’ Staffing Services Group as a Recruiter.
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Counteroffer White Paper Available
In the last Ayers Report we discussed the pros and cons of counteroffers. Our white paper on Counteroffers called, "Rashomon—The Career Decision, A Cautionary Tale" is available in PDF format on our Website.
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