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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Winter 2005

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 12

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IN THIS ISSUE...

HR in The Spotlight

Partnering with HR

Partnering With Candidates

Caveat Emptor: The Consequences of Lowering Coaching Costs

Curing OE Problems in the Pharmaceutical Industry

10 Principles for Executive
Women

Need for Speed in Hiring IT Consultants

Winning Negotiation Strategies

Staff Announcement

Happy 30th Anniversary

AYERS REPORT

Editor in Chief:
Joan Caruso

Writer:
Catherine Carlozzi

Designer:
Roberta Martin

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HR in The Spotlight
PRESIDENT'S LETTER

What’s behind recent articles like “Why We Hate HR” in the August issue of Fast Company and the “Star Search” cover article on talent management in the October 10 issue of BusinessWeek? Why the sudden business-press spotlight on HR, both negative and positive?
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Partnering with HR
Career Transition Services
by Terry Ebert

Over the years at The Ayers Group, we have forged relationships with the HR leadership in many different organizations. These relationships have grown into partnerships, enabling us to work side by side with our HR colleagues in a variety of settings and circumstances. Whether it is to resolve issues, answer questions, or provide professional support and advice, our objective is to add value in any way we can, according to the client’s particular needs. Following are some thumbnail case studies of the forms these partnerships have taken.
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Partnering With Candidates
SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS
by Doug O'Connor

Every candidate brings a different set of needs and challenges to the job-search process. The ability to accommodate those needs and address those challenges increases the likelihood of success, particularly in this increasingly competitive marketplace.
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Caveat Emptor: The Consequences of Lowering Coaching Costs
Organizational Effectiveness Consulting
by Joan Caruso

As executive coaching becomes more pervasive, more and more organizations and their employees are recognizing the benefit and requesting it. Given the high cost and the fact that few companies have unlimited budgets, it’s understandable that organizations are looking for ways to make this valuable tool more available while keeping costs within reason.
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Curing OE Problems in the Pharmaceutical Industry
CONSULTANT'S CORNER
by Joseph Bruccoleri

Managers in the pharmaceutical industry succeed not only because of their technical expertise, but also because they can create synergies and a sense of purpose among groups of diverse professionals. Pharmaceutical companies are generally highly matrixed, team-based organizations. The key in speeding drugs to market is to have functions such as R&D, regulatory affairs, manufacturing and marketing work together closely. Clinical trials are performed by multidisciplinary teams that are often virtual and multicultural.
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10 Principles for Executive
Women
Organizational Effectiveness Consulting
by Dr. Rosemary Maxwell Lynch, Psy.D.

When Dr. Rosemary Lynch began her executive-coaching career in the late 1980s, she quickly found herself drawn to coaching women. When asked what attracted her, she responded, “Their highly developed intuition and sense of awareness. These were real assets because they allowed us to begin the coaching assignment from a higher-level launching pad.”
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Need for Speed in Hiring IT Consultants
IT Staffing and IT Consulting
by Donna Held & Bob Deissig

The job market has come back and so have the challenges of a competitive environment. “We became accustomed to a new state of ‘business as usual’ during the slowdown of the last few years,” says Donna Held, head of the Ayers IT Consulting group. “We had gotten used to a market where consultants were happy just to have opportunities and would take whatever rate was offered. Employers had the luxury of time and choice. Now it looks as if we’re moving back toward the old boom paradigm, and it requires some adjustment.
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Winning Negotiation Strategies
Career Transition Services

You do all your networking. You interview. Now you’ve got a job offer, but the job-search process isn’t quite over yet. There’s still the issue of how you negotiate the best compensation package.
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Staff Announcement
IT Staffing

We are pleased to welcome Bradley Ervin to the Staffing Services Group as a Junior Recruiter.
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Happy 30th Anniversary
While the Ayers Group marked its 30th anniversary in August, the firm’s home—the Chrysler Building—recently celebrated its 75th.
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