Management Team
 William L. Ayers, Jr.
Vice President & Business Unit Leader
Bill Ayers founded The Ayers Group in 1975 and has presided over its spectacular growth throughout its 30+ years. The Ayers Group offers career management services in the areas of career transition and organizational effectiveness consulting. The firm is headquartered in New York City's historic Chrysler Building, with four offices in the tri-state area (New York, Connecticut and New Jersey). Through its partnership with Career Partners International, The Ayers Group/CPI has offices in more than 175 locations around the world, including the United States, Europe, Canada, South America, and the Pacific Rim—the greatest number of offices of any career services firm.
A nationally recognized expert in career management, Bill has overseen the firm's development of innovative strategies, especially for key executives, with a keen understanding of this unique population's goals, requirements and satisfiers. These strategies have been translated into programs that utilize the most sophisticated assessments, campaign templates, niche experts and cutting-edge technology to support an executive's professional transition.
Over the years, Bill has hired and developed a talented team of career management professionals from senior human resources and corporate line management. Their broad-based experience enables them to partner powerfully with executives from all the Fortune 500 industries, in all functionalities. Under Bill's leadership, the firm is recognized as "employer of choice" in the field, and his senior staff enjoys decade-or-longer tenure with the firm.
Bill is a Fellow of the International Association of Outplacement Professionals, recipient of the prestigious Ellis Island Award for community service, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Quinnipiac University. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Boy Scouts Council New York Chapter and was a member of the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce. He has been featured on CNBC, CBS and Bloomberg News; he has been quoted in The New York
Times, Wall Street Journal and other
publications. He is a frequent contributor to journals and newspapers, and a popular speaker on career management in the 21st century.
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