BTI, Ayers launch career transition and outplacement solutions in Asia

Leading global search firm, BTI Consultants in partnership with New York-based The Ayers Group have launched outplacement to the business community through inaugural seminars held in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Amid recession and major lay-offs, the collaboration has been designed to help companies adapt to change through guidance on serious issues pertaining to human resources and organisation development. Through its respective offices in Asia, the partnership aims to provide services that include individual career transitioning services, senior executive programs, group career transitioning services and retirement planning program.

"For every worker affected, there is a family affected. For every worker, there are five or six other people whose income is stopped, whose future is threatened," said Terry Ebert, managing director of Ayers. "Beyond the social responsibility that companies have to the employees and their families, there are real benefits to the companies and their shareholders. These benefits include retention of workers that the organisation needs to keep to continue operations, maintenance of the company’s 'brand equity' and the important aspect of being seen as an employer of choice so that the organisation is able to attract workers when the economy turns around."

According to Laletha Nithiyanandan, vice president APAC, BTI Consultants, "This partnership is really perfect in that it draws upon the experience and expertise of the Ayers Group while tapping into the network and cross-cultural understanding that BTI Consultants have within the region,” said, Nithiyanandan. “This is key for outplacement, in our Asian culture where jobs mean more than paychecks, title and status."

While The Ayers Group offers career transition programs, BTI Consultants specialises in CEO and senior level job searches with a 30 year track record.