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Please mark your calendar for the next FREE monthly Career Transition Support Group Meeting, provided by Compass Career Management Solutions if you are a human resources professional in a job transition.  It is scheduled for Friday, February 1st from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 6135 Park South Drive, Suite 510, Charlotte, NC 28210.  Please to go …

Change & Transitions: HOW TO REDUCE THE CHALLENGE Compass Career Management Solutions has been Experts in the business of “Change and Transitions” since we began in 1994.  Yet, it is no easier for any business or people.  One of the key factors that affects the process and outcome is “Good Organization”.  The better organized the businesses or …

It is not uncommon for companies to decide to make changes near the end of a year as they prepare for a new year to begin.  There are always many unknowns, which leave business leaders to question how to keep their businesses healthy and successful.  One of the employer’s biggest expenses is the workforce.  Therefore, …

Lake Norman SHRM won the award for the Small Chapters (10-100 members) in the Serving the HR Professional Category.  The “Serving the HR Professional” category recognizes excellence in activities that support and promote professionals with HR responsibility to be successful business leaders. There were only 10 SHRM chapter Award winners in the US. Bill Crigger attended the …

It has been noticed in the past and still continues, the lax taken on “professionalism”. What was considered “professionalism” and what many consider “professionals” today are quite different. How would you define “Professional”? Respectful, honest, experienced, polite, courteous, well dressed, neat/clean appearance, having good grammar and etiquette, follows a formal protocol, etc.? How many “professionals” …

Compass Career Management Solutions provides a FREE monthly Human Resources Job Support Group meeting, usually on the first Friday of a month (except for holidays).  November’s meeting will be this Friday, November 2nd  from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and will be held this month at Providence United Methodist Church on the corner of Sharon Amity and Providence …

You have surely seen all the press and hype about “sexual misconduct in the workplace”, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.  For decades and longer, women (and men) have had to contend with a variety of poor workplace behavior.  From taunting and teasing to extensive bullying, and our internet has given the …

Observations Shared By Robyn A. Crigger, CEO Queens University has continued doing a VERY good job of providing their Annual HR Leadership Summit.  For those who have missed this, that is “their loss”.  Not only does Queens pull together excellent topics and speakers, but they also encourage Human Resources Professionals, who are interested in being the best …