BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230125T170000Z DTEND:20230125T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Workforce Development Webinar Series DESCRIPTION:Webinar Series: Workforce Development \n\n11am on the last Wednesday of the month\n\n\n\nSession 2 \nThe Fair Chance Process- Considering an Ex-offender for Employment \n\n \n\nDescription: \n\nFairChanceEmployer.com exists to help organizations navigate the complicated world of considering an ex-offender for employment. This is difficult because most organizations do not understand the EEOC guidelines\, how to do document that these guidelines have been followed and how best to protect the organization from a negligent hire lawsuit.\n\n \n\nUp until now\, no HR entity has been able to deliver a blueprint\, or process\, to satisfy all of these concerns. After over a year of research they have created a website that addresses all of these issues as well as offering several related time saving tools for the organization. His presentation will cover topics such as:\n\n\n What are the Ground Rules for a Fair Chance Process?\n How to document compliance with the 4 EEOC "Green Rules"\n How to navigate the "Severity of the Crime" requirement\n What about Negligent Hire Concerns?\n How to discover if there are Federal or State hiring limitations for my industry\n State and Federal incentives to hiring this population \n How FairChanceEmployer.com provides a low cost\, easy to use process to better evaluate these candidates while providing all the documentation needed to protect the organization.\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPresenter: \n\n\nDick Owen is a Management / HR / Leadership consultant residing in the St. Cloud area.\n\nIn addition to his successful career as a business Manager\, Owner and HR Director - he served 10+ years as a S.C.O.R.E. Mentor to small businesses\, taught classes for HR managers and authored several articles for a nationwide Trade Journal. In the non-profit world\, Dick has served as an Interim Director to CAP non-profits and as a Fiscal Officer for Head Start. He currently serves on the I-WE (DEI) committee with Central MN Jobs and Training and as an HR Consultant with the St. Cloud State Customized Training Program.\n\nDick recently launched a new company\, FairChanceEmployer.com featuring a process designed to help organizations navigate the difficult waters of evaluating employment candidates with a criminal record. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nWebinar Series: Workforce Development \; \; \;
\n11am on the last Wednesday of the month
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\nSession 2 \;\n
The Fair Chance Process- Considering an \;Ex-offender for Employment \;
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Description: \;\n\n

FairChanceEmployer.com exists to help organizations navigate the complicated world of considering an ex-offender for employment. This is difficult because most organizations do not understand the EEOC guidelines\, how to do document that these guidelines have been followed and how best to protect the organization from a negligent hire lawsuit.\n \;\nUp until now\, no HR entity has been able to deliver a blueprint\, or process\, to satisfy all of these concerns. \; After over a year of research they have created a website that addresses all of these issues as well as offering several related time saving tools for the organization. His presentation will cover topics such as:

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Dick Owen is a Management / HR / Leadership consultant residing in the St. Cloud area.

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In addition to his successful career as a business Manager\, Owner and HR Director - he served 10+ years as a S.C.O.R.E. Mentor to small businesses\, taught classes for HR managers and authored several articles for a nationwide Trade Journal. In the non-profit world\, Dick has served as an Interim Director to CAP non-profits and as a Fiscal Officer for Head Start. He currently serves on the I-WE (DEI) committee with Central MN Jobs and Training and as an HR Consultant with the St. Cloud State Customized Training Program.

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Dick recently launched a new company\, FairChanceEmployer.com &ndash\; featuring a process designed to help organizations navigate the difficult waters of evaluating employment candidates with a criminal record.

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