21 Prezi's Last Year + 25 Clients

Wow! Now you can see part of why I have not been blogging as much as in the past. The Running an HR Department of One (aka Doing More with Less) was with my speaking partner Mr. Dave Ryan the HRCzar. In addition to the speaking list below, I did HR consulting work for 25 different companies in Springfield, Gibson City, Winchester, Perry, Campaign, Bloomington, Danville, Chicago, Bradley, Henderson, Pontiac, Litchfield, and O'Fallon IL as well as one company with offices in Tennessee, Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois. Whew! Remember, referrals are always welcome! HR is my passion!

Skowronski, D. R. (2016, January). Annual HR Policy Review. Company Confidential. Riggston & Perry, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, February). Conducting Your HR Study (aka HR Audit). Recorded for Online Webinar Deployment for Workology. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, March). HR Training: The Current Laws & Best Practices in Eight Critical Areas of Human Resources Responsibility. Counties of Illinois Risk Management Association – CIRMA. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, June). Running an HR Department of One. Kankakee Area Human Resource Managers Association - KAHRMA, Kankakee, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, July). Running an HR Department of One. Rockford Area SHRM, Rockford, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, August). HR Basics: Laying the Groundwork for a Successful HR Professional. Danville Area Community College - DACC. Danville, IL.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, August). What’s Hot in HR Now? Women Entrepreneurs of Central Illinois. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, September). Running an HR Department of One. Metro East Illinois – MEI SHRM, Collinsville, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, September). How to Deal with Difficult People and Conflict Management, Company Confidential, Litchfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, September). Understanding the New Overtime Exemptions Rule and All Aspects of Determining Exemptions Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Counties of Illinois Risk Management Association – CIRMA. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, September). Running an HR Department of One. Ohio SHRM 44^th Annual State Conference, Sandusky, Ohio.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, September). HR Metrics & Workforce Analytics: No Balance No ROI – The Rise of BIG Data. Illinois SHRM Annual State Conference, Oakbrooke Terrace, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, October). Running an HR Department of One. Decatur SHRM Annual Conference, Decatur, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. Introduction to the Targeted Selection Interviewing Process. Company Confidential. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, October). How to Recognize and Manage Family Medical Leave Act -FMLA Time Off, Counties of Illinois Risk Management Association – CIRMA. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, October). Understanding the New Overtime Exemptions Rule and All Aspects of Determining Exemptions Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Illinois Regional Association of Counties – IRAC. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, October). Doing More with Less in HR, Acadiana SHRM and Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil & Energy -LAGCOE, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, October). How to Recognize and Manage Family Medical Leave Act -FMLA Time Off. Company Confidential. Pontiac Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, November). Harassment & Discrimination: Employment Compliance with Policy and The Law. Company Confidential. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, November). Workers Compensation Management. Counties of Illinois Risk Management Association – CIRMA. Springfield, Illinois.
Skowronski, D. R. (2016, December). How to Recognize and Manage Family Medical Leave Act -FMLA Time Off. Danville Area Community College - DACC. Danville, Illinois.

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