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Rich-The-HR-Guy

Rich salon, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

TOPICS - • Career Development • Careers

• Community • Company Culture

• Employee Engagement • Employee Morale

• Human Resources • Leadership • Retention • Trust

rich salon - PROGRAMS

  • Unleashing Your Career to Discover Fulfillment
  • Employee Engagement: One-Third of the Team is Not Enough
  • Moving from Employee Engagement to Career Fulfillment
  • Leaving Skid Marks – Sure Fire Ways to Increase Resignations
  • Company Culture: The Secret Sauce
  • Build Your Brand by Taking Care of Others
  • Ignite Your Career Purpose to Find Fulfillment
  • Career Transition – Always Prepared for Your Next Move

Human Resources Leader | Employee Relations Leader | Rotarian | HR Director | HR Business Partner  Discrimination Fighter | Business Ownership | Career Transition Coach | Author | Speaker

rich salon - Biography

Rich Salon is a Human Resources expert, Career Transition Coach, Author, and Speaker. His expertise and understanding of the HR world come from living in it for 25 years. As a corporate leader, he has held critical roles at leading companies. Rich works closely with business leaders to create and sustain a prominent level of career fulfillment, employee engagement, and trust within organizations, resulting in an improved employee-to-employer relationship.


Rich has been a successful HR leader at The Home Depot, Penske, and Lowe’s. He also worked tirelessly to keep Circuit City afloat. Career highlights and recognition include being named Hero of the Economy by CNN for work performed at Circuit City and earning the nickname “chief engagement officer” at a major corporation. Facilitating employee engagement training at multiple Fortune 500 companies has provided the inspiration needed to leaders in their quest to attain higher levels of trust and engagement. He is also known throughout his profession as “Rich-the-HR-Guy,” a nickname given to him while serving in a leadership capacity at The Home Depot.


As a Career Transition Coach, he has published two books, Career Trust, and Unleashing Your Career, to help people achieve more career fulfillment. Both books inspire people to find their career purpose, while never compromising the level of fulfillment they seek. Everything Rich pursues professionally focuses on helping people and based on his passions and talents, he has become a single source for all matters pertaining to careers.


Outside of work, Rich has dedicated himself to making his community and the world better. He currently holds three leadership roles within Rotary International and was previously awarded the organization’s prestigious People of Action Award. After he retires, Rich will serve as a wish-granter for adults diagnosed with a terminal illness, doing this in honor of his mother.

Rich Salon, aka Rich-The-HR-Guy is excited to share his messages in the areas of career fulfillment, employee engagement, company culture, careers, and giving back to the community at your event.


Rich travels from Richmond, VA

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Rotary International's People of Action Award

Proud recipient of Rotary International's People of Action award

rich salon - MEDIA

Career Trust: Fifty-Two Doses of Reality To Help You Find Career Fulfillment was written to help anyone currently immersed in a career find fulfillment. This book helps you, the reader to understand the realities and challenges which exist in your quest to find happiness and encourage you to take action. The fifty-two practical strategies will help you find the level of career fulfillment you want and inspire you to trust your career choices. The author examines numerous key issues within careers, including the need to trust your career choices, find the purpose-based career you desire, and focus on your capabilities instead of your perceived limitations.

Unleashing Your Career: Thirty-One Insights Devoted To Your Professional Journey was written to help career-minded people find the level of career fulfillment they seek. This book helps you, the reader, to understand the realities and challenges which exist in your quest to find happiness and encourage you to take action. The thirty-one practical strategies are designed to help you reach your full career potential. The author examines numerous key issues within careers, including the need to trust your career choices, find the purpose-based career you desire, and focus on your capabilities instead of your perceived limitations.

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