Roger Peden

Current

• Director of Employer Svs at Jobs For Youth
• Owner at Roger Peden Designs
• Owner at Peden Project

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Past

• Senior Human Resources Generalist at CDW
• Human Resources Specialist at Illinois Department of Human Services

Education

• Adler School of Professional Psychology
• Western Illinois University
• Lindblom High School

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Roger Peden’s Summary

Strategy....Focused...Results...Solutions

A results oriented Human Resources and Social Services project manager with over 15 years of experience in government, health care, corporate and nonprofit. I specialize in human capital win/win solutions. I've been particularly effective at being a bridge between untapped talent to different corporations.

My passion is to help low income and unconnected young adults become exposed to unrealized opportunities. I have an uncanny knack to develop valuable human capital solutions for businesses to reduce staffing related costs.

As a result, I was named as one of Chicago Defender Newspaper's "2008 Men of Excellence".

Roger Peden’s Specialties:

results oriented community project manager, strategic planning, workforce development, community development, entry-level retention, employer relations, labor/employee relations, EEO / AA investigations, worker's compensation, training, health care organization development, disability civil rights, workplace violence, youth development, career development, youth employment, college planning, nonprofit management, workforce development

Roger Peden’s Experience

• Director of Employer Svs

  Jobs For Youth

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years )

  Jobs For Youth/Chicago helps young men and women from low-income families become a part of the economic mainstream; and, in the process, provides the business community with motivated job-ready workers. Jobs For Youth is a free program for teens and young adults ages 17 to 24.
  
  *Develop career paths for motivated young adults in multiple industries, such as banking, transportation, logistics, law, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, security and others
  
  *Developed mutually advantageous relationships with employers
  
  *Recruited hundreds of clients for career development workshops
  
  *Collaborated with dozens of corporate and community partners to integrate young people into the workforce.

• Owner

  Roger Peden Designs

  (Fine Art industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  *Creates fine art using the Pointillism style (its all in dots) in acrylic.
  *Artwork that reflects the community, spiritual and family.
  *Editorial art that reflects community challenges and triumphs
  *Brand development and images for nonprofits, churches and other organizations.

• Owner

  Peden Project

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 1999 — Present (10 years 5 months)

  teen life skill training, career exploration, ex offender reentry career preparation for group homes, high schools, halfway houses, churches, nonprofit organizaitons, independent living facilites.
  
  Career Development workshop for teens- Teens had one-on-one career insights with a variety of different professionals, including their career paths and first jobs
  
  Career Development workshops for exoffenders: Newly released exoffenders had one-on-one career coaching from corporate Human Resource Professionals, resumes, job searches and interview ready clothing
  
  Teen pregnancy workshops for males-Teens were guided with small group interactive discussions with medical professionals that gave them real insights to the challenges and perils of intimate actions.

• Senior Human Resources Generalist

  CDW

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CDWC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  Employee relations, investigations, Workers Compensation, Benefits, Training, Workplace perks

• Human Resources Specialist

  Illinois Department of Human Services

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  July 2000 — August 2005 (5 years 2 months)

  EEO/AA Investigations, Workers Compensation, Organizational Development, Training, Workplace violence, Crisis Intervention, Civil right investigations

Additional Information

Roger Peden’s Interests:

Painting, Community Service, Hanging out with the family, working out