Right Management Acquires Respected Local Consulting Firm.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000 Right Management Consultants, a leading career management and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a with offices in more than 30 countries, officially announced today its acquisition of Career Directions Inc., a suburban-Chicago organizational and individual career development firm. Career Directions' consulting staff con·sult·ing staff n. The body of specialists affiliated with a hospital who serve in an advisory capacity to the attending staff. and president Peggy Simonsen joined Right's team in April 2000 and will relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to the company's Midwest regional office at 100 North Riverside Plaza Riverside Plaza is a modernist and brutalist apartment complex designed by Ralph Rapson that opened in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1973. On the edge of downtown Minneapolis in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, and next to the University of Minnesota's West Bank, the site contains in downtown Chicago. The addition of Career Directions, with its 21-years of consulting experience in the local and national business community and its innovative training and Internet-based career management programs, will complement and enhance Right's existing strategic consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . Career Directions' Simonsen is the author of two recent books - "Promoting a Development Culture in Your Organization" and "Career Compass, Navigating Your Career Strategically in the New Century." "This is a perfect fit," says Bill Holland, Executive Vice President of Right's North Central Group. "Career Directions has a solid reputation for developing integrated talent management solutions for its clients. Incorporating these state-of-the-art services will enable us to expand our services and offer our clients seamless solutions to pressing human resource issues." From Right's Chicago office Simonsen and the staff of Career Directions will lead the International Talent Management practice of the consulting firm and lend their expertise to the company's 200 service locations worldwide. The International Talent Management practice will enable Right's clients to design career management and development programs for their managers and employees. Talent management is a growing segment of Right's human resources consulting practice. In the face of a shrinking workforce of skilled employees, today's companies are challenged to find and retain individuals who are the proper fit for the organization and its talent needs. Talent management programs, like the one offered by Right, provide internal and external selection, career development and employee retention solutions needed to help companies become employers of choice. Right Management Consultants, founded in 1980, is a career management and human resources consulting firm serving corporations around the globe. The Philadelphia-based company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on (RMCI RMCI Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics ) and employs more than 2,000 consulting professionals in 30 countries. Having served more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Right Management Consultants is considered one of the world's premier consulting firms and was named one of the "200 Best Small Companies in America," by Forbes Magazine. For more information, please visit Right's Web site at www.right.com. |
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