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Testimonials
- www.eeoguidance.com (About Us)
Carol A. Dawson, CCDP/AP
Carol Dawson, President of EEO GUIDANCE, Inc., provides nationally recognized consulting and training services in the field of EqualOpportunity – Affirmative Ation/Employment – Diversity/Inclusion – Harassment (Title VII)–Affirmative Action Programs, along with creating Affirmative Action Programs in compliance with Executive Order 11246. Dawson provides straight talking, “NEVER BORING” interactive training workshops for the current workforce and beyond. She has been training professionally for over 25 years and sessions include a variety of facts, life/work experiences, statistics, legal decisions, and realistic suggestions for improving your work environment.
Dawson’s mixture of story telling (including experiences as a military brat) and factual/legal information leads the audience toward understanding the value of respecting diversity/differences while also giving awareness of equality and affirmative employment laws. Dawson’s personal work experiences, such as her career as a Sr. Compliance Officer and Area Director for the U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL)/Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), provide a platform from which she blends humor with the serious issues surrounding EEO and Affirmative Employment today. Audiences leave better equipped to handle the day to day conflicts they encounter because of their improved understanding of diversity, EEO, and affirmative action confusion. Management officials and employees leave the training with a better understanding of their personal obligations. Employers learn how ‘doing the right thing’ will make a difference on their bottom line.
Dawson has held federal EEO compliance positions as EEO Counselor for US Navy/Naval Ordnance Station, Area Director for the DOL/OFCCP, Senior Compliance Officer, and EEO Manager for Commerce/Census/NPC. While with OFCCP, Dawson served as a national certified trainer for new Compliance Officers and provided new Compliance Officer training across the U.S. She was selected by OFCCP Director, Cari Dominguez’, to train the national office legal and administrative staff. Dawson has been honored with the Louisville Key to the City, Labor’s top award, the Distinguished Career Service Award, the Louisville American Business Women’s Woman of the Year, and was a national finalist for the business award, The Stevie Business Award – Women in Business.
Dawson is a Lead Mediator for the Federal Alternate Dispute Resolution Council and has been donating her time to resolve conflicts within the federal government for over 17 years. She has a Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and successfully completed a year long Cornell University program certifying her as a Cornell Certified Diversity Professional/Advanced Practitioner(CCDP/AP).
Dawson writes EEO and Diversity articles for Business First, Louisville, Kentucky, and a monthly column for The Evening News and New Albany Tribune, The Extra Milers. The column was recognized by the Society of Newspaper Columnists by awarding Dawson the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award in 2008. Dawson is active on multiple boards and community groups. She recently collaborating with local agencies to create Diversity/Inclusion training curriculum for non-profit agencies.
Carol has provided training sessions and workshops to many agencies, companies and community groups. A few of those are listed below:
- U.S. Department of Defense - Army - EEO Counselor Refresher Training (Fort Knox, Kentucky)
- U.S. Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA) - FAA Managers Associaiton Conference - Respecting Diversity
- USDA (South Dakota)
- State of Kentucky - Keynote Speaker - Governor's EEO Conference
- Federally Employed Women - National Training Conference - Selling You - How to Be Successful in a Job Interview (Chicago, Illinois)
- U.S. Denver Mint - Sexual Harassment Training for Managers (Denver, Colorado)
- Subway Stores, Jeffersonville, Indiana - EEO Policies
- City of Jeffersonville - EEO Policies
- Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD)- EEO/AA training to all supervisors and managers (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Corp of Engineers - Career Development Workshops (Nashville, Tennessee)
- State of Kentucky Employment Offices - Labor EEO Laws - EEO and Disability Laws
- Bowling Green Municipal Utilities - EEO/AA/Diversity training for all employees and management staff
- Louisville Bar Association - Review of Glass Ceiling Procedures
- Kentucky Veterans Employment - Labor/OFCCP
- Frankfort Electric and Water Plant Board - EEO/AA/Diversity training for all employees and management staff
- Louisville Water Company - EEO/Affirmative Action Training for Managers
- National Weather Service - EEO/Diversity Training Sessions
- Kentucky Lottery Commission - EEO/Diversity Training for Management
- Mortenson Broadcasting Company - Management Harassment Training
- Association of Federal Government Employees (labor)- EEO/Diversity Affirmative Employment
- Federally Employed Women - Career Development - (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Louisville-Special Observance Speaker (Women's History/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. B'day)
- Dress for Success - Professional Women's Program Speaker-Louisville, Kentucky Chapter
- U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center - CRANE facility - management Diversity courses - all employee EEO/Diversity sessions (over 3,000 employees)
In addition to training, Carol also provides expert consulting services in the area of equality, discrimination, and diversity/inclusion. Carol can create an effective internal business complaint process for your company and follow through with investigations and/or mediation to assist in early resolution of EEO complaints ... before employees move into the legal system. Please see "Services" link to the left.
Business related affiliations: Carol is an active member of: Federally Employed Women (Serving on multiple committees, including Regional Diversity Chair), and has participanted and been a member of the National Speaker's Bureau. Carol has served and continues to serve on multiple boards and committees:
Leadership Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce (One Southern Indiana)Minority and Women Business Owner's Conference
Kentucky OFCCP Industry Liaison Group (previous Board Member)
American Association for Affirmative Action
Small Business Development Center (speaker/committee representative)
Shaping Up Southern Indiana (founder and Board Member)
Society for Human Resources Management
National Society for Newspaper Columnists
The
future of our world is not simply determined by the
large accomplishments of the mighty few, but through
the multiple small achievements of the common masses. Make a
positive difference every day. Carol
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