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Focus on Business

Focus On Business: Rodney Vinegar on Human Resources

WEKU | By Bryan Bartlett

Published May 2, 2016 at 8:56 AM EDT

During his 18-year professional career, Rodney Vinegar has been responsible for recruitment, training, professional development, human resources leadership, and labor relations with such global companies as UBS Investment Bank, Colgate-Palmolive, Pepsi and Scripps Network Interactive. Rodney recently returned from New York to his home state of Kentucky and joined Tom Martin to discuss some HR issues common in today’s workplace.

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