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For first-time CEO, challenge is getting his group noticed

After years in a career spent in communications and human relations, Pat Cleary tackles his new role as head of association. Cleary When Pat Cleary was first approached by an executive recruiter about becoming president and CEO of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, he was honest in his response: “I never heard of this organization in my life.” “I didn’t know what a professional employer organization was,” he added. (PEOs provide human resources, payroll and workers’ compensation services to companies that want to outsource the work.) “Then I forwarded an email I got [about the group] to a bunch of my friends in the HR policy… Read More