Experience You Trust When Workplace Decisions Matter

With Pursuing Life HR Solutions, you don't have to navigate every workplace challenge alone. We're here to listen, talk through the situation, and help you find a practical path forward with confidence. 

About Pursuing Life HR Solutions

With 20 years of experience spanning human resources, employee relations, compliance, education, and training, Pursuing Life HR Solutions brings a broad and practical perspective to today's workplace challenges. Our experience supporting nonprofit, higher education, manufacturing, and behavioral health organizations allows us to understand the unique needs of different workplaces while providing thoughtful, practical solutions to complex people matters. 

Led by Charlene Jackson, Pursuing Life HR Solutions helps leaders and organizations navigate workplace challenges with clarity and confidence. Throughout her career, Charlene has partnered with executives, operational leaders, HR professionals, and small business owners to address sensitive employee matters, guide complex workplace decisions, strengthen people practices, and support organizational priorities. Her approach combines extensive HR experience with a strong understanding of employment practices, compliance, and risk while remaining grounded in fairness and respect. 

Charlene holds a Master of Arts in Adult & Community Education from Ball State University and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. Her professional credentials and specialized training include: 

  • Professional in Human Resources (PHR), HRCI
  • Workplace Investigations Certificate, Kent State University
  • People Manager Qualification (SHRM-PMQ), SHRM
  • People Analytics Certificate, HRCI

Charlene Jackson

Founder & CEO

Pursuing Life HR Solutions

Selected Projects

Pursuing Life HR Solutions has completed hands-on projects designed to strengthen workplace practices, improve consistency, support compliance, and help organizations manage risk. 

Selected projects include: 

  • Workplace Investigations: Independent investigations involving employee complaints and workplace concerns, including witness interviews, interview summaries, evidence review, credibility assessment, unbiased findings, and practical recommendations. 
  • Performance Management Process Development: Designed and implemented structured performance management processes to establish clear expectations, strengthen manager accountability, improve performance documentation, and promote consistent approaches to employee feedback, coaching and corrective action. 
  • Policy Review & Revision: Evaluated and updated workplace policies to improve clarity, consistency, and alignment with organizational needs and employment practices. 
  • Handbook Development: Developed comprehensive employee and training program handbooks and reviewed existing handbooks to strengthen policies, expectations and workplace practices. 
  • Pay Structure Development: Developed structured approaches to employee compensation to support internal consistency and sound pay practices. 
  • Job Description Development: Created and revised job descriptions to clearly define responsibilities, qualifications, expectations, and organizational needs. 
  • Independent Contractor Agreement Review: Reviewed and revised independent contractor agreements to improve clarity and expectations, responsibilities and the employer-contractor relationship. 
  • New Hire Onboarding Programs: Developed and reviewed onboarding programs to create a more organized, consistent, and welcoming experience for new employees. 

Let's Connect

Choosing an outside HR partner means trusting someone with your people, your organization, and sometimes your most sensitive workplace matters. At Pursuing Life HR Solutions, that responsibility is taken seriously. Clients can expect a thoughtful and approachable partner who will listen, ask the right questions, consider the circumstances carefully, and provide practical guidance. 

Whether you know exactly what you need or simply aren't sure where to start, you're welcome to reach out. Sometimes the first step is simply having a conversation with someone you can trust. 

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Charlene Jackson, MA, PHR

Founder & CEO

Pursuing Life HR Solutions, LLC