HR Jetpack Instructors
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Joan Smith
Joan has done HR consulting in the areas of Succession Planning, Retention, and Career Planning for nonprofits in the Greater DC area. In 2019, she spoke in a Career HR group about career transitioning and has spoken twice in on Power To Fly -a virtual global platform on career reinvention and ageism in the workplace.
Joan also spoke in private women’s career group on her career journey and the power of LinkedIn.
During her 5-year membership of the DC chapter of The Association of Talent Development, Joan was featured as a mentee alumni in the chapter’s “Mentee Showcase,” and later that same year, co-directed the chapter’s mentoring program.
Joan recently launched her coaching practice for mid-career professional women called “Premier Career Coaching.”
She holds a Master’s in Human Resources Management and a Bachelor’s in Journalism.
While pursuing her Masters in HR, Joan was appointed to The National Society of Leadership and Success, the nation’s largest leadership honor society.