Recruitment serves as a vital function within any organization. But to ensure that it guarantees what it has promised, effective leadership is far more vital. That is because strong leadership allows the hiring process to efficiently attract and retain exceptional talent. Jennifer Tardy Consulting, LLC, also known as JTC, embodies this promise.

Jenn Tardy is a renowned Career Success Coach and owns JTC, a diversity and inclusion consulting organization based in Maryland. Her mission is to facilitate the success of historically underrepresented job seekers and recruiters through her coaching programs and diversity training sessions. She is an official partner to LinkedIn and The Society for Diversity, where she serves as a career coach to its members.

Boasting more than 14 years of experience in human resources and recruiting, Jennifer stands as a dynamic Recruiting Thought Leader, Diversity Practitioner, and Career Success Coach. Her extensive experience spans a diverse array of industries, such as tech, healthcare, education, railroad, plumbing supplies, and professional services, showcasing her versatility and expertise.

She holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the prestigious Virginia Tech. As a testament to her commitment and expertise, she holds multiple certifications in Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion, with credentials such as Professional in Human Resources (PHR), Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR), Certified Diversity Practitioner (CDP), Certified Diversity Executive (CDE), and Certified DiSC Instructor.

In addition to her own venture, Jennifer Tardy, LLC, she shares co-ownership of Proving What’s Possible, LLC (PWP), headquartered in Altavista, VA. PWP specializes in providing Mental Health Counseling services, empowering individuals to cope with mental illnesses while achieving community stability and independence.

From Corporate HR to Entrepreneurship

Jennifer’s professional background is rooted in Human Resources, where she started as a corporate trainer before transitioning into recruitment. Throughout her career, she progressed from being a recruiter to leading teams of recruiters. Eventually, she left corporate life to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams. She shares, “I started in the field of Human Resources in 2005, so it’s been nearly 18 years. I cherish every minute of the work I’ve been able to accomplish.”

Jennifer has had the opportunity to recruit in various industries, including healthcare, energy, tech, education, high-end plumbing supplies, professional services, and even the railroad industry. Through this experience, she has gained valuable insights into the challenges that companies face when it comes to increasing diversity and creating a more inclusive workplace.

One of the benefits of recruiting across multiple industries is that she has been able to identify patterns and common hurdles that organizations face when working to improve diversity and inclusion, regardless of the industry. This has allowed her to develop strategies and best practices that can be applied across different sectors and help companies overcome the barriers that may be preventing them from achieving their diversity goals.

Making Diversity Recruiting a Norm

Team JTC is on a mission to help organizations increase diversity and retention in a responsible manner. The ultimate goal is to normalize diversity recruiting and representation, allowing all workplaces to benefit from the value of Lived Experience Intelligence.

Team JTC focuses on two primary audiences: job seekers and employers. Through its Inner Circle coaching membership, the team helps job seekers navigate bias and achieve their career goals by providing them with insights, strategies, and networking opportunities. It also works with employers through its flagship Increase Diversity™ Roadmap consulting services, which include certifying recruiters and training hiring managers on inclusive diversity recruiting practices. Additionally, the team consults with organizations to identify and mitigate hiring biases.

Mitigating Hiring Bias

Jennifer is dedicated to helping workplaces tackle hiring bias and develop effective diversity recruiting strategies. As a Career Success Coach, she guides job seekers from underrepresented communities to help them navigate the hiring process and achieve their career goals.

Through JTC, Jennifer trains recruiting professionals and hiring managers on foundational diversity recruiting and inclusive hiring practices. This training equips them with the knowledge and skills to identify and mitigate bias in the hiring process, while fostering a more inclusive and diverse workplace. By offering this training, Jennifer assists organizations to build more effective and equitable hiring practices, benefitting both job seekers and employers.

Promoting Career Success

Team JTC is committed to help organizations eliminate bias and reveal the hidden keys to career success for historically underrepresented job seekers. By doing so, the team believes that it can help break down the barriers preventing them from achieving their goals. The more it can educate the employers and job seekers, the more the team can level the playing field and create a more equitable and inclusive workplace. JTC’s dedicated team offers the essential tools, strategies, and resources necessary to turn this vision into a reality.

Empowering Job Seekers and Improving Diversity Recruitment

JTC’s Inner Circle program empowers job seekers with valuable insights, tactics, and strategies to overcome bias and excel in their job search. Members gain access to skills and resources that help them secure exceptional jobs and promotions, as well as expand their network by connecting with other driven, ambitious, and like-minded individuals.

Meanwhile, JTC’s training programs, such as Qualified Diversity Recruiter (QDR) and Qualified Inclusive Leader (QIL), equip recruiting teams with effective strategies to find, attract, engage, and select top talent from historically underrepresented communities. These sought-after training programs enhance recruiters’ abilities with the skills to improve diversity recruitment and create a more inclusive workplace.

According to Jennifer, JTC follows the “Increase Diversity Roadmap” approach, which involves helping workplaces assess their current status on the diversity recruitment and retention continuum. After identifying where they stand, JTC uses its model to create personalized training and consulting strategies that can take their diversity programs to the next level. This approach ensures that the workplace’s diversity and inclusion efforts are strategic, intentional, and effective in achieving their goals.

Website: https://www.jennifertardy.com/