Dr. Lashanda Jordan is the Executive Director of the Career Services Center at Jackson State University. In this role she serves as the primary liaison between the university, its students and alumni, and employers on a state, regional, national scale. She is responsible for fiscal planning and management for career services, including all operations and staffing matters. She also serves as adviser and interface with representatives of industrial, governmental, and educational employers to assist in the most effective use of career services’ efforts. Dr. Jordan has conducted numerous presentations on job search development skills, resume writing and proper business and dinning etiquette. She is certified by the Etiquette Institute (St. Louis, MO) to teach business and social etiquette. Prior to her current employment, Dr. Jordan was employed by Millsaps College, as the Assistant Director of the Career Center, at Auburn University as and Academic Advisor and Georgia Tech as a Residence Life Coordinator. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi University for Women, a Master of Science Degree from Mississippi State University and a doctorate in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education from Jackson State University. Dr. Jordan is a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Southern Association of Colleges and Employers and the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Employers where she served as the 4 Year College Director, and Vice-President and President of the organization.
Lashanda Jordan is a member of the Jackson Workforce Leadership Academy Class of 2020-21, one of several Workforce Leadership Academies in localities across North America.
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