Washington DC Gen Y CEO & HR Author to Speak at the Bronx Women's Academy of Excellence on 4/23/12

April 20, 2012 - PRLog -- On April 23, 2012, Jumpstart:HR CEO and Author of the #10 "What's Hot" Career Management Book on iTunes (Never Miss the Mark: Career Search Strategies Provided By HR Pros - on iBook, Kindle, Nook and Sony Reader) Joey V. Price, MS, PHR will be speaking on the topic of the importance of Young Adult Professional Development at the Bronx Women's Academy of Excellence Career Fair (http://www.thewae.org/). Joey will join a host of other established professionals and business owners - including Billboard "Women In Music 2011" Nominee Anshia Tull, CEO of Briclyn Entertainment (http://www.briclynent.com) - as they talk to students about their careers and the challenges they have overcome to get to where they are today.

Joey (Age 25) will be speaking on the topic of the "T.R.U.T.H. to Career Success" and the role that technology has on professional development.

"Students have the world at their finger tips with the ease of access to technology," says Price "and it is very important that we as professionals and educators do our part to help them make the most of this access and understand the impact that it has on their future."

About the Women's Academy of Excellence (http://www.thewae.org):
The mission of the Women's Academy of Excellence is to create a community of lifelong participatory learners. The Women's Academy of Excellence is committed to nurturing the intellectual curiosity and creativity of young female scholars, and to address their developmental needs. The school community will cultivate a dynamic, interdisciplinary learning environment which will enable our scholars to experience great success at many levels; specializing in the fields of math, science, and social change. Our scholars will be exposed to a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum. The school community, scholars and families will work collaboratively to install within our scholars a sense of values and ethical principles of behavior. Our scholars will excel academically and graduate from college. Scholars will actively engage in projects that will build their leadership skills, their ability to work as a team, and their capacity to positively impact the greater community. The scholars of the Women's Academy of Excellence will be effective leaders.

SCHOOL GOALS:

1. To expand the use of differentiated instruction to meet the needs of each scholar.

2. To Incorporate literacy accross the curriculum

3. To continue to develop a school environment that support life long learning for scholars, faculty, and parents.

About Joey V. Price, MS, PHR (http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeyvprice):
Joey V. Price, MS, PHR leads the Managed HR Services and Career Services portions of Jumpstart:HR. He completed his Master’s in Human Resources and Development in May of 2011 and has PHR Certification. Having been featured as a Career Management and Human Resources expert in publications such as BlackEnterprise.com, CareerBuilder.com, TheLadders.com, Monster.com, Workforce Management Magazine and more, Joey’s passions include HR Compliance Education as well as Leadership coaching and development.

Joey V. Price, MS, PHR is the CEO and Chief HR Consultant with Jumpstart:HR, a Managed HR Services Firm located in Prince Georges County, MD. Since becoming a professional consultant in 2010, Joey has been featured as a Human Resources and Career Management expert in publications such as Workforce Management Magazine, CNN.com, BlackEnterprise.com and more. Joey has used his combined 10 years of Graduate-level education and HR experience in professional services, event management, security, IT and Federal contracting organizations creating solutions to help HR departments streamline their processes while remaining legally compliant. His focus areas include Organizational Leadership, Recruitment, Employee Engagement, Organizational Development and HR Policy Compliance.

Joey is the author of the career management book “Never Miss the Mark.” He is a frequent speaker for Washington, DC area business groups and non-profit organizations on the topics of HR Leadership, Networking, Job Search and Career Management.

Joey holds a BS from the University of Maryland College Park in Kinesiology and a Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Development from the University of Maryland College Park. Joey is also certified as a Professional Human Resources (PHR) by the national Human Resources Certification Institute. He regularly volunteers for advisory and leadership roles to help serve the human resources profession and Generation Y working population.

About Jumpstart:HR (http://www.jumpstart-hr.com):
Our Mission:

To become a pioneer and trusted HR Outsourcing and Consulting partner for small to medium sized businesses in the US. We strive to provide up-to-date and creative Human Resources knowledge and implementation strategies marked with high quality personable customer service and career development tools that inspire growth. Jumpstart:HR works to make an immediate impact in as little as one month’s worth of support.

Recognized by brands that you trust. With proven expertise featured in BusinessWeek.com, SHRM.org, TheLadders.com, Workforce Management Magazine, and more, the leadership of Jumpstart:HR combines post-graduate training in Human Resources Management and Development, years of HR experience and professional Human Resources accreditation to give your organization an immediate and lasting boost.

Our approach to your success. Jumpstart:HR has a voracious appetite for deadline-driven results and customer service to revive and engage your HR practice to its full potential. We work with your organization to establish the current baseline and implement initiatives that help your organization grow.

Fresh organization, fresh approach. Jumpstart:HR was created in 2011 in the Washington, DC area and has grown to serve a national client base. When trusting Jumpstart:HR to handle the needs of your HR department, you can rest assured that we utilize only the most up to date skill sets and knowledge base combined with a fresh and creative approach to solve your pressing and future-minded concerns. Your organization benefits by tapping into these value-added strategies at a fixed-cost that is much less than the cost of a one-time consultant or adding another Full-Time HR Staff Member with these credentials.