Presentations and workshops; media spotlight; credentials.

1. Joan Runnheim Olson, M.S.
Internationally Certified Career Coach ▪ Nontraditional Careers Expert ▪ National Speaker
Job Search/ Career Management Presentations & Workshops
The following workshops and presentations have been delivered at conferences, professional
associations, job transition groups, and through community education over the past 10+ years.
 Resumes that Work: Create a Resume that Gets Results
 Career Management for the 21st Century
 Your Two-Minute Pitch: The Keystone of Your Job Search
 The Keys to Effective Networking and Landing Your Next Job
 Jump Start Your Job Search
Nontraditional Career Workshops & Keynotes
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear – FFA State Leadership
Conference – Orlando, FL – 2012
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear – SkillsUSA Worlds of
Possibilities Career Expo – Pensacola, FL – 2012
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear – Truckee-Meadows
Community College – Reno, NV - 2012
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear – FFA State Leadership
Conference – Orlando, FL - 2012
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear - SkillsUSA Worlds of
Possibilities Career Expo, Pensacola, FL – 2012
 Nevada Nontraditional Emerging Technologies for Success, Nevada Department of Education, Las
Vegas, NV – 2011
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear, FFA State Leadership
Conference – Orlando, FL - 2011
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear – Florida Health Occupations
Students of America 34th Annual State Leadership Conference, Jacksonville, FL - 2011
 Got Nontraditional Students? Discover How to Turn Recruits into Completers, Office of Career and
Technical Education (OCTE) Spring Update, Lansing, MI - 2011
 Got Nontraditional Students? Discover How to Turn Recruits into Completers – Great Basin College,
Elko, NV – 2011
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear; Keynote, Gulf Coast Tech
Prep 2010 Regional Conference, Houston, TX – 2010
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715.808.0344 ● joan@pathwayscareer.com ● www.pathwayscareer.com

2.  Nevada Nontraditional Emerging Technologies, Nevada Department of Education, Las Vegas and
Reno, NV – 2010
 Trading Spaces: Increasing Students in Nontraditional Careers, Lower Columbia Community
College, Longview, WA – 2010
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear, Baker High School, Baker
City, OR - 2010
 Nevada Nontraditional Emerging Technologies, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV -
2010
 Nevada Nontraditional Emerging Technologies, Nevada Dept. of Education, Reno, NV -. 2010
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear; Great Basin College, Elko,
NV - 2010
 Nevada Nontraditional Emerging Technologies, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV -
2009
 Nevada Nontraditional Emerging Technologies, Nevada Department of Education, Reno, NV -
2008
 Impacting Students: Sharpening the Student Services Coordinator’s Role and Careers for the 21st Century,
Student Service Coordinator’s Fall Conference, keynote & breakout presenter, Jackson, MS -
2008
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear, 51st Annual Professional
Educator’s Summer Conference, Boise, ID - 2008
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear , Nevada Association for
Career & Technical Educator’s Annual Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV - 2008
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear, Reno, NV - 2008
 Gender Tune-Up: Shifting Nontraditional Enrollments into High Gear, Midlands Technical College
in Columbia, SC – 2006
 Finding the Nontraditional Student: Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Students in Nontraditional
Careers, 2006 Education and Business Summit, Greenville, SC - 2006
 Breaking the Barriers: Encouraging Both Genders and Diverse Populations to Consider Nontraditional
Careers, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL - 2006
Published Writing & Media Spotlight
 Work Smarts: Be a Winner on the Job (chapter on nontraditional careers) coming out July 2012
Kate Wendleton and the Five O’Clock Club
 Invited expert blogger on nontraditional careers for Career Thought Leaders, a think tank
for the now, the new, and the next in careers
 Driving Your Career , monthly columnist -- Twin Cities Employment Weekly
 Strategies for Career Success – an online monthly e-newsletter – Pathways Career Success Strategies,
LLC
 Gender Bender - Pursuing Your Dreams - Yavapai College
 Women in a Blue Collar World – Women’s Independent Press
 Strategies for Nontraditional Career Success, an online bi-weekly e-newsletter – Pathways Career Success
Strategies, LLC
 Venture Up the Ladder, a monthly job search strategies newsletter for women in nontraditional
occupations – WomenVenture
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Pathways Career Success Strategies, LLC ● 1901 Hawthorne Pointe ● Hudson, WI 54016
715.808.0344 ● joan@pathwayscareer.com ● www.pathwayscareer.com

3.  Women: Good Resource for Easing Technician Shortage - Automotive Service Excellence
 Quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and countless other publications on job search and
career management topics
Education & Certifications
 M.S., Vocational Rehabilitation, concentration in Vocational Evaluation, University of
Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
 B.S., Sociology/Criminal Justice, Mount Senario College, Ladysmith, WI
 Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation
 Certified Career Management Coach, Career Coach Academy
 Certified Leadership & Talent Management Coach, Leadership Coach Academy
 Certified Five O’Clock Club Career Coach, Five O’Clock Club
Professional Affiliations
 International Coach Federation
 Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
 National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE)
 Minnesota Career Development Association
 Career Planning and Adult Development Network
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Pathways Career Success Strategies, LLC ● 1901 Hawthorne Pointe ● Hudson, WI 54016
715.808.0344 ● joan@pathwayscareer.com ● www.pathwayscareer.com