Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) found its new executive director in HR and talent acquisition entrepreneur Isabelle Kent.
Kent brings experience in growth strategy and ecosystem development to the entrepreneurship-boosting nonprofit. The former VP of growth for Toronto-based talent acquisition platform JobAdX also runs her own strategy firm, Dedicova Consulting, through which she’s consulted with startups and Fortune 1000 companies. The Arcadia University grad has served as a virtual mentor through PSL, and throughout the pandemic, she has offered pro bono career consulting to help jobseekers understand hiring systems so they can find more opportunities.
“Job search is a learned skill,” she told Technical.ly. “You don’t know what you don’t know. Everybody was kind of shell-shocked by COVID and finding themselves out of work with entire industries not hiring.”
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