Join Bend YP and Karen Turner for February’s Expert Chat: Navigating Your Career Journey.

During our hour together we will go over career mapping steps, create a map, learn how to navigate conversations with managers about career development, practice these conversations, and wrap up with questions.

| $10 for Everyone
| FREE for Passport Holders

About Our Speaker

Karen Turner has over 25 years of Human Resources and Recruiting experience. She joined Express Employment Professionals of Bend, Oregon in 1997 and served in a variety of recruiting roles until becoming the Managing Director of what is now Specialized Recruiting Group in 2002. Prior to joining Express, Karen was a Recruiter for Volt Accounting Specialists. She has her Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Management with an emphasis in Human Resources from George Fox University and holds her SHRM-CP.

Over the years Karen has successfully recruited for a variety of niches including accounting/finance, human resources, engineering, sales/marketing, information technology and C-Level executive placement. Karen is a leader in Specialized Recruiting Group's President's Club which acknowledges top performance throughout the company and has consistently placed in the Top 5 for Professional Search/Direct Placement over the past 15 years. Karen is the Former Vice Chair of Central Oregon Workforce Investment Board (COWIB), the former Membership Chair of City Club of Central Oregon and is former Membership Chair & Past President for Central Oregon SHRM. In 2011 Karen was named Central Oregon's HR Professional of the Year.

Fun Facts: Karen has been married to Mike for over 23 years and loves being an aunt to her 16 nieces & nephews. She loves all of the outdoor adventures that Central Oregon has to offer and is an avid hiker, paddle boarder and snowmobiler.