Keynote: Navigating the Modern Job Market

Event Overview

*Illustration by Ashley Osburn

Mid-career professionals face unprecedented challenges in today's evolving job market. With shifting federal workforce policies, economic uncertainties, and technology’s ongoing transformation of hiring processes, even seasoned workers find themselves navigating unfamiliar terrain. Yet for well-prepared candidates, the job market remains full of possibilities — if you know how to approach it.

Join host Beth Flynn-Ferry, Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS) at Cornell’s ILR School and Professor JR Keller as they demystify the modern job search. Drawing from his extensive research in human resource studies, Professor Keller will share practical strategies for mastering digital recruiting platforms, maintaining work-life balance during transitions, and effectively presenting your professional narrative in today's fast-paced environment.

This conversation will offer experienced professionals the strategies they need to adapt, advance, and thrive, balancing career momentum with personal well-being in today's dynamic workplace.

What You'll Learn

How to navigate modern applicant tracking systems and digital hiring platforms
How to optimize your résumé and online presence for today's job market
The role of career counselors and new AI coaching tools in job searching
A look at the current hiring landscape from both candidate and employer perspectives

Speakers

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JR Keller

Associate Professor

Cornell ILR School

Associate Professor of Human Resource Studies, Cornell ILR School

JR Keller is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Studies in the ILR School at Cornell University. Professor Keller’s research focuses on understanding how firms make hiring decisions and individuals make career choices, with a particular interest in the ways in which the dynamics shape how employees change jobs within firms.

Professor Keller’s work has appeared in several leading academic and practitioner outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, People & Strategy, and Organization Science.

Prior to pursuing a Ph.D., Professor Keller had two careers: the first as a financial analyst and the second as a career consultant. He earned his Ph.D. in Management from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and holds a Master’s in Adult Education from Indiana University as well as undergraduate degrees in Finance and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame.

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Beth Flynn-Ferry

Executive Director, CAHRS

Cornell ILR School

Executive Director, CAHRS

Beth Flynn-Ferry is Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies in the ILR School at Cornell University. She earned her MBA in Strategic Management and Marketing from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and earned a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1987. Upon graduating from Cornell, Ms. Flynn-Ferry joined Hercules, Inc., (now Ashland) and worked for five years in corporate HR/OE roles as well as at a unionized plant in Savannah, GA.

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