Richard Jordan
Biography, Credentials and Afilliates

Richard Jordan
Founder/Owner of Strengthening Talent
Richard Jordan is a career coach and human resources executive with domestic and international experience. He has demonstrated expertise in strategic talent management programs; recruitment,selection and assessment; retention, workforce planning; organizational development; process improvement; change management and career coaching. Richard has served in HR leadership roles, particularly in the areas of talent management, talent acquisition and HR operations. He has held global leadership positions at AEG, IntraHealth International, Equifax, RTI International, Ryder System, Shire Pharmaceuticals, J.D. Edwards, Compaq Computer and British Airways.
Richard has been certified as a career coach by the top two Career Transition and Outplacement organizations in the United States. He is retained by Triangle-based organizations, and has worked with Lee Hecht Harrison and as a career coach to 2,500 undergraduates and MBA students and alumni at the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University.
Richard has a postgraduate diploma in human resources management from the University of West London. He is a Chartered MCIPD, pending GPHR, served on three Special Advisory Panels of the Society of Human Resource Management, and is an active member of Triangle SHRM. Richard is certified to utilize the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Gallup’s StrengthsQuest, and is a certified TILT365 practitioner, as well as a certified administrator and trainer of DDI’s“Targeted Selection” competency-based selection methodology.
Download the DDI’s Targeted Selection Document for J.D. Edwards