Dual Career Network Staff

 

Joan Murrin, CPRW, JCTC
Director

Joan is the Founder/Director of The University of Iowa’s Dual Career Network.  She is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and a Job and Career Transition Coach (JCTC), with 20+ years experience in program development, management of employment programming and career coaching.  She teaches career-related classes through UI’s Learning and Development, has developed external contracts for the Dual Career Network, has served as invited speaker at numerous local, national and international conferences, and has assisted over 50 universities in starting similar programs.  She is one of the co-founders of the international Higher Education Dual Career Network (HEDCN) association and has served on the management team of that organization.  Joan is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Eastern Iowa Human Resources Association (EIHRA), the Iowa Senior Human Resources Association (ISHRA), National Association of Job Search Trainers, Career Directors International (CDI), and the Career Planning and Adult Development Organization.  In addition, she has been a member of the Professional Women’s Network where she served as committee and board member, and president, and was one of the founding directors of the Professional and Technical Diversity Network (PTDN).  She is a graduate of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Program (CLP) and the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Leadership for Five Seasons, and in 2004 was nominated for Waypoint’s Women of Achievement Award. In 2009, The Dual Career Network program won third place in CDI's Career Innovator Awards, and in 2011, Joan was asked to serve as one of the judges for the 2011 Career Innovator Awards.

Joan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa and 31 post-graduate hours.

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