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Bookmarked: Get to Know Katherine Jones, the HR Industry's Renaissance Woman

Dr. Katherine Jones

Independent Thought Leader and Consultant

Editor's Note: This post is part of our "Bookmarked" series, where we ask some of our favorite HR experts, analysts and business professionals to answer questions about their career, life and aspirations for the future. Be sure to bookmark it for next month!

Katherine Jones didn't set out to have a career in the human capital management world—her dream was to work in academia, as president of a university. But her life took her in various other directions, and the self-proclaimed "horse enthusiast" held firmly onto the reins.

Throughout her impressive professional journey, Jones has served as assistant dean at the University of Connecticut, director of marketing at Netsuite, vice president of human capital management research at Bersin by Deloitte and parter at Mercer.

Get to know more about her outlook on life and work below, and learn how career switching has shaped her success.

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