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Hi everyone!

If we haven’t met yet, my name is Hannah Vanderpool, and I officially joined CareerXroads as your Community Manager on December 1, 2025. I wanted to take a moment to properly introduce myself, share why I’m here, and talk a bit about what you can expect from me.

Why this role — and why community

I am genuinely excited to be in this role because I believe deeply in community. As humans, we aren’t created to do life alone — so why should our work be any different?

Great communities do something powerful:

• They alleviate the load when work feels heavy

• They support us in the hard moments

• And they celebrate the wins, big and small

That’s the kind of experience I want to help create and cultivate here at CXR: an engaging, energetic online space where we can lean into each other’s experiences, perspectives, and opinions to do our work better — and feel less alone while doing it.

What drew me to CareerXroads

I’ll be honest — before joining as a member in 2023, I didn’t really know what CXR was. But I had a leader who had experienced the collaborative magic firsthand and signed us up.

I still remember attending my first in-person CXR meeting. I left feeling captivated, re-energized, and reminded why I loved the work I did. That feeling stuck with me — and it’s a big reason I’m so excited to help steward this community now.

What you can expect from me

As your Community Manager, my role is to help make this space work for you.
That includes:

• Connecting members to each other 

• Gathering feedback and advocating for members internally

• Improving onboarding, resources, and events 

• Helping ensure this community remains a trusted, collaborative place to ask questions, share insights, and learn from peers who truly get it

I may not always have every answer — but I will know someone in this community who does. And that’s really what CXR is all about.

When (and how) to reach out

Please reach out to me anytime you have a question, concern, idea, or feedback.
You can email me or give me a call — whatever’s easiest for you.

I love hearing all kinds of questions and ideas. Nothing is too small, and if something isn’t working, I want to know.

A little more about me

My background spans Learning & Development, Recruiting, and Recruitment Marketing, and I’ve spent a lot of my career — and personal life — building community.

Outside of work:

• I’m a regular at Burn Bootcamp (and work there some, too)

• I host a podcast called Campus to Corporate

• I love to read

• I have two young kids who keep me very busy with extracurriculars

• And I volunteer when I can

Let’s get to know each other

To kick things off, I’d love to hear from you in the comments:

• Introduce yourself, if you haven’t already

• Share what you’d like more of from this community

I’m really glad you’re here — and I’m excited to build what’s next together.

— Hannah