John Hannabach recently retired as Director, Career Services at Georgia Tech, a position he held for nearly 12 years. During that period, John was selected to receive several prestigious awards designated by the student body including, "Friend of the Student," "Administrator of the Year" and special recognition by the Society of ANAK. 

John has been very active in the professional societies serving NACE, SACE and GACE in numerous positions, committees and activities. He rose through the various chairs to become president of both SACE and GACE where he instituted and implemented a number of new initiatives, including the STAR Award, Chat with the Presidents, and Year of the Employer, as well as the transition from SCPA to SACE and the resignation of Jack and Toni Smith as Executive Secretary of SACE.  

John served as the SACE representative to the NACE board and was a SACE representative to NACE, defining and implementing the organizational restructuring of the profession.  

Georgia Tech was John's second career. He retired from the General Electric Company after 30 years of service as an engineer and manager of engineers. John was manager of the Southern Region for the GE Professional Recruiting and University Relations component. He was a Commissioner on the renowned Engineering Workforce Commission and is listed in "Who's Who In Engineering." Too interested in providing career assistance to others to really retire, John was recently asked to join Right Management Consultants as a Career Consultant and he has formed HANCON, an independent consulting organization specializing in college/corporate relations activities and conducting executive searches for career services directors and corporate recruiters.