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Career Skills

The Career Skills section is where you will find advice and perspectives on career planning, building transferable skills, navigating workplace dynamics, mentorship and transitioning into leadership.

Establishing Positive Relationships at Work

by Sean Cook 08.25.2011
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Developing positive relationships is one of the biggest challenges professionals face when starting a new role or moving into a new work environment. When you are new, you don’t know what norms have been established, who will be helpful (or who won’t), and you’ll likely find yourself wondering when to share information and perspectives, when [...]

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Applying Student Affairs Skills, Part 3: Crisis Management

by Sean Cook 07.01.2011
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People were screaming and running away through the rain, and I heard one lady yell to me “You’ve gotta call the festival! You’ve gotta call it!’ She kept running away, but like most people who handle emergencies, I ran toward the commotion.

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Difficult People and Difficult Situations: Applying Transferable Skills From Student Affairs

by Sean Cook 06.30.2011
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No matter how much you plan ahead of time and explain something, there will be people who ignore it, don’t understand what to do, or simply decide to do their own thing.

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Transferable Skills in Action: Applying Your Student Affairs Experience

by Sean Cook 06.30.2011
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Everything you do teaches you something worthwhile, if you remember it and can integrate it into your skill set.

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Intelligent Career Decisions Come from Knowing What You are Not

by Sean Cook 06.24.2011
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How many times in your career have you faced a decision where there was a good job in front of you (maybe even offered to you) and you knew it was a terrible fit, or that the benefits outweighed the costs? This has happened several times to me, and luckily, in most cases, I had [...]

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