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Podcast: Career Tracks in Higher Ed With Sarah Craddock, Academic Advisor

Podcast: Career Tracks in Higher Ed With Sarah Craddock, Academic Advisor

by | Jul 24, 2012 | Career Tracks, Higher Education, Job Search, Podcast

Sarah Craddock, Academic Advisor

On today’s podcast, I’ll have an interview with  Sarah Craddock, an Academic Advisor for Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University. We will talk about different aspects of her job and how her education and experience prepared her for it.

Sarah also shares some insights on how her experience in Residence Life was perceived during the interview process, what her work entails, and different roles she plays in working with faculty and other staff at Colorado State.

This podcast is part of a new series about Career Tracks in Higher Education that will be running periodically on Higher Ed Career Coach, to help graduate students and new professionals understand different roles across academia, so they can gauge opportunities during their job search. Listen in Friday July 20, at 11 am ET. Call in to share your thoughts and questions.

Also, updates on news in the higher ed world, including the recent happenings at Penn State in relation to the Jerry Sandusky Scandal, and some updates on upcoming features and programs at HigherEdCareerCoach.Com.

Next week, I’ll be running a guest post from Eric Grospitch, Ed.D., the Assistant Dean of Students for the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at the University of MIssouri-Kansas City. A couple of other guest posts are pending, but I’d like to have a lot of variety, so that readers can get some ideas about how roles may differ, depending on size of university, university type, and different organizational structures.

If you are interested in sharing perspectives about your job, check out the  outline for the guest posts and submit your guest post via the guest post submission form or via e-mail to sean@higheredcareercoach.com. Guest bloggers will be invited to give interviews for the podcast (either live or pre-recorded, depending on availability.)

If you have suggestions for future posts, contact Sean.

Podcast: 7 Points to a Winning Resume

Podcast: 7 Points to a Winning Resume

by | May 4, 2012 | Job Search, Podcast, Resumes and CVs

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Your resume gets you in the door. Or it doesn’t. It won’t get you a job. Its role is to get you noticed.

In this week’s episode of the Higher Ed Career Coach Show on BlogTalkRadio, I’ll be talking about the art and science of resume writing, and give an overview of the 7 points included in my recent e-book.

We’ll also discuss ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) and explore tools and tips to help you tackle the challenge of writing a keyword-rich resume.

I will also take calls from those with questions about resumes and provide a brief overview of my resume writing and career coaching packages.

Please join me for the podcast by clicking the episode link or listening with the player in the sidebar at right.

If you’d like to call in, the number is (347) 989-0055, or you can use the Skype “S” click-to-talk button from the episode page to connect via Skype.

Podcast: 7 Points to a Winning Resume

New Podcast: The Restart

by | Apr 26, 2012 | Job Search, Podcast

Retro MicrophoneWhen your job search stalls, it’s discouraging. We’re starting to reach that part of the year when interviews for the first big wave of vacancies from placement conferences comes to an end, so that’s the topic for this week’s podcast.

How can you get back in the game? And what can you do to keep your spirits up, in the face of an extended search?

One this week’s podcast, Higher Ed Career Coach Sean Cook will offer some tips and perspectives, and will take your calls. Please join the show at 11 am Friday.

Incivility in the Workplace

Incivility in the Workplace

by | Sep 8, 2011 | Career Skills, Higher Education, Workplace

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Rajashi Ghosh (Photo provided.)

Incivility in the workplace can take many forms, from verbal abuse and harassment, to manipulation to acts of violence. 1.4 million employees experience it each year.

It has tremendous costs, as well. According to Dr. Rajashi Ghosh, an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Development  for the School of Education at Drexel University, incivility costs the U.S. economy $23.8 billion each year. And academic environments are not immune.

On this week’s podcast, I will air an interview with Dr. Ghosh , who was the author of a recent article on the “incivility spiral” in mentoring relationships, which was published in a special issue of Advances in Developing Human Resources, which she also co-edited. In this article, Ghosh examined how different acts of incivility between mentors and mentees can devolve into negative relationships.

With mentoring programs being one of the popular ways that we seek to develop up-and-coming professionals, Ghosh recommends that institutions (and their Human Resource Officers) provide structured approaches, including codes of conduct for mentors and mentees, better orientations for both sides of the relationship about roles, boundaries, and conduct, formal processes for reporting inappropriate behavior, and better follow-up from HR and management.

Drexel will host a Human Resource Development Symposium September 17, “HRD’s Role in Addressing Workplace Incivility and Violence. Online registration is now closed, but if you are interested in attending e-mail Dr. Ghosh at  rg429@drexel.edu expressing your interest in being on the waitlist.

We’ll also talk about my upcoming webinar on Creating a Killer Résumé on BigMarker, a new free webinar service, Hiring for Hope events, and I’ll take your comments and questions on dealing with incivility in the workplace.

Establishing Positive Relationships at Work

Establishing Positive Relationships at Work

by | Aug 25, 2011 | Career Skills, Higher Education, Podcast, Workplace

bigstockphoto_Networking_5773746-e1310616363877Developing 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 to keep your mouth shut, and how to evaluate potential relationships.
Since many new faculty and staff are beginning to test the potentially treacherous waters as “new fish” in the ponds of academia, the timing seemed right to get some tips and perspectives on how to establish positive working relationships and keep from being eaten alive.
Andy Curran, an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati’s Clermont College, encourages new staff to make themselves available, ask for advice from senior employees, and avoid being confrontational. He credits his ability to get along with others for his success in getting promotions and tenure during his 11 year career.
Getting information and perspectives from new colleagues may require some trial and error, so Joe O’Connell, Coordinator of New Student Programs at Arizona State University tries to tailor his conversations with people to their likes and dislikes. “For example,” O’ Connell explains, “if someone likes short, direct e-mails, then send them short, direct e-mails. They will be more receptive to your communications.”
Marlene Caroselli, a corporate trainer, keynoter, and author of 61 books, teaches a course on developing relationships at work. She advises new staff to  “invite collaborative, cooperative dialogue. “This may be difficult,” she says, ” But it almost always works. Invite the person who is overly critical of your plan to join you in making it better. It’s natural to be defensive, but we’re asking you to put defenses and fences aside. Instead, form a partnership with your biggest critic and work together to strengthen your plan.”
Dr. Laurel Clark, President of the College of MetaPhysics, tells people to be “self-reflective” in their approaches to conflict. “Instead of blaming a co-worker for a conflict, look to see the part that you play in it and how YOU can cause change,” implores Clark. “If only one person changes, (and that person can always be YOU), then the dynamics of the relationship change even if the other person doesn’t.”
On the Higher Ed Career Coach show this Friday at 11 am, we’ll talk with some experts and professionals about how to navigate the treacherous waters of academic work environments when you are the “new fish” in the pond. Our scheduled guests include Dr. Pam Straker, the speaker, author and workplace strategist behind NoMoreWorkPlaceDrama.Com; Jane Bluestein, author of  Becoming a Win-Win Teacher: Survival Strategies for the Beginning Educator (Amazon aff. link), Dr. Laurel Smith, President of the School of Metaphysics in Missouri, and Joseph O’ Connell, the Coordinator of New Student Orientation at Arizona State University.

Please join us and call in with your tips, questions and comments at 11 am ET this Friday, August 26, tweet them to @hiedcareercoach or e-mail sean@higheredcareercoach.com The call-in number is (347) 989-0055. I’ll be tweeting additional quotes and advice from our guests on Friday as well.