Sean Cook, Collegiate Life and Career Coach, is back online and ready to coach higher ed professionals toward career success!
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Book Review: How to Self Destruct by Jason Seiden
Have you ever thought to yourself “Success is too hard!”?
Jason Seiden has the answer for all those beleaguered by their search for success: Stop trying. Fail instead.
With a unique mix of humor and wisdom, Jason Seiden has created an engaging and thought-provoking guidebook for failing (or succeeding) in today’s workplace.
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Getting Ready for Placement? Free Career Coaching for Higher Ed Job Seekers!
During my 15-plus years as a Student Affairs professional, I have had many opportunities to coach students and young professionals through their efforts to explore graduate schools, navigate the graduate school application process, and to prepare for placement conferences and job interviews.
I have a master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance Services and a generation of work behind me, at one of America’s best universities. I’ve served on many screening committees, and conducted interviews by phone, at placement exchanges, and in-person (individually and as part of day-long processes). I’ve always felt good about my skills in this area, and my track record for helping students and young professionals with their resume preparation and interview strategies has been pretty good. Many people who I have coached have been able to find jobs and get into graduate school.
I think that having read through a few thousand resumes and conducting several hundred interviews has given me a pretty good idea what people on the hiring side of the table are looking for. Let me put this experience to work for you!
Book Review: Career Renegade
If you are exploring ways to take control of your career, and need some inspiration to overcome your fears, as well as some practical advice to get you up and running, Career Renegade is the book you are looking for.