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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.

The FreeNote: Thoughts on Working in Student Affairs (Podcast)

The FreeNote: Thoughts on Working in Student Affairs (Podcast)

by | Jul 13, 2012 | Career Skills, Career Transitions, Podcast

Retro MicrophoneThe Higher Ed Career Coach Show with Sean Cook returns today with a “freenote” (free keynote) for student affairs professionals. Suitable for using in training meetings or team development, if you don’t have the time or money to hire me or another speaker to kick off your fall training. Look for a video version and downloadable handouts and script soon here at the site.

Based on parting thoughts I shared with colleagues in Residence Life upon my departure in Fall 2009, the “FreeNote” gives a dozen brief lessons culled from over 15 years working in student affairs.

Professionals (new and not-so-new) will appreciate the perspectives and hopefully the humor herein. If not, they may at least find something worth disagreeing with.

This episode features pre-recorded content. The live show will return later in July or early August.

Notice: This episode is best suited to adult listeners and contains a couple of instances of mildly coarse language. Nothing too crazy, but it’s probably best to listen yourself before playing for the whole staff.

A Note From the Author:

Hello Student Affairs Colleagues. Right now many of you are either planning or starting your professional staff training, depending on your institution’s academic calendar. I remember how tough it was to fill the schedule with worthwhile activities, so over the next month or so, I’m going to share content on my website and podcast that you can hopefully use in staff training. The first piece is this week’s podcast, which I am calling a “FreeNote” (free keynote), where I share some thoughts and perspectives on working in Student Affairs. I also plan to post outlines for some of the better staff discussions I had during training, and maybe even later, I might share some RA training and orientation activities. I hope you can use this stuff. I’ll be making some downloads available soon, and possibly a brief video of this same talk.
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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.

The Adjunct Job Search With Sharon Thomas DeLay

The Adjunct Job Search With Sharon Thomas DeLay

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Job Search, job search tools, Podcast

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Adjunct teaching positions occupy an interesting space in the higher ed job market. As such, the advice you might get about how to identify potential opportunities, and how to make a case for your candidacy is likely to be different than advice you might get when looking for tenure-track faculty posts or administrative roles.

Add in the reality that many administrators look toward adjunct roles to get teaching experience, that experienced faculty who are not in tenured positions are likely to be competing for the same jobs, and that persons with industry experience are sought after in some disciplines, and the adjunct search can be mysterious and confounding.

In this week’s episode, Higher Ed Career Coach Sean Cook will talk with Sharon Thomas DeLay, the founder and president of Adjunct Solutions, LLC. She has over 15 years professional experience as it relates to education, training and human resources.

Adjunct Solutions is a niche staffing agency focused on building a candidate pool of pre-qualified, experienced, and enthusiastic adjunct faculty and other higher education professionals.

We’ll discuss the nuances of the adjunct job search, and get perspectives from Sharon about how candidates can put their best foot forward in the job search, and how institutions can benefit from working with a staffing agency to fill open positions.

Please join us at 11 am ET on Friday, September 16. If you are interested in seeking adjunct positions, please call in to (347) 989-0055 with questions, or send them to @hiedcareercoach via Twitter or sean@higheredcareercoach.com before or during the podcast.

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.