If you are considering a job search this year, you probably all too aware that the hardest part of doing anything is just getting started. This can be especially true for projects that involve putting yourself out there in the public sphere and being judged. Mark Dykeman has a good method for getting your plan together: mind-mapping.
Today on the Podcast: Work/Life Balance
Today’s episode of the Higher Ed Life and Careers Show will center on the ever-elusive idea of maintaining work/life balance. It’s a rough topic for many in higher ed, especially in Student Affairs, where work doesn’t just follow you home. Work is home. And home is work.
So where do you fit in a “life” when the lines are blurred?
Some Quick Updates
Things have been really busy lately and so today we did not have a podcast. I will try to return next week and start getting on a more regular schedule again. I am looking for guests, but have a few tentative topics lined up. Here are a few quick updates on some things worth checking out in the meantime. Thanks for visiting!
Violence on Campus
This week’s incident at the University of Texas at Austin probably hit a nerve for many of us who work in student affairs, because we are often called to assist in responding to the practical and emotional impacts of violence on campus. Every time something like this happens, I respond in two ways: Go into […]
Back on the High Horse I Rode In On
We’ll talk about how August and September can consume you, getting back in the saddle, and the transition issues that higher ed professionals, college students, and their families go through during fall. This show will be a stream-of-conscience free-for-all, hopefully with callers.