Higher Ed Career Coach is introducing a new guest post series where experienced professionals will share more about their jobs, the skills and experiences that helped them get those jobs, and what they really spend their time doing.
Take 5: Getting Off to a Good Start in Your New Job
When you’re a new employee, there’s a lot to take in: campus culture, learning names and faces, figuring out where various offices are on campus, exploring your role in your department and your specific duties (assigned and otherwise), and what your supervisor is expecting of you in the first month or two. It can be overwhelming at first, especially while coming down from the high of landing the job in the first place. Also, don’t forget that your interview hasn’t ended; have your elevator speech still at the front of your mind in the beginning, as you will most likely use it again when you continue to meet more new people around campus.
Finding Your Niche in Higher Education
Ultimately, you have to follow the path that feels right. Your place in higher education may end up being completely different than what you envisioned for yourself, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
New Podcast: The Restart
When 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 […]
Take 5: Moving Resources
Now that you’ve secured that job, you need to hurry up and move there! But, don’t be overwhelmed. We’ve compiled a list of sites to will help you remember what to add to your moving checklist, deduct the expenses on your taxes, staying positive throughout the process, and how to actually go about packing up your life and taking it to a new city.
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