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RES LIFE

 RESOURCES
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RAs may understand the immediate goals
and outcomes of team-building exercises, they
should also understand that the ability to work
in a team is one of the top five attributes that
employers are looking for in recent college
graduates. RA training also includes sessions
about counseling, crisis response, and how to
confront students about their behavior, skills
that overlap with many of the top attributes that
employers are looking for in college graduates:
communication skills, interpersonal skills,
tactfulness, and having a friendly/outgoing
personality. Housing administrators can easily
include these attributes as specific outcomes for
RA training.
As RAs prepare for the transition from
school to jobs, housing administrators should
take full advantage of the opportunity to
meet with them one on one. This is an ideal
time to remind these students how the skills,
competencies, and knowledge they gained as
RAs overlap with what employers are looking
for. Creating a strong résumé or writing
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Talking Stick - January/February 2017
Contents
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Facilities
Special Focus
Conversations
First Takes
Around Student Affairs
New Members
Snapshot
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Intro
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - BB1
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - BB2
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Talking Stick - January/February 2017
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Cover2
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 1
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 2
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 3
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Contents
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 5
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 6
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 7
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Vision
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 9
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Just In
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 11
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 12
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 13
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 14
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 15
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 16
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 17
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Calendar
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 19
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 21
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Transitions
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 23
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Res Life
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 25
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 26
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 27
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 30
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - 31
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Special Focus
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Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - First Takes
Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Around Student Affairs
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Talking Stick - January/February 2017 - Snapshot
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