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REGROUP
The Best of What's
Around
Being present in your current job while
looking to the future
PHOtOs COuRtesy OF MiCHigan state uniVeRsity
"Supervisors should be able to transmit and model the strategy that the best development comes from
being excellent in your current position and in serving students," say Stone-Sewalish and Gasser.
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talking stiCk
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Human resources
Establish a broad training agenda and learning outcomes
consistent with job descriptions and expectations of staff.
by
Christopher Stone-Sewalish
and Ray Gasser
Perhaps one of the most difficult
lessons learned by professionals as
they rise is that there is rarely a linear
path to the next position. A colleague
reminded us of this recently, and the
perspective was eye-opening, given the
nature of what seems for new professionals to have become a perpetual job
search. Advancement, and the desire
to be constantly thinking and planning
for the next role, has become first and
foremost in their minds - but this
moves the focus away from the duties
of their current position, which means
that they may be giving less attention
to the students and staff for whom
they are responsible.
This may come as no surprise for
professionals in a field like residence
life and student affairs, where countless publications, blog posts, and social
media conversations are directed
toward position advancement and
successful job searches. Conferences
generally offer many sessions on how
to successfully move up into the next
position. Graduate students often
spend months preparing for placement exchanges across the country,
practicing answers, fine-tuning
résumés, discussing how to successfully navigate interviews, and learning
the intricacies and unspoken norms
of social and informal interactions. In
a way, young professionals are being
mentored, either directly or indirectly,
to be perpetually searching for the next
position. Taylor Hanna, a graduate
student moving into her first full-time
role, explains, "I'm always thinking
about the next job - partly because
I know I have a place where I want
to be, and I need to check off certain
skills and experiences before I get
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017
Contents
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Facilities
Regroup
Oh $#%!!
Community for All
Conversations
First Takes
Around Student Affairs
New Members
Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Intro
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - BB1
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - BB2
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 1
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 2
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Contents
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 4
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 5
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 6
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 7
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Vision
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - 9
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Just In
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Calendar
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Transitions
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Regroup
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - Around Student Affairs
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Talking Stick - July/August 2017 - New Members
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