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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT with Nicki Sanders, MSW I am excited to support career development/coaching clients who are growth-minded leaders ready to elevate their careers with intention and boldness. My ideal organizational development clients are committed to social impact, leadership development, and employee engagement – nonprofits, higher education institutions, and corporations. I especially love developing internship […]
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT Strategic Career Management is the lifelong process of investing resources into your career to maintain or increase your value in the workplace, undertake work that is personally satisfying, strive for work/life balance, and achieve financial security. The three pillars in my Strategic Career Management framework are clarity, credibility, and congruency. Career Coaching […]
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What Can I Do With My Social Work Degree Series: Video 1 This is the first video in an August 2024 career development series inspired by my popular LinkedIn post that had 77 reactions, 92 comments, and 188 shares at the time the video was posted. Will my nearly 3 decades of professional experience […]
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What I’ve encountered recently is a lot more professionals in a state of sheer confusion, unable to decide how to move forward but “needing” to move forward. • Busy but not feeling productive. • Hard on yourself for not doing the things you “need” to do. • Wanting to prioritize impact in your work […]
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Self-care is the practice of taking care of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life to promote health and wellness. International Self-Care Day is celebrated on July 24th. It stresses the importance of self-care as the cornerstone of wellness. On this day, individuals throughout the world are encouraged to make self-care a […]
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Let’s stop glorifying poverty!! Financial struggle doesn’t make you a better social worker. Your Words Have Power! Repeat after me, “I deserve to be paid well for my social work education, experience, and expertise.” Social work skills are highly transferable, high-income skills. You can be paid well to do work that you love with […]
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Wednesday Wisdom: Social work skills are highly transferable, high-income skills…but I haven’t always prioritized salary and benefits in my career. Money was never enough reason for me to accept a position, enjoying my work was the priority. My years of letting love of my work replace financial gain wasn’t enough either because there was […]
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Well, the two old, rich, white men agreed to a presidential debate last week. I did not watch! There was nothing either of the two of them could say or do that would change my vote if these were our top two candidates. Just like in 2020, I didn’t need an old, rich, white […]
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Today was a hard, weird, sad, inspiring day. Today I attended the funeral of my Pre-Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Esther Harris Clemons. I realize how unique and special it is to have remained on contact with her after all these years given that we live in the Baltimore/Washington region not a small town. I also […]
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