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Still Time to Support Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2022 for Teen Boys in Foster Care

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 29, 2022 | Comments Off on Still Time to Support Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2022 for Teen Boys in Foster Care

  Yes, we are still supporting teen boys in foster homes, group homes, and homeless shelters.  Here are ways you can get involved with Pack A Backpack™ Drive 2022: Sponsor an agency – Purchase new donations then visit the agency website and follow their procedures for making/delivering donations directly to the selected agency. Host a […]

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Last Day to Apply for May 2022 Cohort of the Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Last Day to Apply for May 2022 Cohort of the Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program

  Are you struggling to leverage your college education? Do you want to build your social work career on a solid foundation? Does your job search feel painful and unproductive? I created the Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program to help social work students and recent graduates launch and build strong, successful careers in the […]

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The Uplevel Your Position Program Makes a Great Graduation Gift!

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 25, 2022 | Comments Off on The Uplevel Your Position Program Makes a Great Graduation Gift!

  In a blog post titled “5 Graduation Gift Ideas for Your Intern”, published 6 years ago on April 25, 2016, I noted that many companies take their intern to brunch or lunch and that gifts can also be more personal and more tailored to the intern’s style, hobbies, or preferences. The 5 intern graduation […]

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Happy Earth Month, Social Workers

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 22, 2022 | Comments Off on Happy Earth Month, Social Workers

  In addition to being my birthday month, April is now celebrated as Earth Month. Earth Day is April 22nd. I have always loved nature – grass and trees specifically. I would rather be in a park than on a beach although clean beaches are great too. You know I love farms and barns. When […]

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Does Anyone Love Job Hunting?

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Does Anyone Love Job Hunting?

  Job hunting is one of my least favorite things. Right below job hunting is interviewing as a hiring manager. I really don’t like reading through emails and conducting interviews where I want to tell people all the things that are holding them back but I cannot. I became a Career Coach because I wanted […]

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Applications Open For Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program!

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 18, 2022 | Comments Off on Applications Open For Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program!

  Applications are open for the Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program! Apply between April 17, 2022 – April 27, 2022.   I created the Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program to help social workers launch and build strong, successful careers in the profession. I believe that we all should be paid well to do […]

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Leadership Is An Inside Job

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 15, 2022 | Comments Off on Leadership Is An Inside Job

  My business focus: High-performing Women of Color in social work leadership My personal belief: We are born leaders My personal philosophy on leadership: Leadership is a privilege Leadership is about impact and influence, not a title Leadership is earned, not taken Leadership is about transformation, not transactions Great leaders create more great leaders Career […]

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I Will Sing of the Goodness of God

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 13, 2022 | Comments Off on I Will Sing of the Goodness of God

  When I tell you that my friends and I were sent angels of protection during my entire Costa Rica birthday vacation! I had a great time but there were some moments…it was definitely an adventure. From needing to refuel our plane, to driving to a dark treehouse in the dark, to the front driver’s […]

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What I Remembered, Revisited and Reinstated While in Costa Rica

By Nicki Sanders | Apr 11, 2022 | Comments Off on What I Remembered, Revisited and Reinstated While in Costa Rica

  I have joyfully entered the last year of my 40’s! I spent my birthday week in Costa Rica. Treehouse in Jaco. Beach in Puntarenas. Mountain house in La Fortuna. Here’s What I Remembered, Revisited and Reinstated While in Costa Rica I Remembered: How much I love traveling. Nine years ago, I decided that I […]

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