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Cupcakes and Conversations with Nicki Sanders Recap – March 2020 Episode “If You Stay Ready, You Don’t Have to Get Ready?“ In order to get ready, evaluate the following to determine threats to becoming job or career ready: Health and WellnessNational DisastersRecession or DepressionLay-Offs or TerminationsOther Threats to Your Career Be proactive and stay ready: […]
Corporate social responsibility is the act of incorporating environmental and social concerns into a company’s business model. Corporate social responsibility programs are based on the idea that businesses can make the world a better place or at least not bring more harm to it. Corporate social responsibility seeks to alleviate environmental and social concerns such […]
My name is Nicki Sanders. I am your community member and cheerleader with 20 years of diverse experience in the nonprofit world and over a decade of nonprofit management experience. I have worked in residential, community, and school-based programs. I have a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in Management and Community Organization […]
Long before the global spread of COVID19, emergency preparedness, sustainability, and preventing the spread of germs were important to me. I may credit part of it to my natural (planner) personality and another part may be credited to my macro social work education. It’s possible that the “want to be farm girl” in me also […]
Website Announcement: All work from theteentoolbox.com and packagedforsuccess.com have been transferred to nickisanders.com. You won’t find what articles you want there any longer. My permanent website address is now nickisanders.com. Google is still catching up but you are now in the know! Click The Links Below To Check Out These Past Social Work Articles: 18 […]
DID YOU MISS IT? Coffee and Cases: What You Didn’t Learn in Social Work School About Building a Successful Career FREE Q&A session with Nicki Sanders, MSW and Laila El-Asmar, LCSW-C on Facebook Live. We covered myths and misconceptions about the social work profession. Example: Not all social workers take people’s kids away or provide […]
Happy Social Work Month! Allow me to reintroduce myself! My name is Nicki Sanders. I love God, my family, travel, old school hip hop, cupcakes, and New Edition. I have a Master’s degree in social work from University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work with a concentration in Management and Community Organization and a […]
The result of uncertainty is often stagnation. Many of us don’t realize that having too many options can be just as stressful as having too few options. Don’t stay in the overwhelm. Get out of your head and get in formation! Get in the game! Throw your hat in the ring! Get to the starting […]
March is the end of the 1st quarter of the new year and new decade! Are you ready to march forward in March? Career clarity is a key to career success. It’s time to get honest about where you are professionally, where you want to be, and how long it will take you to get […]