I serve as an Adjunct Professor at Trinity Washington University, as an Internship Supervisor, and as a hiring manager with nearly two decades of experience in the human services industry. I am also an undergraduate and graduate first generation college student, college parent, and career coach. I received my Masters of Social Work degree […]
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In addition to program development and management consulting, I also provide business development coaching to entrepreneurs as well as career development coaching to emerging professionals and professionals in the human services industry. Today is the final day of a 3 day Business Planning Retreat with new entrepreneur and owner of “It’s Beauty and Braids”.
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I appreciate and expect good customer service in whatever establishment I patronize. My expectations for managers is a lot higher than my expectations of their staff. As a manager, I take final responsibility for everything that my staff does and does not do. Managers should set the tone for the company. Earlier in
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Colleges Shouldn’t Stick Interns With the Bill By Ross Perlin It’s bad enough that students working free of charge is the new normal, but they shouldn’t have to pay colleges to let them do it. At institutions across the country, full-time, unpaid internships required for graduation are often charged at or near the normal
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The Top 4 Skills New Graduates Need to Improve Work on these areas and get ahead of the curve. By Hannah Morgan College taught you many things, but learning doesn’t end once college is over. Throughout your career, you need to keep upping your skills. How prepared are recent college graduates for their
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Is your answer YES to any of these questions? Are you ready to welcome an intern into your business? Are you considering terminating your internship program? Are you having a hard time understanding the motivations of your millennial employees? Do you need assistance in your company but don’t have the funds to hire an
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Why Managers Should Meet Consistently With Their Employees By Chrissy Scivicque Workplace meetings have gotten a bad rap these days. Most people agree that the majority of meetings they attend are too time-consuming and poorly run to be effective. In the recent past, the conversation has largely been around how to have fewer
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Internships for adults are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know By Marguerite Ward An adult with years of experience would never consider an internship, right? Not necessarily. In fact, for people who have been out of the workforce for several years or who want to make a big career change,
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Horndog CEO’s online shaming of intern could cost him $2.4M By Kaja Whitehouse A slew of ugly tweets and online rants could cost Wall Street horndog Benjamin Wey another $2.4?million. The disgraced financier signed a contract agreeing to pay former intern Hanna Bouveng $10,000 for every tweet he writes bad-mouthing her and another $50,000
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I recommend that internship managers read Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. I believe that Gladwell’s view of success and successful people is provocative and insightful. He provides numerous examples to support his position that successful people aren’t necessarily more ambitious or more skilled than less successful people. As a social worker
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