Your job and job search should not put a significant strain on your mental health and well-being. CAREER JOURNEY TRUTHS: You can define social work career success on your own terms. You don’t have to be overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated. Social workers do not take a vow of poverty. Social work skills are high-income […]
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month As social workers, even social workers who aren’t clinicians or providing direct services, taking care of our own mental health is a top priority. Taking care of our mental health looks different for each of us but hobbies are good for all of us. Hobbies are activities that
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My professional resolution and intention – no matter what company I work with or project I work on – is always to (1) Empower, (2) Teach, and (3) Connect. These 3 words are the foundation of my planning, preparation, and service delivery of including for my Uplevel Your Position Career Development Program for social
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I have had social work students and recent graduates on my mind over the last few weeks as this spring semester ends. When something occupies my mind this way I know that it is time for me to act and that’s exactly what I plan to do. Check out the video below: 3 Ways
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The Uplevel Your Position Program Career Development Program has been redesigned so social work students and recent grads (within 2 years) can chart a clear path to the career of their dreams. The Uplevel Your Position Program can help avoid pitfalls as you begin your job search, create materials that stand out from the competition, and establish
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An internship can be described as a work-related learning experience for persons who wish to gain hands-on experience in a certain industry or occupational field. The U.S. Department of Labor has established 7 criteria to determine whether an intern should be paid or unpaid (there is more leniency for nonprofit organizations). The Department of
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Welcome to April 2023! April is: Internship Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month Financial Literacy Month My birthday Month – It’s Aries season and I am a few days away from a milestone birthday! Social Work Month 2023 has ended and so has quarter 1. This first full week of April and the first full
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I kicked off National Social Work Month and Women’s History Month with a Mind and Manna YouTube channel interview with Sunya Williams Folayan on March 1, 2023. The topic was Choosing You At This Stage of Life. I had a great time returning to the Millennial Social Work Conference, March 3-4, 2023, in Atlanta,
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The question I get asked most often is what else can I do with my social work degree. I don’t want to do therapy, I don’t know how to get into macro social work, I am burned out, and don’t want to work with this population anymore, what else can I do with my
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Who just realized they slipped back into juggling/planning too many things at once?!?! Yep, that’s right! It’s me again! 🤦🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🤷🏽♀️ These deadlines I set were MY deadlines and I could have given myself more time to do ‘all the things’ or not decided to do ‘all the things’ at the same time! #WhewChile I’m
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