Oh… The Lessons I’ve Learned…

This class has a done a lot with helping me realize what I am “getting myself into” with my future career. There were things I knew and there were things that I didn’t know, but all were helpful. My knowledge of my future career helped me when doing research for the different assignments in the…

Social Media… Again

Social media is resource that can be used in so many different ways. From being able to look up potential employees, to finding potential employment! This time, I would like to discuss using social media to reach out to your potential employment and to find out more information on them, what they are like, who…

“Alicia, why Student Affairs…?”

Good question. A question I seem to get a lot after people hear what my previous career plans were… Especially by my mother. Student Affairs Professionals do not typically start out in a high paying position, and that scares my mother. I have tons of student-debt to get over, while still having to financial support…

A Challenge You Say…?

One of the biggest challenges I am having with developing a plan on my future career is the path I may want to take. There are many different paths that can be taken in student affairs from Financial Aid, to Student Involvement, to Student Conduct. Each are so incredibly interesting that I just want to…

Nothing Is Private

A problem that my peers have, at least with in my generation, is the idea of keeping our social medias clean. We’ve grown up during the uprising of social media, meaning my generation was the guinea pig of social networking, how it works, and how to make it more adaptable our society. Social networking sites such…

Interviews.. Interviews.. Interviews..

One of the main causes of my anxieties has been interviews as of lately. Interviews come with a lot of work and effort that needs to be put in to have a successful interview.. And sometimes we see that interviews don’t even necessarily play in the interviewees favor in the end. I loved reading all…

Becoming the Best Employee Straight Out of School…

One of the biggest connections between these articles is the use of a Career Development Center early, and looking into a professional career early. It has been highlighted many times that it will be easier to find a job if a student starts early, sometimes as early as high school. This can be done by…

“It’s all about the people you know.”

Unfortunately, as a student that is still in their undergraduate career, it isn’t typical for someone like me to know that they want to be in Student Affairs at such a young time. Student Affairs is a graduate study. The advantages to knowing that I want to join this field is that I get the…

Student Affairs Associations?

When I decided that Student Affairs/Higher Education was what I wanted to do as a career, I first began by speaking to friends that I knew in the program at my college, Kutztown University. The two that I talked to the most really encouraged me to do one very important thing, look everything I can…

What is my future?

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