Hi, Elizabeth! It's your turn to interact with the CSA students, finishing up the blog assignment for the semester. They've really enjoyed Amy and Kaya are are looking forward to following along with you. They're full-bore in their job searches and, of course, it's all unfolding at different paces for them, and that's stressful. Given your success at finding your way in a progressive caeere path, you might have some good advice for them. Let's get you going with the same set of questions that Amy and Kaya addressed so nicely.
1.) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision making in your career choices that may inform how our students approach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2.) Describe some challenges you've faced in the work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor) that presented particular difficulty (or particular joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3.) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any neat surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4.) You may have addressed this, but if there are any particular pieces of advice that you'd share with entering professionals, what would they be? These students are beginning their job searches (remember that?) and at the brink of making choices about what they'll be doing and where - choices that matter. Any advice for them?
The "last ten" (alphabetically) of the class will be interacting with you. Have a great time, and thanks so much for doing this!
Best,
Tom
