Description

In Job One, editors Peter Magolda and Jill Carnaghi place new professionals' stories "center stage." The book focuses on nine narratives written by new professionals about their introduction and transitions into Student Affairs work. These stories document the joys and angst felt as new professionals prepare to transition from graduate school-to-work, search for their first Student Affairs position, assimilate campus norms, formulate a professional identity, satisfy supervisors' expectations, mediate cultural conflicts, and remain true to their personal and professional values. This book is a useful resource inviting new professionals, supervisors, and faculty to think differently about the on-going education and needs of new professionals, while offering a new perspective for optimizing new professionals' experiences. Co-published with American College Personnel Association.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Dedications
Chapter 2 ACPA Media Board
Chapter 3 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4 Notes on Contributors
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 Starting Over-Again: The Many Crossroads of a New Professional
Chapter 7 Are they Hiring Me Because of the Color of My Skin? The Job Search and Ethnic Fit
Chapter 8 The Art of Compromise and Other Secrets of the Dual-Career Job Search
Chapter 9 Crossing the Bridge from Graduate School to Job One
Chapter 10 The Early Days in the Real World: Establishing a Professional Identity
Chapter 11 Getting from Day One to Year Four: Perspectives on My First Three Years as a Student Affairs Professional
Chapter 12 The Perfect Job
Chapter 13 Supportive Supervision for New Professionals
Chapter 14 Playing it Safe or Being Real: Integrating a Disability and Profession
Chapter 15 Part of the Crowd: One Man's Journey Through Identity
Chapter 16 Professional and Personal Identities at the Crossroads
Chapter 17 In Search of Greener Pastures
Chapter 18 Preparing the Next Generation of Student Affairs Professionals
Chapter 19 References

Product details

Published Jan 20 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 250
ISBN 9780761827849
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 220 x 142 mm
Series American College Personnel Association Series
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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