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Consulting & Professional Development Services
…plan? Have no fear! Jeff Ream, writer and founder of TheCounselingGeek.com, is now available for consultant and professional development services. As a practicing professional school counselor and tech geek, Jeff will work with you to find tools and services that fit your program and will help propel you into the high tech age. What will I get with my professional development or consulting time? Depending on your package, you will get: A 30 min…
Professional Development: The use it or lose it phenomenon.
…but don’t let yourself get out of your learning routine. You have to continue pouring in knowledge through professional development opportunities. I am going to cover several opportunities from various, differentiated learning avenues you can take. Most school districts offer professional development from time to time or funds to seek out your own, but most likely they will not have you specifically in mind. It is up to you to make sure tha…
Professional Development: Coursera — Courses for Everyone
Power-Up your Pro-D This week’s entry will be a video blog help you learn how to utilize, navigate, and maximize your learning through Coursera.org. Coursera is an online learning community that collaborates with top Universities like Stanford and Princeton to bring high quality college level courses to users around the world — for FREE. You can access courses from Finance to Computer Science and Social Network Analysis al…
The Counseling Geek Interview Series: Megan Kelly (@megan_m_kelly)
…that I am happy to share with conference newbies: Consider the conference an investment in your personal and professional growth. The price tag is worth it. Between meeting people and exploring a new city, there isn’t a lot of free time. Before you arrive, look over the sessions and plan out which workshops you would like to attend. Know your professional development limits and balance shorter workshops with longer ones if necessary. If you a…
Guest Post: 5 Tips to Stand Out on LinkedIn
LinkedIn unites over 175 million professionals from a myriad of different industries. This provides a lucrative platform through which you can market yourself to these potential employers. Here are five ways in which you can cultivate a professional LinkedIn profile which will attract and engage prospective employers and business partners. 1-Create a professional profile Assign yourself a specific professional title which details your specific…
The 2013 Geeklie Awards
…fun endeavor to follow. Her involvement in helping gather bloggers together and spreading the great tool of the professional blog is encouraging many other counselors to jump into the world of writing about their professional experiences. Thank you Andrea – you are an inspiration to us all.Andrea’s blog The 2013 Geek of the Year Award is presented to Jeremy Goldman (Pikesville High School Counseling Department – @PHSCouns)…
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Mistakes to avoid on your resume or CV [Guest Post]
Even though the economy is improving (or so the incumbent politicians keep telling us!), the job market is still pretty challenging, particularly for those seeking a position as a Professional School Counselor. But don’t let that discourage you; there are things you can do to make your job search easier. Equally as important, there are things you can avoid doing. One important factor in your success is the way you present yourself on your resu…
Follow-Up: My Interview Kit
…rview (and the cost factor), I decided to go the CD route for my digital portfolio and ended up buying some labels and disc jackets for one district (with more people). I spent ~$12 on both the CD labels and disk jackets, but it creates a professional looking product. Imagine if you just wrote your name on the CD with a Sharpie. I also used Avery’s website label developer to integrate the background from my portfolio onto the disc labe…