Kat Marsland

A lot of our students exhibit passive coping when approaching their job search, often getting locked up in the fear of a negative outcome. The fear setting worksheet and the goal visualization worksheet provided at the end of this module will be an excellent tool to help guide the students into a more proactive frame of mind. 

I will absolutely be using the circle of influence to help guide my students. Understanding what they can control and building confidence in that "circle" can help them feel empowered to move on to more challenging "circles". Excellent visual!

Three Good Things is an excellent way to get someone in a negativity bias on the right track. I will be using the worksheet and the mentality with my students who seem stuck in what hasn't been working for them, and try to enforce the elements that have positively impacted them and made them stronger for the next interview, etc.

Identifying controllable and uncontrollable factors of the career search and growth and understanding where to focus is a huge asset. I will be using these ideals to help support my students and focus their mindset on what they can control and how to take action in their search. 

I learned some strategies for writing out job descriptions to be detailed, as well as the benefit of providing a case note model to improve consistency.

I learned that applying a workflow process can improve the consistency of documentation while reducing errors. 

Having well definined criteria for placement for an institution is important for success. I was interested in the different types of collecting placement data, and the pros and cons for each methodology. 

My biggest takeaway from this firist module is that employment reporting impacts much more than just meeting accreditation standars, and the mindest behind it is not just to reach a number, but to be able to truly analyze the trends and effectivness of programs. With knowledge the major form of wealth now sought after, it's important to be able to have employment data to analyze if programs are the best path to gainful employment for our students.