employment Archive
Tia (not her name) is a middle-aged woman with adult children who works with a young boy in residential care, or did until recently. I first heard of her through a friend, who tells me Tia has been stood down …
I have always found it somewhat ironic that many employed people give so little thought to cultivating relationships while they are employed, beyond the usual water cooler chit-chat. When job searching, they think the only person they should use as …
One of the premises of SJS, is writing on and sharing issues that require advocacy, raising awareness of issues and supporting fellow social workers. We received a request through our Facebook page from a social worker who was having difficulty in …
Suppose you’ve been out looking in earnest for a job for a considerable amount of time. You’ve had interviews; although not as many or as often as you had first thought, and time after time you were ultimately rejected because …
I was talking to a colleague of mine recently who interviews applicants as a major part of his profession, and took the opportunity of asking him about the process. After discussing to what degree cover letters are read, what makes …
Would you believe that in this rather tough economic climate, I have now personally heard from no less than three people in the last two days who have quit their jobs? I might add that in all three situations, these …
More of us will have lost at least one job over our lifetime due to getting fired, downsized, laid off or replaced in some fashion than ever before. When it happens then, (rather than ‘If’ it happens) you might actually …
The side of the desk on which you find yourself, whether it’s as an employee or someone looking for work, really boils down to one very simple thing in the end, and I think it is absolutely indisputable. Now that’s …
Social work is the profession of communicating with other people. This might invoke the perception that as strong communicators social workers do not make communication mistakes. I believe this perception is false. Everyone, even social workers, are prone to making communication …
A career in social work-a very noble profession with values, ethics, social justice and research behind it. Why have you chosen the field of social work? What is the draw besides the obvious connection to people, to make a difference …
