1. Discovering a Career in Student Affairs Distinguished Leaders Conference 2010 Kathy Petras Baldwin-Wallace College

2. Why Are You Here?

3. Why Student Affairs? Improve the quality of campus life Enhance student learning Attract and retain qualified students Provide students with satisfactory housing, health services and recreational facilities Coordinate student activities Manage financial aid programs Help students make career decisions Meet the needs of commuters and nontraditional students

4. Supervising Advising Supervising & Advising

5. Mentoring Mentoring

6. Educator Educator You are an Educator, Just Not in the Classroom…

7. Committees Committee Work Variety of Committees based on the Needs of Your Institution or Department

8. Program Planning Program Planning A lot of it…and Not the Glamorous Side.

10. Enforcing Policies

12. Organizations

15. Departmental

17. Collaboration Collaboration Within and Across the Division

18. Counseling Counseling

19. Crisis Management Crisis Management

20. Work Hours Work Hours Not Your Typical 9-5 Job…

21. Other Duties Other Duties As Assigned… The “Catch-All”

22. Are You Still Interested? 

23. How Can You Move Forward?

24. Functional Areas What Interests YOU Most?

25. Employers & Your Resume What Are They Looking For?How Do You Show Them It’s You?

26. What Else Can YOU Do? Examine Your Leadership Roles Talk to Professionals in the Field Get Jobs in Those Offices Organization Involvement Internships

27. Questions?