Category Archives: Career Journal

Word of the Day – Pages of a Career Journal

Posted on March 31, 2017 by msw blog

I came across this calendar page and was amused that I once upon a time had a 365 day word of the day vocabulary calendar. Clearly I was trying to build my vocabulary for those multitudes of academic papers I … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal | Tagged daily calendar, dictionary, education, evocateur, Google, insight, inspiration, life, lingusitics, professional growth, purpose, Sesame street, thesaurus, universities, vocabulary, word of the day, writing | 7 Comments

Defining Poverty : Pages of a Career Journal

Posted on March 22, 2017 by msw blog

“It is so cold outside. I had to walk up the hill to grannies to catch the school bus with no socks and sweater. I hope today is pizza day cause I am really hungry. Didn’t go school yesterday. Aunt … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal | Tagged assumptions, Believe, bible, Childhood memories, Conservatives, drug addiction, faith, goverment, How did you get here, hungry, inspiration, judgmental, Liberals, lifestyle, parenting, politics, poverty, prayer, research, social and economic observations, social worker, support system, Year of Yes | 5 Comments

Positively Purging

Posted on March 20, 2017 by msw blog

Looking through my old academic bin of readers, papers, notebooks (why am I saving this stuff? Does anyone really ever go back and review it?) for my old clinical supervision notes, I came across an old cardboard UPS envelope that … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal | Tagged academia, advice, communication, daily calendar, happiness, hopeful, inspiration, journal, journey, knowledge, learning, life, mediatation, note taking, organizing, pearls of wisdom, postive thinking, purging, purpose, quotes, Reflections, sound bites, spring cleaning, time managment | 20 Comments

Gender Bias in the Workplace

Posted on March 17, 2017 by msw blog

A female friend of mine is a computer engineer at a large, global corporation. The real-life story she related, while funny, is typical of what continues to happen to women everywhere. Female friend: “A guy walks into my open … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal, Reading | Tagged actions, administrative assistant, advice, comedy, comical, gender bias, gender roles, girl power, goals, house work, how to take notes, ideas, men, office politics, Pay gap, professional, real-life story, respect, Richard Branson, saying no, support work, women, womens work, work force, Workforce | 6 Comments

What’s the One Thing Social Workers Should Know?

Posted on March 10, 2017 by msw blog

A few weeks ago a student had asked at the end of educational lab“What’s the one thing social workers should know?” Time was up, but I assured him we would get to that question. Today, walking into my seminar, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal | Tagged agenda, answers, brain stroming, Clinical Supervision, educational lab, Empowerment, How did you get here, inspiration, journal, malingering, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Munchausen syndrome, note taking, parenting styles, patient care, praticum, psychiatric diagnosis, seminar, social worker, Validation, workshops | 2 Comments

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Word of the Day – Pages of a Career Journal

Positively Purging

Gender Bias in the Workplace

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