High Five! That’s right, you just received a high five. Did it make you smile? Did you laugh? Maybe you felt motivation or a connection to someone new? There is also the chance it [...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on The politics of the job search. In this week’s chat 157 Student affairs professionals, graduate students and und[...]

Whether too many want to be involved, or you are dragging colleagues into an interview kicking and screaming, who makes up your interview team matters.  As the professional or grou[...]

While on-campus, the candidate wrap up is often an overlooked part of sealing the deal with a star candidate.  During the final talk, this is a good time to go over the compensatio[...]

Out with the old and in with the new.  New supervisor, new unit, new hires, and new vision. This was my approach to the 2015-2016 academic year at New York Institute of Technology [...]

So you’re in charge of running a search process and it’s time to develop those awesome interview questions that you may have just finished answering when you were a candidate.  It’[...]

Alec Baldwin taught us in Glengarry Glen Ross to “always be closing” and “telling isn’t selling”. Whether it’s the meat market of NASPA or the one-to-one connection of a campus tou[...]

Merriam-Webster defines hospitality as the “generous and friendly treatment of visitors and guests.”  Having led numerous searches and also taken part as a candidate I contend that[...]

Growing up in South Louisiana, I am very familiar with how food and the sharing of meals can leave an impact.  It’s why my Louisiana roommate and I hosted a crawfish boil to celebr[...]

At the start of August, our office was tasked with filling three brand new positions due to growth in programming and responsibilities.  After close to 100+ emails to HR, interview[...]