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Tales of a Displaced Worker: A Practical Guide for Student Affairs Professionals Dealing with Institutional Closure
Tales of a Displaced Worker: A Practical Guide for Student Affairs Professionals Dealing with Institutional Closure

I believe that the journey I share will be useful for anyone who has experienced sudden job loss.

2020

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Joseph Rios, EdD
Joseph Rios, EdD

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Check Your Ego: Avoiding the White Savior Complex

Recently, I was part of a racial equity workshop within my department. We used a word cloud generator to learn more about our commonalities as a diverse group of people. Topics ranged from the benign, like music and food, to provocative ones like justice. Overall, it provoked great conversation and…

Business

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Check Your Ego: Avoiding the White Savior Complex
Check Your Ego: Avoiding the White Savior Complex
Business

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10 Ways to Age-Proof Your Resume

Job-searching at any age is challenging. Learn strategies to age-proof your resume to keep you in the applicant pool longer! In the past, I have written about job-searching and its challenges. But I have avoided talking about one area within the topic that I have felt little control over: ageism…

Work

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10 Ways to Age-Proof Your Resume
10 Ways to Age-Proof Your Resume
Work

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How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too

Read How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg, from Harvard Business Review. I am tired. The extravert inside me craves seeing people. The energy that I used to get from people during the day isn’t the same through a Zoom call…

Work

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How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too
How to Lead When Your Team Is Exhausted — and You Are, Too
Work

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Interview Questions — The Best and the Worst

Our interview questions can sometimes thwart attempts in hiring the best candidates. Learn how to identify some clunkers and replace them with quality questions! Let’s do some guided imagery to kick off this post. Imagine this: You and your team will need to hire a new person to round out…

Interview

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Interview Questions — The Best and the Worst
Interview Questions — The Best and the Worst
Interview

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I Am (Not) White, Right?

Recently, I joined our department’s racial equity planning committee. After nearly 20 years working in diversity/equity/inclusion (DEI) work in higher education, I thought it would be a good way to learn ways to do this work in a different industry. …

Life

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I Am (Not) White, Right?
I Am (Not) White, Right?
Life

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May 18

The Satisfaction of Being Petty

In my last post in October “When You’re the Target of Weaponized White Tears,” I recounted an issue that allowed a college student I worked with who pointed out how the tone I used to hold her accountable for her poor choices made her feel uncomfortable. She labeled me as…

Personal

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The Satisfaction of Being Petty
The Satisfaction of Being Petty
Personal

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Apr 4

Top 3 Lessons Learned from My First Year Supervising Professional Staff

I have recounted over the years my experience looking for a job in my chosen field. After losing my job to a college closure in 2018, it took me several years to re-enter my field as a departmental manager. …

Business

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Top 3 Lessons Learned from My First Year Supervising Professional Staff
Top 3 Lessons Learned from My First Year Supervising Professional Staff
Business

5 min read


Oct 24, 2022

When You’re the Target of Weaponized White Tears

Over twenty years ago, I worked in a multicultural affairs office at a large state university. The first Latino and openly gay male in the office, I knew that my presence was going to attract attention. …

Race

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When You’re the Target of Weaponized White Tears
When You’re the Target of Weaponized White Tears
Race

5 min read


Sep 26, 2022

What To Do When You’re Bullied At Work

About 15 years ago, I worked with a college student who made me cry in my director’s office. Twice. That experience stayed with me, and I thought I had learned how to manage those experiences to avoid them. I wrote about the experience in a series What I Wish I…

Work

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What To Do When You’re Bullied At Work
What To Do When You’re Bullied At Work
Work

7 min read


Sep 22, 2022

My Lifetime Earnings on Kindle Still Shock Me

$282.38 That is the amount of money I have made on the 3 books I have written, from April 2019 until now. This amount of money may seem insignificant, but when I was unemployed from full-time work for 3 years, the sale of one book felt significant. Or the pages that…

Writing

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My Lifetime Earnings on Kindle Still Shock Me
My Lifetime Earnings on Kindle Still Shock Me
Writing

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Joseph Rios EdD

Joseph Rios EdD

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I believe leadership is the expression of values. Career Coach | Educator | Writer | Social Justice Advocate | Trainer. leadershipandvaluesinaction.com

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