What I Wish I Had Been Told: As a First Time Student Staff Supervisor

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This series will explore what I wish I had known about advising and supervising students, staff, and volunteers. The third in the series will be about being a first-time supervisor of student staff.

Welcome to the third in the series will be about being a first-time advisor and supervisor. I’ll explore this topic and look at the following roles I held: advising students, professional staff, and part-time employees. I’ll also look at times when I had to supervise volunteers.

In my career, I have learned that I need to ask people for help. I have worked in solo positions, so I have had to figure out what I don’t know quickly but still need to deliver. In most of the positions I have held, I was the first person to do so. So I know and understand the pressure to start something I had no blueprint to do, or operational book to train me. And yet, two decades later I am still here. There is much I wish I had been told to get me started quicker, and I hope what I share will help you jumpstart the beginning of your own career.

Wanted: Phenomenal Students, No Experienced Required

I had the incredible pleasure of working with incredible students at all of my institutions. I’ve covered this topic before but will share more…