In our penultimate episode of season one, we foreshadow a little of what is to come in season two where we include voices from K-12 education perspectives. In this episode, we talk with Jen Duston, Client Partner at Franklin Covey and former campus-based administrator and teacher. Jen shares her story and gives great advice about following your heart. Listen in!

Many of the folx we speak to express a sense of fear that if they leave a campus-based position they will not come back. Both of us worried about that too! After all, we build pieces of our identity around being student affairs professionals! We are excited to share this episode with you featuring Dr. Amy Johnson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UNC-Chappel Hill, sharing her perspectives on hiring folx who bring outside experience. And yes, you can come back!

This week we take a bit of a different approach with our episode by sharing practical advice from Alyssa Lahar, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at ZoomInfo. Alyssa shares tips for effectively transitioning your experience into corporate and her thoughts on how campus-based professionals can fit into corporate positions.

This episode we welcome Amma Marfo who discusses her journey where she left campus-based positions to work for herself. Amma is doing exactly that as a writer, speaker, consultant, and coach. In fact, check out her Defector Academy where she works with individuals who want to pivot from higher education and student affairs work, into new professional realms.

Dr. Laura Pasquini joins us and shares SOOOO many nuggets of advice and questions to consider for folx thinking about pivoting. Laura herself has had a few pivots in her career and is now working in talent development at Amazon. This episode is sure to help you get to the next step of thinking about your journey.

Show notes:

• Engineer Your Career Passion
• Career Changers (InVinoFab PodCast)
• The Fool Leaps (I Quit My Job)
• Experimenting with Identities @ Work
• Leading with Why
• Laura's Coaching Podcast

In this special bonus episode, Jaimie (Tom was recovering from COVID shot #2) got to chat with Sammie Walker Herrera, an amazing #SAPro who is helping colleagues think about moving out of their positions to find other choices.

Show notes:

• Expatriates of Student Affairs Group
• Higher Ed Pivoters (book discussion)
• Higher Ed Entrepreneurs and Sidehustlers
• Showing Industry What Academics Are Made Of, Inside Higher Ed article by Dr. Eric Stephens
• Sammie on LinkedIn
• Sammie on Twitter

This week we talk with Dr. Kelvin Bentley who helps us understand how digital tools and learning experiences have been the thread through his career pathways. He shares great advice for your job search too!

It was such a pleasure to talk with Dr. Josie Ahlquist who left campus-based positions to soar on her own as a social media strategist, leadership & technology researcher, speaker, and book author. Learn about her journey and advice for being open to where your journey takes you.

In our second "getting practical" episode, Tom & Jaimie share advice about resume and cover letter writing. Writing these is not everyone's favorite activity but necessary nevertheless.

Show notes:

• HE ↔️ Corporate Terminology: You Say Tom-Ay-Toes, I Say Tom-Ah-Toes

Dr. Sara Henry's journey of leading with her heart has changed her career path and her life. Sara had a few pivots that landed her in an amazing space where she is running her own very successful business, the Heartful Editor.