Hi, and
welcome to my inaugural blog post. My name is Joan Schiebelbein and I’m the
Director of CAPS: Your U of A Career Centre. While I’m a blogging newbie, this
is not the first blog to be hosted by CAPS. Ms. Metamorphosis, a student in her
final year at the U of A who shared her musings about her career and search for
employment, was the first official CAPS blogger. Last year we hosted an
employer blog. For this year, I agreed to take a stab at it. Why, you (and I)
ask? Well, I’ve been working at CAPS for almost a quarter of a century (more
about that in a future post) and I thought I might have some wisdom to share. I
also have a selfish reason for taking on the task. I am a hesitant migrant to
social media. I’ve finally accepted that social media is more than a passing
trend and figured being responsible for the CAPS blog for at least the next
several months will help me get over my reluctance. Heck, I’m sure I will learn
a thing or two along the way. I always encourage students (my nieces and
nephews might say preach) to try new things even when they don’t know where it
will take them.
So what is this blog all about? (I
have put some thought into what I will write about over the next several
months. I’m not going into this totally blind!) I will share with you my career
experiences, as well as those of friends and colleagues, in the hopes that you
might glean something helpful for your own career. I will also share
interesting articles, books, movies, speakers, websites, etc. I’ve read or seen
that have some bearing on careers and employment. I am planning to invite guest
bloggers to offer their thoughts and advice. I hope you too will take part in
this endeavor. If you have a career-related question, I will do my best to
answer it - or find someone who can. If you have suggestions for topics or
guest bloggers, please let me know. If you have a story or piece of advice to
share, or a comment on what I or someone else has written, please don’t
hesitate to submit it. I want this blog to be interactive. After all, that’s
what social media is all about…or so they tell me.
