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      • 05 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers

      For child and family social workers, coping with the hardships of children and parents is part of the job. But that can cause a lot of stress. Is it possible for financially constrained organizations to improve social workers’ well-being using non-cash rewards, recognition, and other strategies from behavioral science? Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans describes the experience of Chief Executive Michael Sanders’ at the UK’s What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care, as he led a research program aimed at improving the morale of social workers in her case, “The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 03 Jan 2018
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

      by Carmen Nobel

      Here are well-researched tips from Harvard Business School faculty to help you keep your career-related resolutions this year. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 07 Aug 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

      by Sean Silverthorne

      In some professions, successful job hunting depends as much on a healthy body and cleared mind as it does on a well-performed interview, says Ethan Rouen. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Aug 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Accounting Rookie Job Market: A Practitioner’s Guide

      by Ethan Rouen

      Aimed at accounting PhD students but potentially useful to other new academics and job seekers, this first-person essay offers suggestions for the dissertation process and subsequent job search. The writer tries to relieve some of the stress and confusion that inevitably comes with completing a PhD and finding a first academic job.

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