Have you ever been asked on a job interview for a prospective new social work position: How would you react to a person who just walked in and appears to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol? To help you be prepared for such a question, I consulted with two social workers who are currently […]
How to Manage Your Career When Unemployed
Have you been out of the job market for awhile? Are you wondering what are the necessary steps to take in order to get your career back on track? As some of you may know, there was a period of time after I completed my studies for my Master’s in Social Work that I was unable to take […]
Social Worker Pay By Setting, Practice & Region
One question that often comes up is whether there is an advantage (or disadvantage) to working in a particular setting or practice area in terms of the amount of income that you would earn as a social worker. The answer is that it depends… The median base annual salary for a social worker is $55,000, […]
20 Motivational Quotes for Job Seekers
Could you use a little encouragement as you are looking for a job or contemplating a career change? I think that we could all use that from time to time… To that end, I put together a list of twenty quotations that you may find helpful. My hope is that reading them will remind you […]
Don’t Put All Your Eggs Into One Basket
If there is one key lesson that I learned since my last job search post, it is that one should not put all of one’s eggs into one basket… Why am I saying this? Because I made this faux pas. To backtrack, a contact had kindly let me know that a clinical position had opened […]
