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Job Search. How to make your job search successful
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1 Job Search How to make your job search successful Pick a major that relates to a specific job or occupation. Get a great GPA. Participate in leadership activities. Secure internships, summer jobs, part-time employment. Learn to communicate clearly and listen to the world around you. Keep good records of your activities. Get good references. Attend resume, job search and interview workshops. Learn to work with all kinds of people. If you do all of this, then your career counselor s job will be easy. As a matter of fact, you probably won t need one. If you haven t done all the above, then this is the guide for you. It will help you organize your job search. With good organization, determination and a little bit of luck, you ll be on your way to getting the job you want. Getting a job is a full-time job. There is no doubt getting a good job is a lot of work. Look at it as you would a class. You need to work on it everyday. The more work you do, the better grade (job, salary, etc.) you re going to get. The more creative you are, the more possibilities open up for you. You must be proactive. Up to 80% of jobs go to someone the employer or employees already know. Seek internships, part-time employment and networking opportunities. Internships and part-time employment may work into full time employment down the road. Once you re in the door, look for areas within the organization utilizing your skills or skills you can learn. A graduate assistant in this office noticed we knew very little about our computers. He made himself invaluable by learning all he could about hardware and software. The director couldn t let him go at the end of his assistantship. She creatively found funding to retain him as an employee after he graduated. Nice move. One way of meeting people who are excellent contacts is by conducting informational interviews. Talking with someone in your intended field is the best way to find out what working in that field will be like, and to network among people in that career field. Oftentimes an interviewee will be able to give you invaluable information concerning your resume, job search strategy, and your experience. Who better to help you get a job in that field than someone who has already done it themselves? Utilize the Ask-an-Alum Networking Program offered through Career Services. It provides a unique way for current and former UM students to access valuable career and educational information from someone who has pursued the same degree and/or profession. Lommasson Center Revised 9/09 1
2 Job Search Strategies Searching for a job as a graduate in the best times can be challenging, but in challenging times it can be extremely difficult. The following provides some tips to conducting an effective job search. Steps in the Job Search: 1. Conduct a thorough self-assessment. Take time to better know yourself. Identify your interests, skills, and work values. Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses and think of some relevant examples. Emphasize those which connect most directly with your career goals. Standardized career assessments are available through Career Services. Appointments can be made by calling Develop your plan. Decide what you want to do, where you want to do it, what type and size of organization you want to work for, etc. Research your career area thoroughly; know position requirements, advancement potential and demand, salary range, and training programs. Knowing what you are searching for enhances your chances of finding it. The average job search can take 3-6 months. Set up a schedule, breaking it down into tasks. 3. Target Employers. Use a variety of methods to identify potential employers. Ask friends, family, former employers, and faculty. Look at employment and professional association directories, available at some public libraries and through the internet, as well as Chamber of Commerce offices and professional organizations. 4. Attend career fairs. Career Services holds several career fairs each year: Health Professions Career Fair, Big Sky Career Fair and the Educator s Career Fair. National and regional employers recruit University of Montana graduates and students because of the quality education and experiences they receive. Employers visit campus to talk with students about full-time, part-time, internship, summer, and volunteer opportunities. 5. Research organizations. Find out as much as you can about prospective employers through employees, visits, company literature, internet sites and reference books. Prioritize your list of employers in order of preference. 6. Develop your resume. Prepare it based on information about yourself, and the organization you've targeted. Consider developing several versions of your resume, depending upon the position or organization you are pursuing. When you have completed a solid draft, bring it to Career Services for a critique and get valuable hints on how to improve it. 7. Begin contacting employers. Use all job search methods, concentrating on the most effective ones. Be persistent in your approach. Above all be proactive in your follow-up, don't rely on them to call you! 2
3 8. Interview. Organizations usually hire based on face-to-face interviews. Find our Career Services interviewing guide on our website and begin to formulate answers to the practice questions in your head. Practice your interviewing skills through mock interviews available through Career Services as well, and set a goal of obtaining an interview with all organizations on your list, even if there are no current openings. It is your best chance of being remembered once an opening does occur. 9. Record keeping. Set up a system to manage your job search. Your system should include prospective contacts, companies contacted, follow-up dates, and status of contact. 10. Prepare for outcomes. Experiencing rejection is inevitable. Try not to take the rejection personally; you are evaluating, accepting, and rejecting potential employers, just as they are doing with you. You're both looking for a good fit. Use friends and family as support to help you deal with rejection. Be ready to redefine your plan as required. 11. Accept/Negotiate offers. Sometimes it can be feast or famine. First there are no offers, then several come in at the same time. Review your plan and weigh all job offers based upon your needs. You usually can ask for a reasonable amount of time to decide and negotiate the terms of your offer. 12. Review your decision. Look back over the process and determine successes and problems. This will prepare you for next time. Job Search Methods Finding a job can take months of time and effort. But you can speed the process by using many methods to find job openings. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest that people who use many job search methods find jobs faster than people who use only one or two. Most people find jobs through direct contact with the company. The Internet is becoming a valuable tool for job openings and employer research. Check our website for links to career related resources: Personal contacts. Many jobs are never advertised. People get them by talking to friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances, teachers, former coworkers, and others who know of an opening. Be sure to tell people that you are looking for a job because the people you know may be some of the most effective resources for your search. To develop new contacts, join student, community, or professional organizations. Career Services. We help connect students and alumni with employers. Many employers interview at Career Services each semester for graduating students through on-campus recruiting and career fairs. Sign up for Griz erecruiting and complete your profile so you are automatically contacted about employers hiring in your field and upcoming career fairs. However, students are encouraged not to restrict their job search to on-campus interviewing only. 3
4 Employers. Directly contacting employers is one of the most successful means of job hunting. Through research, develop a list of potential employers in your desired career field. Then call these employers or check their Web sites for job openings. Web sites and business directories can tell you how to apply for a position or whom to contact. Even if no open positions are posted, do not hesitate to contact the employer: You never know when a job might become available. Consider asking for an informational interview with people working in the career you want to explore. Ask them how they got started, what they like and dislike about the work, what type of qualifications are necessary for the job, and what type of personality succeeds in that position. In addition to giving you career information, they may be able to put you in contact with other people who might hire you, and they can keep you in mind if a position opens up. Note: Networking/ informational interviewing/ directly contacting employers. These are among the most commonly used and most successful methods of job search. Networking involves generating leads by talking to friends, family and associates about organizations and jobs. Informational interviewing involves actually meeting with people in your field and prospective employers to interview them about what they do and their recommendations. The final key, and most effective method, is following up with direct contacts to the person in the organization who has the power to hire you. This is often not the Personnel Manager, but the manager of the department in which you would work. Contact organizations by cover letter and resume, followed by a telephone request for an interview. Even if there are no opportunities now, ask for other leads and follow-up. Regard everyone you meet as a potential contact and lead. Classified ads. The "Help Wanted" ads in newspapers and the Internet list numerous jobs, and many people find work by responding to these ads. But when using classified ads, keep the following in mind: Follow all leads to find a job; do not rely solely on the classifieds. Answer ads promptly, because openings may be filled quickly, even before the ad stops appearing in the paper. Read the ads every day, particularly the Sunday edition, which usually includes the most listings. Keep a record of all ads to which you have responded, including the specific skills, educational background, and personal qualifications required for the position. Internet resources. The Internet includes many job hunting Web sites with job listings. Some job boards provide national listings of all kinds; others are local. Some relate to a specific type of work; others are general. To find good prospects, begin with an Internet search using keywords related to the job you want. Also look for the sites of related professional associations. 4
5 Consider checking Internet forums, also called message boards. These are online discussion groups where anyone may post and read messages. Use forums specific to your profession or career-related topics to post questions or messages and to read about the job searches or career experiences of other people. In online job databases, remember that job listings may be posted by field or discipline, so begin your search using keywords. Many Web sites allow job seekers to post their resumes online for free. Note: Want ads/ internet job listings. It is generally estimated that only 15-20% of all jobs are listed in the want ads. A typical advertisement can generate resumes. This means it is extremely competitive, and over 80% of jobs are filled in other ways. When using this method, make sure your cover letter and resume cover all points in the advertisement. Applicants are initially screened in or out based upon these criteria. A good point of reference when allocating time to your job search would be to spend no more than 15-20% of your time reacting to job advertisements and spend 80-85% or your time being proactive (networking, contacting employers, informational interviewing). Professional associations. Many professions have associations that offer employment information, including career planning, educational programs, job listings, and job placement. To use these services, associations sometimes require that you be a member; information can be obtained directly from an association through the Internet, by telephone, or by mail. Labor unions. Labor unions provide various employment services to members and potential members, including apprenticeship programs that teach a specific trade or skill. Contact the appropriate labor union or state apprenticeship council for more information. State employment service offices. The state employment service, sometimes called the Job Service, operates in coordination with the U.S. Department of Labor s Employment and Training Administration. Local offices, found nationwide, help job seekers find jobs and help employers find qualified workers at no cost to either. To find the office nearest you, look in the State government telephone listings under "Job Service" or "Employment." Federal Government. Information on obtaining a position with the Federal Government is available from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) through USAJOBS, the Federal Government s official employment information system. This resource for locating and applying for job opportunities can be accessed through the Internet at 5 Community agencies. Many nonprofit organizations, including religious institutions and vocational rehabilitation agencies, offer counseling, career development, and job placement services, generally targeted to a particular group, such as women, youths, minorities, ex-offenders, or older workers.
6 Third-party recruiters, private employment agencies and career consultants. Private agencies can save you time and will contact employers who otherwise might be difficult to locate, but these agencies may charge for their services. Most operate on a commission basis, charging a percentage of the first-year salary paid to a successful applicant. You or the hiring company will pay the fee. Find out the exact cost and who is responsible for paying associated fees before using the service. When determining if the service is worth the cost, consider any guarantees that the agency offers. Internships. Many people find jobs with businesses and organizations with whom they have interned or volunteered. Look for internships and volunteer opportunities on job boards, career centers, and company and association Web sites, but also check community service organizations and volunteer opportunity databases. Some internships and long-term volunteer positions come with stipends and all provide experience and the chance to meet employers and other good networking contacts. Other Considerations: Economic Outlook. Labor market considerations can definitely impact your job search. Read beyond the gloomy headlines and get the facts on what the current conditions are and consider them in choosing geographic location, employment sector, and the size and type of organization. Good sources include business news sections of newspapers and magazines, government reports, and books focusing on job trends. Long Distance Job Search. Conducting an out-of-town job search requires different strategies. First, thoroughly research the target area. Next, generate leads through networking. Consider subscribing to local newspapers and business publications. Contact the local Chamber of Commerce to develop good leads. Try to schedule trips to the location to permit information and employment interviewing. Be careful about relocating to the new area without solid job leads or a "short term" back-up plan. Other Strategies. If all else fails and no job is in hand by your deadline, consider these possibilities: Talk to temporary personnel agencies about employment options. Look at internship opportunities-many are for graduates! Consider volunteering to gain career-related experience. Take a related job, even if at a lower level, that may lead to your goal. Seek advice from a career counselor. Consider continuing your education or obtaining specialized training. Talk to former employers about opportunities. Join networking organizations or job search support groups. Think about self-employment--like writing, consulting, or a small business. 6
7 Networking or How To Be a First Class Schmoozer Relationships are a fact of life. If someone recommends your name for consideration, you re entering the competition with credibility. Talk to everyone you know. Tell them you re looking for a job. Let your enthusiasm and energy show! It s not..what can you do for me? It s..what I can do for you!! You Can: Offer to intern free at an organization where you really want to work. How long will they let a hard worker work for free? Get a mentor. How? Ask someone you admire to help you learn about the business, establish a contact in the area or explore common professional interests. Most people like to be helpful. Most started the same way you re starting and remember how difficult it was. Utilize Career Services Ask-an-Alum Networking Program. It provides a unique way for current and former UM students to access valuable career and educational information from someone who has pursued the same degree and/or profession. Our goal is to assist UM students and alumni to learn specifics about the world of work by offering the opportunity to conduct informational interviews, career mentoring and/or job shadowing. Join an organization where your future business associates hang out. Ask a friend to introduce you to someone in the business. Talk to your teachers or professors. Do they know someone who might be useful for you to know? Are there professional organizations you might join? How about volunteering for a city or private board position? Above all, be nice to everyone you meet. That woman pumping iron in the gym next to you might be the CEO of an accounting firm. And you might get an interview! 7
8 Job Search Timetable Checklist This checklist is designed to help graduating students, who are seeking employment, make the best use of their time as they conduct their job searches. We encourage you to use this checklist in conjunction with the services and resources available at Career Services months prior to employment: Attend any applicable orientations/workshops offered by Career Services. (Ask for a workshop schedule at the front desk). Explore the many services Career Services offers. Begin to define career goals by determining the types, sizes, and geographic locations of employers in which you have an interest. 11 months prior to employment: Begin to identify references and ask them for permission to use their names as references in your job search. See a counselor at Career Services to discuss your job search plans. Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook to get job titles, occupational descriptions, wages and growth projections. 10 months prior to employment: Begin to develop a resume and cover letter in consultation with Career Services staff. Begin networking by contacting family, friends, faculty, etc., to inform them of your career plans. If possible, give them a copy of your resume. 8-9 months prior to employment: Finalize your resume and have it critiqued by a Career Services counselor. Make plans to have your resume reproduced. Access the internet; many companies are on-line! Contact employers to request application materials/procedures. 7 months prior to employment: Send completed applications to employers with a resume and cover letter. Inquire about employers who will be recruiting at Career Services, and the procedures for interviewing with them. Make arrangements to conduct informational interviews with individuals in your field in order to make sure your job search is on the right track. 8
9 5-6 months prior to employment: Research employers with whom you will be interviewing. Prepare to start interviewing: Rehearse typical interview questions, purchase proper interview clothing and make an appointment with Career Services to participate in a mock interview. Interview on campus and follow-up with thank you letters. Continue to follow-up by phone with employers of interest. Begin monitoring the job vacancy listings available on Griz erecruiting. 1-4 months prior to employment: Maintain communication with your network of contacts. Revise your resume and cover letter if necessary. Interview off campus and follow-up with thank you letters. If relocating, contact appropriate agencies in the area to which you are moving and inquire about available services. Continue to monitor job vacancy listings and apply when qualified and interested. Begin considering job offers. Accept the best job offer and write acceptance/thank you letter. Write thank you letters to inform all those associated with your job search of your new position. One final note: It is often not the best qualified candidate who gets the job, but rather the one who perfected the job search process, has a clear picture of what they want and the skills they have to offer, and can communicate this effectively to potential employers. A successful job search = time, commitment, organization & strategy Use multiple strategies and sources for jobs 9
10 Employer Research Name of Organization: Contact Person: Address: Phone #: Research Results: Requested Application Yes No Date: Sent Application Yes No Date Sent: Sent Resume Yes No Date Sent: Interviewed Yes No Date Interviewed: Date Thank you Letter Sent: Results and Follow Up: 10
11 Job Search Contacts Name of Organization: Contact Person: Phone Number: Results: Name of Organization: Contact Person: Phone Number: Results: Name of Organization: Contact Person: Phone Number: Results: 11
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Firefox: Read Search Field 1.0by Tj Squires
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Unakite is a stone dedicated to balancing the emotional body. It aids in stress relief and peaceful sleep. It's also a protective stone that helps you release negative energies that may be holding you back.
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December 8, 2016 by Cathy Brown
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~ Winston Churchill
In fact, I would go so far as to say that having a positive attitude is the biggest way to make a difference in your own life and in turn, the lives of those around you.
So, what's the best way to start having a positive attitude? Find things to be grateful for in your life!
Having an attitude of gratitude is one of the quickest ways to getting yourself in the right mindset and activating the Law of Attraction to help you reach your ultimate goals.
Here are 4 things you can do today that will help you start living with an attitude of gratitude from Natalie Ledwell's Mind Movies:
1. Forgive the small things
Do you ever get upset when people interrupt you? How about when someone cuts you off in traffic?
Whether we realize it or not, other people's actions affect us; the trick is to not let these events bring your mood down.
Make a conscious choice to forgive other people for interactions that tend to bring on a negative feeling.
Not only will you be in a more positive place by doing so, but you'll also become more aware of the little things you do that could have a less than positive impact on others.
2. Make an effort to say "Thank You" as often as possible
Too often the little things get overlooked: a door held open, giving the right-of-way on the roads, and even just a friendly smile. These seemingly menial daily events can actually build a very positive state and even boost your health in some cases!
Take the time to give some quick "thanks" and a smile to anybody that brightens your day, no matter how big or small the gesture is. Again, not only will they appreciate your efforts, but your personal awareness will improve and reinforce your happiness.
3. Try to be thanked by others
As good as you can make others feel by thanking them, make an effort to earn as many "thanks" for the things you do. Compliment a friend's outfit, offer to help a coworker if you have a bit of extra time, or give up your seat on a crowded bus/subway.
The appreciation you receive from others will radiate happiness and positivity throughout your entire day.
4. Start a Gratitude Journal
Start paying attention to your own attitude and begin keeping a gratitude journal to record your daily progress. Jot down at least 5 things you're grateful for each day – big or small – and you'll get a new perspective on life.
In fact, researchers have found that there are many benefits to writing down what you're thankful for, including better sleep, improved overall health, and increased happiness.
It's easy to start one, just pick up a journal or notebook from your local dollar store and keep it by your bed. Before going to sleep every night, think back on your day and what made it special, then begin with "I'm grateful for…" and fill in the rest. It just takes a few minutes, but the benefits of this simple act will be long-lasting.
Each person's attitude, whether positive or negative, plays a significant role in the quality of his or her life. Not only does it affect the health of our mental state and relationships, but it also has a major impact on our general outlook and the opportunities and people we attract into our lives.
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The last time we had a drumming circle on Now & Zen, we never took a photo of the actual circle. Guess we were all to busy drumming. Unity Church of Jacksonville will be doing a full moon drumming circle on Friday March 18th. See their website for details.
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Willard Grant Conspiracy
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The organic Willard Grant Conspiracy have never been a conventional band. As they head our way, Rachel Devine uncovers their latest bold collaboration
Willard Grant Conspiracy, the disparate alt.country band led by the gravel-voiced Robert Fisher numbers in excess of 40 musicians from all over the world. Since Fisher started it all off in 1996, the group's output has been prolific: seven full albums in 12 years. With the eighth, Pilgrim Road, the Conspiracy reaches Scotland. Pilgrim Road is primarily a collaboration between Fisher and Scottish film composer Malcolm Lindsay. After a chance meeting at a WGC gig in Edinburgh a few years ago, Lindsay gave Fisher a CD and offered to provide the strings for his next album.
They made a tentative start via email but when they met again in a studio in Wales – Fisher was recording vocals on a Jackie Leven album – they hit it off and decided on a full-blown collaboration. 'I think it was at that point we gained each other's trust and switched from me doing some strings to doing some songwriting,' says Lindsay. 'We tried to write some songs over the internet but we both felt we would be better off sitting in the same room.'
Fisher travelled to Glasgow in 2006 and the two spent 11 days locked in Lindsay's studio. By the time they surfaced, half the album was written.
'It was a productive time,' says Lindsay. 'Then Robert went off on tour and phoned me halfway through and said: "Why don't I come back after this and we can finish it off".' It was an unconventional process but there has never been anything conventional about Willard Grant Conspiracy. Lindsay is officially WGC member number 39. Number 38 is Jackie Leven. 'We were both very proud of that,' he says. 'It's a privilege to be part of something that's very organic in nature and very outward-looking. A lot of bands are quite inward-looking but working with Robert, even as the 39th member, was a very joyful thing. Robert works in all sorts of different ways with different people over the year. He's very open in the way he works.'
Lindsay, who has written music for the films 16 Years of Alcohol and Young Adam, brought some diverse influences to the table. Listen closely to hear echoes of Gallagher & Lyle, Joni Mitchell, The Blue Nile, The Water Into Wine Band and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Fortunately, in a roundabout fashion, they dovetailed with Fisher's. 'When he first arrived in the studio he spent two hours playing tracks he really liked and I think I had heard of about five of the bands,' he says. 'We had different but complimentary tastes.'
Fisher agrees: 'For two people from very different musical world we found it very easy to find common ground and it helped us to create music that neither of us would have got to on their own.' Lindsay adds: 'The production took way longer than the creative bit.'
In addition to members of Glasgow band Doghouse Roses, the album features Leven, Chris Eckman from The Walkabouts and classical cellist Robert Irvine. The various constituents – joined by Giant Sand's Howe Gelb – will come together for the Queen's Hall date. 'It's an 11-piece band but it's quite minimalist and emotional,' says Lindsay. 'I think what we strived to do was create something beautiful out of something sparse.'
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we will play a killer show at magnet club in berlin. i mean..i hope that it's gonna be a great show for everyone but we will be the support act for the almighty BARONESS and i think that this is killer enough so far. Indeed! i must say we are very pleased about this! and another new show was added to the show section. keep checking the show section to stay up to date.
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For the last several years, Telugu cinema has been filled with typical commercial potboilers, rom-coms and revenge sagas, with only a few patriotic films being made. However, the trend is now set to change as a few people are trying to make patriotic films once again. Interestingly, such films are regularly made in the Hindi film industry.
Chiranjeevi is coming up with a film titled Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, based on freedom fighter Narasimha Reddy from Kurnool, while Allu Arjun-starrer Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India revolves around an honest army personnel, Surya. Last year's hit film Ghazi revolved around submarine warfare between India and Pakistan. Interestingly, all these films have been helmed by young directors like Surender Reddy (Sye Raa...), Vakkantham Vamsi (Naa Peru Surya...) and Sankalp Reddy (Ghazi).
In the coming two years, there are quite a few Telugu films being made with patriotic backgrounds and one certainly hopes that the trend in Tollywood changes from the regular masala movies.
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Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film industries. After appearing in supporting roles in the Malayalam film Neelathamara and a venture in Tamil.
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Learning, teaching and assessment of law in social work education
Key messages from Knowledge Review 08: How should law be taught?
Discrete or integrated?
One key question is whether law should be organised within discrete, separate modules of learning, or whether legal content should be integrated within other aspects of the curriculum. Related to this is the question of when law learning should take place - at what stage in the programme, and (in relation to academic modules) before or after placement.
Debates in the literature are played out in practice. Generally, the favoured approach to teaching law, at least initially, is through discrete modules. Educators commonly locate a module of law learning early in the programme, to be followed at later stages by law content revisited during other specialist modules addressing, for example, child care or adult services. A commonly held view is that although legal frameworks for service provision should be encountered by students prior to engaging in practice learning, greater understanding is achieved if law is taught, or at least revisited, after a period of practice.
Experts by experience felt strongly that whether discrete or integrated teaching methods were used, law should be encountered by students throughout the programme, rather than taught in just one year, and should be linked with skills in working with people, rather than seen as an isolated slice of knowledge. There are a number of perceived benefits to both discrete and infused methods of learning law.
Benefits of discrete teaching
Benefits of integrated teaching
Problems of discrete teaching
Problems of integrated teaching
Alignment of teaching and learning methods
There are two key objectives for educators in choosing methods to promote social work students' law learning. The first is to demystify law and deal with students' anxieties about the subject. The second is to enhance its perceived practice relevance. Students approach law learning with apprehension, even fear, perceiving it as specialist, riddled with technical jargon and difficult to understand. Conversely, they expect it to give clear answers to problems encountered in practice, and are disappointed to find it containing as many shades of grey as any other element of the curriculum. Educators are aware of students' fears, and their tendency to find law more difficult than other aspects of the social work curriculum. Making law accessible, and allaying anxiety, is a key objective. Equally, drawing from principles of adult learning, there is a strong emphasis in law teaching for social workers on ensuring that material is perceived as relevant to professional roles and tasks.
Both these objectives give rise to different forms of alignment in teaching and learning, informing educators' approaches and choice of methods on programmes.
Alignment between learning outcomes and methods
Virtually all programmes make use of lectures and small group exercises, with an expectation that students engage in independent individual study. Commonly, use is also made of tutor or student-led seminars, independent group work and simulation exercises.
Lectures are seen as an efficient way of delivering accurate core knowledge and of having a degree of control over what is taught, even if this may not equate with knowing what is learned. Students may be expected to undertake reading or research in preparation for the topic of a lecture. Use is made of aids to learning such as algorithms, decision trees and charts, which students can use as 'maps' when absorbing the finer details of legislation and when working through case studies. These typically break decisions down into a sequence, or gather together and present coherently information from a range of sources.
However, there is a range of other methods available, and reported in the literature (for references see Braye and Preston-Shoot et al, 2005, p 26).
Use of case law
Case studies, critical incidents, problem-based learning
Readings and source materials
Video and use of films
Project work, social action work
Research, library tasks
Role play, simulation exercises
Use of web, computer-assisted learning
Distance learning and use of workbooks
Scenarios, extended case studies
Critical legal education
Student presentations
Service user accounts
To illustrate legal reasoning and to show that case law is not unambiguous or univocal
To analyse issues, locate law and integrate it with practice
To locate legal rules and the discourse surrounding them
To develop observation and practice skills
To plan, participate in and evaluate an intervention
To find cases and statutes, to gain research confidence
To experience legal proceedings
To develop practice knowledge and skills, for example through mock courts or tribunals
To develop research skills and knowledge
To enable students to access law learning
To identify legal issues and develop decisionmaking skills, to work through dilemmas
To join policy and practice and apply law to 'everyday' situations
To link knowledge with practice, to research topics, and to communicate professional role to others
To hear and reflect on how service users and carers experience the law in action
To develop reflection
Students have mixed views about different forms of learning, seeing pros and cons in each:
Case study discussions:
A plea from students was not to be left, following case study work, with a set of unanswered questions or issues. They were keen for tutors to provide 'model answers', which at least showed a recommended method of case analysis.
One key feature on some programmes is the notion of students needing to 'learn how to learn' about the law. If it is intended that students develop the ability to find and update legal knowledge independently, then activities in which they engage in independent legal research will support this aim more effectively than a sole emphasis on knowledge delivered through taught input or directed independent reading. While the number of programmes using solely approaches based on action and enquiry learning was very small, it is not uncommon for educators to use aspects of 'problem-based' approaches as part of a sequence of law learning. Students who have engaged in this type of research, particularly where it has been well supported by guidelines on how to research legal content, regard their learning outcomes as worth all the hard work they invest.
e-Learning was used by slightly less than half of all programmes, but is clearly a developing field, particularly in Scotland and, more recently, elsewhere in the UK. Programmes may make use of computer-assisted learning packages, web-based learning and virtual learning environments. Respondents to Waldman and colleagues (2005) identified law as one priority for the development of e-learning materials, focusing particularly on court skills, child care law and a general introduction to law and legal systems.
Perceived advantages of e-learning
- Encourages and stimulates student-centred learning
- Helps develop problem-solving abilities
- Helps students keep up to date with changing legislation and policy
- Enables tutors to respond directly to individual students
- Encourages debate
- Facilitates formative assessment
- Facilitates self-evaluation by students
- Students can work at their own pace
- Knowledge can be consolidated through repetition
- Students like it
Alignment between levels
A second form of alignment relates to the progression of learning through levels of a programme. In many cases, law appears at various stages of the programmes, in more than one year or in more than one module, with tutors demonstrating sensitivity to the notion of developing sophistication.
This typically involves an emphasis on locating building blocks of core knowledge early, to enable more sophisticated knowledge and skills to be developed later on. This supports the notion that students might gain a little knowledge about a broad range of law, followed by more in-depth knowledge of a restricted range.
|Ways of demonstrating progression of learning in law
Early stages of learning
Later stages of learning
Alignment with practice
In the search for practice alignment, teaching routinely covers not just the content of specific legal rules, but also the context of professional decision making in which they will be applied. Wide use is made of a number of different approaches, all of which seek to enhance alignment between knowledge and skills in its application in practice.
The use of case studies, to which students must apply legal knowledge by indicating how legal frameworks would affect what is done and why, is commonplace. At their most detailed, these approaches involve problem-based learning approaches, in which all the relevant knowledge content, including law, must be identified and researched by students. More common is the use of short case scenarios, either as part of lectures or seminars, which illustrate the type of situations in which legal knowledge and skills are required.
Ways of enhancing the practice relevance of law learning
- Case studies describing situations encountered in practice, from which students must work inductively to seek relevant legal frameworks
- Debating exercises where students research and present different sides of a legal issue and the conflicting imperatives that impact on practice (for example the use of compulsory powers to admit someone to psychiatric hospital)
- Simulated court work exercise
- Project work, researching law that is relevant to a given situation
- Study of case law that has arisen in the context of a specific situation
A number of programmes use court workshop exercises to train students in working within court systems. Such workshops vary in length from several hours to several days, and commonly take place in a working court, and involve legal practitioners taking the legal roles. A key aim is to give students a realistic experience of the language and culture of such settings. There were, however, no examples given of skills practice in other settings, such as complaints hearings or resource panels, where practitioners may need to use verbal presentation skills to argue a case within a legal framework.
Experts by experience were adamant that all students should have training in court work skills, given the importance and impact of such processes on far-reaching decisions about their lives. They want practitioners who are skilled in advocating for their rights and challenging agency practices that are not lawful.
Law in practice placement
One of the key findings is the neglect of social work students' law learning while on practice placement. Only a minority of programmes set any law-related learning objectives for students on placement, and there are concerns about how consistently students encounter the law in placement agencies. Students were concerned to find that agency procedures were givenmore emphasis than the legal framework itself, and were sometimes shocked at the lack of knowledge and awareness of law shown by some agency colleagues. They found out-of-date policy and procedures being used, and had difficulty accessing legal information.
Practice teachers share students' apprehension, in terms of both their own knowledge and their ability to promote students' learning in the area of law on placement. Voluntary organisations and adult services settings were thought to be less likely to provide good law learning opportunities than child care or mental health settings. Equally, however, there was a view that the profile of law in a number of agencies left much to be desired. Some practice teachers expressed concern that performance targets were what mattered most to managers in local authorities, and that fear of failing to achieve these outweighed fear of potential legal challenge for unlawful practice. This gave rise to tensions in the practice teaching role. Some practice teachers felt their role was to encourage students to live with the reality of what was feasible in practice, while others felt they should encourage students to identify and challenge practice that arguably fell short of legal requirements.
The failure to carry law learning into placement represents a major missed opportunity to consolidate, reinforce and extend understanding of this aspect of the curriculum and to reinforce alignment with practice. As one student commented: "You can learn some of it in classes, but it is not until you're actually doing it, and you're in the situation, that you can understand it. Seeing it in practice makes it real".
Key messages from students on how law should be taught
- Take student learning styles into account, adopting a variety of methods, so that students encounter law at least some of the time in a format they can absorb
- Ensure some standard of coverage of law in practice placements
- Integrate service user and carer perspectives on law in practice
- Encourage critical debate about the law, in the same way as in other areas of the curriculum - this enhances its perceived compatibility with social work
- Help students develop legal research skills - this gives confidence that learning can be kept up to date


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UC Berkeley StarCraft Class, Week 14 (Final Week)
In the last class of the semester for UC Berkeley's StarCraft class, several students gave their presentations.
Zergling Rush
The first student's topic was the Zergling Rush. The point of this strategy is to take advantage of Zerg's window of dominance at the very beginning of the game. Zerglings are weak, but you can get them out so early that your opponents might very well have little or nothing to defend with.
There are two main varieties of the zergling rush: the 4-pool and the 6-pool. 4-pool means that you only have four drones (resource collectors) when you build your spawning pool (the building that lets you produce zerglings). So you start the game by gathering resources for a bit, not building any drones, and going straight to spawning pool and zerglings. This is an "all in" strategy though. If you don't win with it, you are so severely behind economically, that you will probably lose. The reason to choose this strategy over a slightly more conservative 6-pool rush is if you think getting the zerglings to the opponent a few seconds faster will allow you to win the game on the spot.
The 6-pool strategy is still risky (putting you behind economically if you fail), but you can recover from it if things don't go as planned. The build order is to first build two drones (getting you to six total), then mine a bit, then build a spawning pool as soon as you can, then build another drone to replace the one that you just turned into a spawning pool, then build an overlord. If you do this correctly, these things will happen simultaneously: 1) your overlord finishes building, 2) you have all three larva ready to build units, 3) you have 150 minerals, the exact cost of building 6 zerglings from your 3 larva.
The student said the first goal of a zergling rush is to end the game immediately if you can. As soon as you arrive at their base, you probably have a good idea if this is even possible. If it's not, your next goal is to disrupt their economy. Remember that your economy is already disrupted by you doing a zergling rush (rather than building up your own economy) so you'll have to disrupt theirs just to stay even. If you can't disrupt their economy much, the next priority would be to at least force them to change their strategy or force them into a certain strategy. For example, they might have to build sunken colonies or bunkers right away to survive. And failing all that, at the very least you should harass with your zerglings and force the enemy to spend a lot of clicks to deal with you. The student also pointed out that there is some value in getting the opponent angry or flustered here, too. Zergling rushes are considered "cheesy" by some, so that's great to get those players mad. But even more enlightened players who don't care about that can still be thrown off their game having to deal with pressure that comes that early.
So the advantages of doing a zergling rush have to do with speed and pressure. But the disadvantages are the sacrifice to your own economy, and the ease of the opponent countering you if he scouts you or predicts this strategy. It's high risk, but high reward.
The main things to consider when contemplating a zergling rush are the size of the map (bigger map means more travel time, reducing the effectiveness), the number and placement of starting positions on the map, and whether you get scouted.
The class administrators pointed out that on a map with only two starting positions, it is viable to try a zergling rush against another Zerg player, but it's a bad idea against a Protoss player. At first glance you might think it's smart against Protoss because they are the mostsusceptibleto losing if you catch them with early zerglings, but you just won't "catch" them on a map with only two starting positions. Zerg players usually use an overlord to scout, which is slow and gives you some chance of surprising the enemy, but a Protoss player will pretty much always scout with a probe (faster than overlord), discover your intention to rush, then counter it.
The student showed a few examples of zergling rushes succeeding and failing, and we saw how important it was on a map with 4 starting positions to make an educated guess about where your opponent's base is, if you don't get lucky and discover it with your first overlord. You can make this guess based on the timing and direction of travel of your opponent's scouting unit, if you happen to cross paths with it.
Jaedong vs. Fantasy
The next student's presentation was about a series of games between legendary players Jaedong and Fantasy. Jaedong is sometimes called the "elite zerg" and is considered the best Zerg player in the world, and possibly the best player in the world, period. (Remember, I'm reporting what was said, not giving my own opinion.) He's also known for his mutlaisk micromanagement skills.
Fantasy is a relative newcomer, but he's dominated lately, including beating Bisu. He's known for his "Fantasy build" which is also the butt of many jokes. It involves using a dropship with vultures for early harass, and incredible vulture micromanagement. He's also known for his anti-air tactics, using both goliaths and even valkyries.
The first two games surprised many spectators because Fantasy destroyed the great Jaedong. Game three was a turning point though, and Jaedong changed his strategy. He pressures hard with mutalisks and follows that up with even harder mutalisk pressure. He then mixes it up with more mutalisk pressure after that. There's like 20 straight minutes of mutalisks killing marines+medics. At one point, Jaedong has TWO packs of mutalisks stacked (using the bug) on top of each other, so you can't even tell how many are there at first glance. This is enough that he can one-shot-kill Terran towers! Fantasy has five towers right next to each other and Jaedong destroys all of them by flying in, one shot kill one, fly back (waiting for cooldown on the shot), flying back in, one shot the next one, repeat. You don't see that every day, and even Professor Feng said "what??"
The most talked-about moment in the series was when Jaedong somehow perfectly thwarted a crazy trick. Fantasy sent one SCV and one vulture to Jaedong's back ramp that starts off blocked by a single mineral patch. He then used a difficult-to-execute trick (easier if he had more SCVs, but he only had one here) to cause the vulture and SCV to pass through the minerals. This allowed him to slip past Jaedong's defenses in the front and potentially wreak havoc. Somehow, the moment he went up that ramp, Jaedong had a couple zerglings and a drone right there. This was the perfect positioning at the perfect time, and looked incredibly random that his units would be there right then. He had no map-vision of this area, so he had no apparent way of knowing about this. Jaedong used the drone to block, and the zerglings killed the vulture immediately, before it could even do anything.
Some StarCraft community members think that this was purely luck and had to do with a pathing algorithms on that map. They think Jaedong sent those units somewhere else on the map, maybe his expansion, and the bad pathing happens to make them run the long way to the place where he encountered the vulture. Professor Feng did not believe this explanation though. He said it's plausible for the zerglings but it would not explain why the drone was there, but its pathing would certainly not have caused it to be there. Lore, an assistant to Feng, didn't believe that explanation either. He said that when Jaedong, best player in the world does something, we should probably give him the benefit of the doubt that he meant it. I suggested that maybe the most likely explanation is that he simply predicted this, that it's a known trick at that exact place on that exact map. Lore said yes, but it's still a bit far fetched for it to be pure prediction at that exact moment. He said that a few seconds earlier, it looks like one of Jaedong's zerglings just barely had vision of the vulture or SCV on its way there and if so, that's what triggered his timely defense
Anyway, Jaedong triumphed. Here's the first match:
Strategy to Fit the Player
The next student's presentation was about tailoring your strategy to yourself and your opponent. As Sun Tzu said:
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies or yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
He emphasized that you must know your own strengths and try to play in a way that takes advantage of them. For example, if you are good at micromanagement, use a strategy that involves many quick battles so you can use that skill a lot. You must also know your weaknesses. For example if you are bad at macromanagement, then you don't want the game to go long. A longer game means macromanagement becomes more important, so you'd want to try for strategies that end the game sooner. And of course you must know the opponent. If you can predict what he will do, your job is much easier. Best of all is if you can trick him into doing things he shouldn't.
He showed two replays of his own games. This first was on the map Destination and he said "all Terrans go mech on Destination." He means all Terrans go for a mech build with some combinations of vultures, tanks, and goliaths. He played Zerg against a Terran opponent and said he expected a mech build from the start. The Terran sent early vultures to harass and this (along with other clues) confirmed that yes, the opponent is doing a standard mech build. The early vulture harass did damage the student's economy, but not too badly.
The student's strategy was to research the burrow ability as soon as possible, emphasize building an army over getting expansions, then burrow most of his army in the middle of the map while leaving the rest of his army out in the open as a decoy. As the Terran moves his large mech force toward the decoy units, the Zerg player suddenly unburrowed and devastated the entire Terran force. Most of the students laughed out loud at how perfectly executed this was. The Terran's tanks were caught unsieged and far apart. The goliaths were also strewn about, not at all prepared for a battle at that moment. Meanwhile the Zerg units were bunched together, able to attack with high flux (meaning they could all attack simultaneously, right away). This attack was so devastating that the Terran couldn't recover, even though he had more expansions.
The next replay demonstrated what the student presented as a new build order he devised. It's a Terran build order only for use on the map Medusa. The build emphasizes the student's strengths of micromanagement and deception, hopefully avoiding his weaknesses of poor macromanagement skills.
The build starts with a barracks and fast gas. On purpose, it looks like a standard mech build at the point in time that the opponent would usually first scout it. That's what we assume his opponent though in the replay, as the opponent (Zerg) went for zerglings. But just after that, the student builds an academy (not a mech build). He uses this to go medics + firebats, which is a pretty unusual thing to do. This is crazily powerful against zerglings, so much so that it forced his opponent to build three sunken colonies at the choke point of his main base. That's exactly what the student hoped would happen.
The student sent his firebats + medics toward the opponent's base, but this is just deception. It's designed to get the Zerg player worried and make him waste resources on static defenses. The real play here is going to the opponent's back door. On the map Medusa, the main bases have a back door that's blocked by a neutral building (a temple) that apparently has lot of hit points. Firebats are well-suited to break down this barrier very early in the game, and that's exactly what he does. Remember, the opponent doesn't get a warning of this neutral building being attacked, so if he's not specifically scouting right there, he has no way of knowing this is even happening. The student did break through the barrier, he did go in the back door, and he did completely rock the Zerg player's main base. Those sunken colonies the Zerg player build at the choke point were completely useless. The student said he has used this same strategy a lot on this map, and it's been very successful overall.
There were other presentations, but because too many students waited until this last day to present, they went over the usual time allotted for the class. I was not able to stay through all of them, so that's all I have for you.
Thanks to Professor Alan "Nimue" Feng for doing all the work of setting up and teaching this class. I hear that it's been approved again for next semester and that next time it will cover a mix of StarCraft and Street Fighter to show the interesting commonalities of strategy in different genres. Ok I didn't so much hear that as make it up, but the part about the class being approved next semester is true. I hope you enjoyed this extended coverage of the class.


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As I stated in my 2015 Year In Review post, for the next little while I'm going to steer clear of "commitment dates" for my blog and podcast posts, to give me more flexibility as I progress a new project that will be unveiled after Earster.
Here are some of the posts I have planned in the coming months – sorry Opera Fans, nothing slated here for OTF on OperaLively.
- I am planning a two—part series where I will program all four of Brahms' chamber works for clarinet – the two sonatas for clarinet and piano, the clarinet trio and the clarinet quintet. The sonatas and trio are part of a Once Upon the Internet post, and the quintet is programmed as part of a montage on clarinet quintets (along with quintets by Weber and Coleridge-Taylor). (PTB and NEW PODCAST)
- Segue from the trio combination proposed by Brahms, a look at the "Jazz Trio" (piano/bass/drums) in both a jazz-swing setting (with the Oscar Peterson Trio) and the "Play Bach" experiment by Jacques Loussier and friends. (PTB and NEW PODCAST).
- Another segue off the quintet theme will explore a pair of piano quintets by Pierné and Schubert (NEW PODCAST).
- A pair of Tuesday Blogs will explore old MP3.COM downloads featuring solo piano music by Tchaikovsky and Chopin.
- More Vinyl's Revenge – great vintage album featuring Henryk Szeryng (Mozart violin concertos).
- A look at the Classical Symphony (NEW PODCAST)
- The Music of Lent – an organ music montage featuring Bach, Sweelinck and Buxtehude, Bach's great Mass in B Minor (NEW PODCAST and PTB)
- A short homage to Otto Klemperer – a vintage vinyl recording of two Schubert symphonies and – on Easter Sunday – Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (PTB and NEW PODCAST)
I will update this page if programming changes in the coming weeks, and also to include links to "repatriated" posts from our PTB and OTF series.
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