FYI...some communication between trainers around the country about
marketing oneself for school psychology positions.  Very timely for our
interns who are in the midst of applying and interviewing for positions!


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>Subject: Re: Student marketing
>From:    "Riley-Tillman, Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date:    Wed, March 1, 2006 10:09 am
>To:      [log in to unmask]
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>Folks,
>
>Sadly it is not just CA where Administrators seem to be only focused on
>testing...
>
>I suggest to students to present a full portfolio to prospective
>employers.  These include examples intervention oriented work.  In
>addition, I suggest that also put in their application letters
>experiences with behavioral consultation, intervention design/monitoring
>and so on.  I have tended to press for more (for example, saying that they
>have experience in using single case design) but students have been a bit
>resistant as they assume (probably correctly) that such references will
>not be helpful and you can only put so much in such letters.
>
>The idea for a section focusing on intervention oriented experiences in
>the CV is a good one...
>
>Chris Riley-Tillman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Trainers of School Psychologists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Bill Matthew
>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:33 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Student marketing
>
>List,
>I've received several CV's lately from both intern candidates and school
>
>psych job seekers (from CA and elsewhere in the U.S.) who list on their
>CV's all the (psychometric) tests they can administer.. ...the tests run
>
>the gamut.....I have yet to see a CV that lists intervention methods in
>which the candidate is skilled or trained......no Peer Assisted Learning
>
>Strategies (PALS), no cognitive B. Mod., no behavioral consultation, no
>social skills training, no reading interventions, no brief therapy, no
>ABA or it's subareas such as token economies, discreet trial, chaining,
>shaping, etc. Nada. Granted, my sample is small, but discouraging
>nonetheless. A great marketing strategy for these students may be to  sell
>themselves as change agents rather than as psychometricians.....or  maybe
>they all want to come to CA where admins have been conditioned to  expect
>psychometry and only that.....just a thought.....
>Bill Matthew
>Bakersfield, CA
>
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