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Advancing Your Career in Higher Education Administration HACU, October 6, 2019 Presenter: Richard A. Wueste Executive Search Consultant AGB Search richard.wueste@agbsearch.com BRIDGING THE GAP: WHY NOT US? The New Leadership Skillset


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Advancing Your Career in Higher Education Administration

HACU, October 6, 2019 Presenter: Richard A. Wueste Executive Search Consultant AGB Search richard.wueste@agbsearch.com

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BRIDGING THE GAP: WHY NOT US?

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The New Leadership Skillset

Diversity and Access Entrepreneurship

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The New Leadership Skillset

Adult Learners Online Learning

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The New Leadership Skillset

Financial Acumen Fundraising Skills

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The New Leadership Skillset

Enrollment Management

  • Traditional Students, Minorities, Adult

Learners

  • Big Data
  • Partnerships between Curriculum

Development, Finance and Marketing

Crisis Management / Public Relations / Social Media

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Relevant Issues and Trends

The Gap Between What Colleges, Parents and Students Think Education Is Students as Consumers / Education as a Commodity Tuition Dependence and Discounting “Free” College

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Relevant Issues and Trends

Diversity Collegiate Sports Violence on Campus / Guns on Campus Expanded Governmental Meddling: Budgets, Tuition, Free Speech

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Relevant Issues and Trends

Donations with Strings Attached The Future of the Humanities

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BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE

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Becoming An Effective Candidate

Navigating an Excruciatingly Random Process

  • The insanity of the search

committee

  • Unions and Shared

Governance

  • Sunshine Laws
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Becoming An Effective Candidate Understanding the Role of Search Firms

  • The Limitations of Internal

HR

  • Multiple approaches
  • They don’t work for you
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Becoming An Effective Candidate

Becoming an Expert in the Job You Seek

  • Ditch the generic cover letter
  • Consider redoing you CV/

Resume

  • Do your homework
  • Be certain you want this job – as
  • pposed to wanting a promotion
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Becoming An Effective Candidate

Framing Your Candidacy

  • A Relevant Letter of Interest
  • A Navigable CV/Resume
  • Relevant References
  • An Impressed Search Agent
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Becoming An Effective Candidate

Resiliency

  • Nevertheless You

Persisted!

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Questions?

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Thank You