[nabs-l] 10 Best Tips for High School Students

[Beth]

I've got a tip for high school students: please make sure that your
social skills are up.  I know this because let's face it, I don't
beleve that you should go anywhere without social readiness, so taking
a social skills course in high school wouldn't hurt.
Beth

On 10/25/08, T. Joseph Carter <tjosephcarter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll add another:  Take notes regarding your meetings in whatever form you
> need to.  After a meeting, send back an email to the person you met with
> and thank them for meeting with you.  Even if it's someone you can't stand
> and the meeting was hostile, do this.
>
> Also include a summary of what was talked about in the meeting with your
> thank-you.  Send yourself a carbon copy of these things and file them
> away.  If you interpret something wrong in the meeting, this gives the
> person you met with a chance to clarify.  If the meeting was less
> friendly, it gives the other person a chance to change what they are
> saying now that it's written down somewhere.  File responses you get to
> those messages as well.
>
> If it sounds like I'm saying to be paranoid, I'm not.  Generally, when
> things go well--and we hope that they do--this is polite and it gives
> people reminders of things they might otherwise forget.  It's a good
> thing, and it makes everything much more efficient.  It only starts to
> bother people if things get ugly and suddenly you have a written record of
> how ugly.
>
> Develop this professional habit early and make it a standard practice for
> the rest of your life.  It really is handy, and I don't mean in case you
> need to call someone a liar, either.  It puts the important details in
> electronic form, and makes it easily accessible to search algorithms.
> You'll be the one person in the room who can figure out what the sales
> figures were three years ago without going to find the archives somewhere,
> and in most companies, that's the kind of organization that gets people
> promoted.  This leads to higher salary and more than compensates for the
> extra hard drives you'll have to buy to save all that email and back it up
> regularly.  *grin*
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:39:37PM -0400, Liz Bottner wrote:
>> The one thing I can think of off the top of my head is learn to advocate
>> for
>> yourself and by yourself. If students start to do this in high school,
>> when
>> they get to college it won't be as big of a shock, at least I wouldn't
>> think. Even if it's starting out small, anything is better than nothing.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> email: liz.bottner at gmail.com Visit my livejournal:
>> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
>>
>>
>>
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