Ask The Peace Careers Coach, Peace Chronicle Newsletter Column, Fall/Winter 2017

In this edition of my column in The Peace Chronicle I focus on work-life balance and how to respond to questions about outside activities.  I write that “employers that recognize the importance of balance understand that having a healthy workforce leads to better work.” Read the entire column below. Peace Chronicle, May 2018,David J .SmithPeaceContinueContinue reading “Ask The Peace Careers Coach, Peace Chronicle Newsletter Column, Fall/Winter 2017”

Knowing Yourself is the First Step in Career Development, Visits to Centreville High School and the Fulbright Association

This week I had the chance to work with two very different groups in thinking about careers.  On Tuesday morning, I spoke to students at Centreville High School in Fairfax County, VA.  All of the students were volunteers in the school’s peer mediation program.  I was there to share with them about  careers related toContinueContinue reading “Knowing Yourself is the First Step in Career Development, Visits to Centreville High School and the Fulbright Association”

Featured Peacebuilding Group: Association for Conflict Resolution

For this week’s Featured Peacebuilding Group, I’m sharing about the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).  ACR is the largest association of conflict resolution professionals in the U.S.  I’ve been a member since the early 1990s.  Many of  the professional mediators working in the field today are members.   For newbies coming into the field, ACR isContinueContinue reading “Featured Peacebuilding Group: Association for Conflict Resolution”