PCDN’s Career Series: To Switch or Not Switch Careers, 7/18

By: David J. Smith, July 18, 2017 If you are contemplating making a major career switch, this piece by PCDN’s Jordan Koletic is worth a read first.  An important observation she makes: “Bottom line is this: you will NOT love every job you will have nor will you love the industry you’re initially hired in.”ContinueContinue reading “PCDN’s Career Series: To Switch or Not Switch Careers, 7/18”

Review of “Peace Jobs” in ACResolution, Spring 2017

By: David J. Smith, June 22, 2017 I was pleased to have my book Peace Jobs: A Student’s Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace (Information Age Publishing 2016) reviewed by Dr. Barbara Sunderland Manousso in ACResolution, Spring 2017. Comments from the review include: For the entire review, go here (and go to page 31)

Ask The Peace Coach, Peace Chronicle Newsletter Column, Spring/Fall 2017

By: David J. Smith, June 15, 2017 I have started writing a column in the Peace and Justice  Studies Association’s  Peace Chronicle.   My piece will focus on careers for students in the peace and conflict fields. Below is my first column.  If you distribute, please make sure to give credit to the Peace andContinueContinue reading “Ask The Peace Coach, Peace Chronicle Newsletter Column, Spring/Fall 2017”