Tag: policy

Job Sims Help Advocate for Work From Home (WFH) Policies

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Did you know we have a job sim to help you assess your org and team to help you advocate for Work From Home (WFH) Policies? Yes! What timing. As many workplaces are figuring out hybrid or not, and how to do it – check out this job sim for tips to advocate for your team.

Check out the “Mediation” job sim / Human Services job family / Humanities Job Sim Library.

You’ll go through tasks to conduct a reflection on your organization. Here’s an excerpt from the job sim:

“For this job sim, you are a business partner for an organization discussing post-pandemic work-from-home (WFH) policies. Due to the unusual circumstances of 2020 and positive news of available vaccines, your organization is revisiting pre-pandemic policies as well as considering allowing employees to continue working from home in some capacity. Mediation will be required to bring your stakeholders (employees, managers, and leadership) and their interests in this process together to build a new, well-structured plan.”

Some folks have tried it and started conversations with their managers. If you give this one a go – Good luck!

New Policy and Advocacy Job Sims!

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Exciting news! We’ve been working with science policy and advocacy professionals on a few new job sims. Check these out!

Science Policy: Develop a Course – this is based off a course for graduate students and postdocs at UCSD. It’s dynamic and helps develop a lot of skills and language in policy. If you’re interested in building a similar course at your university – definitely check this one out.

Advocacy: Power Mapping – rooted in the civil rights movement, this job sim helps you to map the players. Knowing who holds influence and in what way helps you to ask better questions, talk to a broader network and anticipate challenges. Use this one for graduate student and postdoctoral advocacy on campus, too.

Policy: Writing Legislative Science Notes – Missouri Science and Technology fellows write legislative science notes to inform congressional members. Community members write science notes to shed light and inform different types of organizations about what’s important to them. High schoolers are writing science notes to learn about science policy and how engaged citizens of all ages have the power to engage with their lawmakers.