What A Senior Consultant At Scoot Education Wishes They Had Known Before Entering The Education Industry
Adan, a Senior Consultant at Scoot Education, learned that the education consulting world demands significant flexibility and availability outside of typical business hours, unlike previous roles where completing work within a set timeframe sufficed. The unpredictable nature of requests, such as "teachers request[ing] time off at three in the morning," necessitates a readiness to work "from six to nine," impacting work-life balance more than initially anticipated.
Industry Realities, Workplace Challenges, Time Management, Work-Life Balance, Adaptability
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Adan Juarez Cordova
Senior Consultant
Scoot Education
University of Pennsylvania
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Economics, Philosophy
Education
Consulting
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Immigrant, Worked 20+ Hours in School, LGBTQ, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. The education consulting field demands flexibility and availability outside of typical 9-to-5 working hours, often requiring responsiveness to urgent requests from schools at unconventional times.
2. The role necessitates adaptability to changing schedules and demands, sometimes involving working evenings or early mornings to accommodate school needs and staff availability.
3. Balancing personal time with professional demands can be challenging in this field, requiring careful consideration of work-life integration before committing to a role.
Transcript
What have you learned about this role as a senior consultant in the education world that you wish someone had told you before entering this industry?
I wish someone had told me that teachers request time off at three in the morning. People are calling out of work at the most random hours; it's not an eight-to-five job.
This means consultants essentially have to be working from six to nine. Not everybody works from six to nine. Obviously, we have folks who are up at six and doing the work then, people who are carrying the weight in the middle of the day, and then folks who are carrying the weight into the late evening.
It's definitely spread out fairly equitably, but I wish I had thought about that a little more carefully before taking on this role. Having to do a phone call like that is not the most exciting; it's hard, I guess, is what I'm trying to say.
I'm coming from a world where, as long as I get my work done, it doesn't really matter when I get my work done. So if today that means I'm giving my all from nine to twelve and then I'm off living my best life, that's okay because I know I got my work done.
Versus here, in order to be the most available to our schools, you really have to be working within certain hours. I just really wish someone had told me that before taking on this role.