Section BKM5A

So last thurday i went to the pre-job convention workshop. Basically, i only went because i needed one more workshop and this centered around what job representatives will be available in the convention. It was WAY too long… full 2 hours with no food. It started off interesting because we were told how to act during an interview, and how to do an elevator speech, but after you go to 5 workshops, most of this information is recycled and useless.

The worst part was when they opened up the Q/A, people kept raising thier hands to just hear themselves talk, asking questions like ” What should we wear to an interview.” — Valid question, but when they give you a 20 page packet with step by step guidelines of what to do and what not to do, you are just wasting everyone’s time.

All in all, i wouldnt recommend this workshop to anyone not going to the job convention the next day.

So me and Derrick were bored and decided to check out this Anit-Stress Event that the Psi Chi International Honor Society put together. I thought it was suppose to be boring and someone gives you a speech on how to manage school and work and blah blah. Suprisingly that wasn’t the case. People were playing video games and getting massages!!! I was just like wow. I didn’t get a massage because I didn’t want some stranger rubbing up on me.

It was really cool though people were mingling and laughing and all that good stuff. The thing was that there were tables set up that told students different ways to deal with the stress of school and life, you know. Me and Derrick stopped at this one table….big mistake. I know she was talking about the method of meditating but it was just wierd. You know how in Charlie Brown you don’t know what the adults are saying, well it was sort of like that. We still signed her sheet so we could get more information anyway.

So yeah… we played some games, we didn’t really talk to people though. Got this cool little paper that tells me all kinds of information it even has an area for me to bang my head on. (This is evidence that I am keeping) All together it was a pretty interesting event. I’m glad I went because right now, man I need to learn how to get my life together.

I recently went to a workshop about resume planning for future jobs. Although I didn’t find it too interesting, I found it very useful. They explained everything needed for a resume and got me thinking..I really need to join a club or something soon.. =/

so earlier in the year I painted a school in brooklyn with some of my freshman seminar peers. Unexpectedly I had fun. I was expecting a gruesome couple of hours, painting classrooms which I’m very bad at- may I add. But actually, it felt good to give back to the community and get to know my peers better. I found it to be a great experience and I’m glad I volunteered.