Career Exploration – VC 3-215 | 12:30-2:30PM

I attended the workshop for internships and goal setting and to summarize it, we went over the ways in which we could get in touch with the STARR Career Development Center and how we can put ourselves in a better position to access internships or Leadership Programs. I previously did not have a clear understanding about how to get into internships and where to start, but this workshop helped me understand it a bit better. She informed us of the steps we need to take in order to prepare ourselves, which include networking through TEAM Baruch or clubs, preparing a resume and having it read over by the STARR Center, and making sure we understand what our personal status is with grades and work.

I felt that I got a lot out of this workshop like with the information on where to access internships and big recruiting companies. The booklet we received contained a detailed explanation of the process and it included examples of resumes and cover sheets. I would recommend this workshop to others because in order to schedule an appointment to see Ms. Conway, the internship adviser, you’ll need to attend a workshop first. They are helpful to gain new experience in fields of interest and acts as a pipeline towards a full job. Internships are also “extended interviews” where companies can see your performance in real-time which could lead to a full-time job there.

Resume writing [Starr Career] -took place on 10/27/09 at 12:30 p.m. – was a very informative discussion of how to properly write resumes and cover letters. They gave us tips on how to present ourselves and take care of little things, like making sure our voicemail message clearly states our name so employers don’t make a mistake leaving messages to wrong people in case of a typo or other errors. It was succinct and straight to the point. They clearly knew what they were talking about that no one had any questions regarding resumes and other factors that help in getting a job. It didn’t take me out of my comfort zone because presenter was very friendly and was coherent in her speech that I didn’t need to ask any questions. I would definitely suggest everyone to attend it because resumes play an essential role in how employers view you: it becomes your face when you aren’t there to present yourself.

Career Planning Workshop
Internship Possibilities
10/22/09 12:30-2:00
Goal of the workshop was to educate students and explain to us how internships work, the different types of internships, what we need to do in order to get a good internship, etc.

I chose this workshop because I thought it would be interesting. This workshop really did not take me out of my comfort zone at all. Basically the speaker spoke to the room of freshman all about internships. She did not force you to do anything basically all you had to do was sit there and listen. If you wanted you could participate and answer questions, but she did not make it a requirement.

This workshop failed to meet my expectations because I was not taught anything new. I have already been interning for months, and I had a very good undertsanding of what internships are all about. However, I would recommend this to a student that is unaware.

I really don’t mean to be pessimistic, but I really did not learn anything from this workshop.  In fact it actually was counter-productive because I had to miss 2 hours of interning to attend the workshop!

This workshop was meant to gi s information about different internships, explain to us howo pobtain one, where to look and where to find one.  It also explained how to set goals for our future at Baruch and the workfield.

I selected this workshop because come my sophomore year I will hve obtained an internship and so the information did pply to me.  It did not take me outide my comfortzone because although it was interactive, i did not have to go onto stage or stan up or anything like that.

Thia met my expectations in that I learned a lot of vluable information that will most definately be of good use to me come next year! Something that I learned at the workshop was that we can obtain credit for an intership but only during our junior and senior years.  I would definately recommend this workshop to other people.