Category Archives: Career Exploration
Basic Interviewing Skills
On November 12th, 2009 I attended the basic interviewing skills workshop. The goal of the workshop was to teach us how to properly prepare for and conduct a successful interview. The speaker was an advisor from Baruch’s STARR Center. She had personal experience with conducting interviews and … Continue reading
Job Fair Prep
On November 19, I attended a workshop called Job Fair Prep. The annual job fair at Baruch was going to occur the following day, so this was the purpose for holding a job fair prep. There were a variety of … Continue reading
Job Fair Prep
On November 19, 2009 I attended the career workshop called Job Fair Prep in the William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus. It was held on the first floor of the multi-purpose room. The workshop was supposed to begin at 12.30 … Continue reading
Impression Management
On November 24th I attended my favorite workshop, which was about impression management. This was without a doubt the most interesting workshop I attended because unlike most of the other workshops the speaker kept the audience involved throughout almost the … Continue reading
Job Fair Prep
On Thursday November 19, I attended a workshop which was designed to prepare students for Job Fairs. The workshop had many students, not only freshmen. It featured two people from Verizon that specialize in recruiting and interviewing people for jobs … Continue reading
Pursuing your Passion: Choosing a Major & Career
On Wednesday 11/18/09, I attended my final workshop which was the Pursuing your Passion: Choosing a Major & Career workshop hosted by the Starr Career Development Center in VC 2-125 at12:50. I didn’t know about the workshop until that very … Continue reading
Impression Management
This workshop taught me the importance of making the right first impression in the real world. The speaker emphasized the importance of making goood impressions in the business world because they are key to obtaining promotions and increasing one’s network, which … Continue reading
Job Fair Prep
On Thursday, November 19, I went to a career exploration workshop called Job Fair Prep, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM. When I got to the first floor multipurpose room, there was line of people waiting to sign in and be … Continue reading
Basic Interviewing
On November 12th, 2009 I attended a Career workshop that taught the students what to look for when trying to accomplish a interview. The speaker was an advisor from the STARR center within Baruch and gave us personal experience on … Continue reading
Internship and Goal Setting
I attended a workshop on Career Planning located on the Vertical Campus building in room 1-107 on October 22 from 12:30-2:00. The speaker introduced herself as the internship coordinator for Baruch College and passed out Undergraduate Internship Manual booklets. She informed us … Continue reading