Section BPR2C

Career Exploitation

October 20, 2009

I attended the SEO Intership on tuesday in hopes of trying to narrrow down a career path.  SEO offers interships for students looking to advance in the finace field. Also, they provided a list of do’s and don’ts in terms of dressing, resume applications, facebook profiles, etiquette, ethics.  The program is merit based, also they offer many fields such as securites, asset management, GLC leadership program.   Asset Management would be a field that I work in because your responsiblity lies updating the comapnies stock as well as indicating their capital to investors.  Attending the SEO internship was very informative and I learned a plethora of information in regards to the finance field, SEO program, and network with a few of the alumnis.

On October 29 I went to the Basic Interviewing Techniques Workshop in the NVC building room 1-107.  The workshop was about some fundamental steps to take in order to increase chances of obtaining a job. There are a lot of things needed to prepare for an interview. I realized that there were lots of things need to be prepared well before the interview. Those things included  researching the corporation, reviewing the resume, practicing answering potential interview questions and so on. During the presentation, she showed what we should  do and not do during an interview. For example, how to properly shake an interviewers hand and how not to. According to her, this was the most important part of the interview,the non-vocal communication which would have 68% success of getting the job. In addition, managing anxiety and proper business attire was also another important factor.  Since I never had a job before, i have a better understanding of how to increase my chances of doing well in an interview.

I think this workshop was Great! I’m so eager to start interning now. The speaker gave us a wealth of information about interning, goal setting and even some community service tasks. I’m still undecided about the exact career path I want to take when i’m done school, but i’m pretty sure interning will help me to make a good choice. The presenter was very engaging and allowed the students to participate in the discussion. It started on time and finished a little early (thank God). I thought 2 hrs for a workshop was pushing it. I give this one a (9 out of 10) for its content and for giving us a free guide for internships.

This workshop was AWESOME, even though it was long, it was power packed with tons of information that I know will help me in the future. I plan to take a few internships in my college career because I know that they will really good on my resume and that experience is always good! Knowing that I can have so much help to obtain an internship is a pleasant thought. Even though having an internship is something of the future, its not terrible to prepare! Although I wasn’t happy when we had to go to the other workshops to have the help she provides for resumes and interview skills. I would like to have that option sometime in the future but I dont know if I can make the other workshops. Either way this was an enlightening experience and I do hope I can find time to visit the Starr center!

On October 22nd, I attended a career exploration workshop about internships and goal setting. The woman who presented the workshop is the internship coordinator here at Baruch. She had a wealth of information about how to network, work on a resume and ultimately get an internship. We were given manuals with important information and basically began deciding what kind of internship we may want to pursue and what we hope to get out of the experience. For me, it was hard to answer these questions because I’m not even sure what I want to major in. Luckily, most internships are recommended for juniors and seniors who are looking for full time jobs after graduation.