Section LC01

This is the most helpful workshop i have attented so far. The big surprise was that there is an organization called STARR,  that will help us to get intership opportunities, give us directions of where to look for interships. It told us the importance of intership, which is the best way to gain work experineces, as we known that most empolyers would hire someone who has working experinece, rather than some “Newbs”. It;s also the best way to undertand the social reality. They also hand out booklets that have related informations, which are also very useful.

On Tuesday, November 10, I attended the workshop called “Internship and Goal Setting.” In my opinion, this workshop was one of the most helpful ones I have attended to. It provided us with information such as: benefits of an internship, choosing an internship target, where to look for an intership, college credit, workplace responsabilites and so much more. In the internship, a lot of information was provided about what the STARR Center at Baruch provides to students and future events nad workshops it would be helding.

On October 29th, I attended the “Basic Interviewing Techniques Workshop.” This workshop lasted from 12:50 to 2:20 PM and took place in the Vertical building. In my opinion, this workshop was very interesting. It provided us with information that would be very useful once we are in an actual interview. Topics such as: professional attire, how to develop an introduction about ourselves, specific things to mention, and so on where told to us. Also, there was a point in the workshop where they made us interact with the person next to us in order to practice our interviwing skills.  The things that were mentioned in the workshop and the information that was handed to us would deffinitely help me in my future.

It was a very helpful workshop on career exploration as most of us only have few ideas about internships. I highly recommend it to everyone. First of all, we were more definitely told what internship is. From there, we got know that internship is a termporary job that helps us gain pre-opportunity for our career experience and skills. It includes paid and unpaid internships, leadership programs and credit internships. The workshop also taught us how significant internship is to us and how the Starr Career Deveolpment Center of Baruch is going to help us go through a series of internship and pert-time job application. Moreover, we were informed how we need to prepare ourselves before the application of internship, where we need our experience of joining clubs, teams, of jobs and volunteer. we also need to ask ourselves what my tasks are while having internship as my pre-career experience. The booklet we got from the workshop is also a helpful stuff that tells us more specific information about internship which includes steps to success timeline, writing resumes and interviewing.

On October 29th, I attended the “Basic Interviewing Techniques Workshop.” In my opinion, I think this workshop was one of the most informative and useful workshop I attended. The workshop lasted for two hours. During the two hours, we were taught all the basic steps in preparing for an interview. There are many little things that people neglect for their interview. For example, appropriate attire, things you should know about the company you’re interviewing for, questions prepared, and etc. This workshop has been very helpful and I know I will refer back to the information they provided for us when I will be preparing for an interview.

I attended the “Basic Interview Techique Workshop” last Thursday. I think it’s a good start for me as a freshman to learn about these skills that are needed to prepare for an interview because I can be prepared in advance. The workshop gave informtaion about the techniques that are acquired for an interview. I learned about  how to research for the company, the proper way of dressing, the techniques used during an interview and how to write a thank you letter. These skills are essential in order to succeed in an interview and getting a job.