Impression Management

This workshop was informative but they were just going over things about common sense. It wasn’t new information that most of us didn’t know. When meeting people, how do they view you? These points go for anyone. How articulate your speech is, how eloquent it is, your confidence, how you are dressed and other attributes that are quite similar to the ones that we judge people outside of the working environment.  The room was quite friendly. We had a guy that kept cracking jokes which certainly lightened up the room. The speaker was addressing issues, like spending alot of time on your blackberry, slouching, sleeping which can cause problems in working as many of us were doing so at the moment – I found that quite humorous. Other than that, she gave out pretty good information; however, I feel that most of us knew the points she was trying to make already. I’m not saying that the Starr Career Development Center is not helpful, they certainly are. I’ve been to other workshops and events such as the advanced interviewing workshop , I think that might have been with Theresa Conway, and the other corporate events they provide. They definitely provide many events that enhances the business related knowledge to the student body and provide many opportunties to students to gain a little more experience but this workshop was not one of my favorites.