Day: November 17, 2009

Today, I went to a resume writing workshop. I remembered to take my resume with me, and when the presenter was talking about how we should write the resume, I was taking notes on an extra copy of my resume. The information given about how to format and write the resume was different from the format that I used, but overall there was no major differences. We learned that there was something called a Major G.P.A as opposed to an Overall G.P.A. Also, the presenter told us that we did not have to put a major on our resume.

Last Thursday, I went to another workshop, about interviewing. It was offered information on what a person should or should not say in an interview. Most of it was common sense, but some of the information I didn’t know. For instance, the speaker at the workshop told us that if an interviewer asks us about attending graduate school, we should not say that we are going to graduate school.  The reason for this is because this may make the interviewer wonder about where our priorities would lie, with our studies or with our jobs? Also, the speaker spoke about what we should wear, questions we should ask to show that we are knowledgable, etc. Overall, it was a very good workshop; it had a lot of information.

I believe it was last week, that I attended a career planning workshop that was about small talk. After I arrived, I saw that it had changed to a “Choosing your major” workshop. The workshop was about what a person should look for and be aware of when choosing a major. For example, a person shouldn’t go into a field that he/she does not like, etc. The workshop offered a lot of information, but most of it I already knew.

Is anybody done with ALL the workshops?

I went to Baruch’s Career Development Center yesterday to make an appointment for the MBTI test. FYI there is approx. three-week wait. My appointment ends up in December.