Section LC21

Date attended: October 29

At first I was anxious and a bit excited to attend this workshop, not because it fulfilled the career exploration requirement at Baruch, but because I really need tips on how to do a good interview, that’s one thing I’m really nervous about when it comes to landing a job, and I’m sure this applies to almost everyone.

When I got there, I saw that the room was packed, so Eleanore, Joann, and I grabbed extra chairs and sat in the back. Once the presentation started I was bored already. We were all hoping that it would not take up what was remaining of the time left in our break, but to our misfortune it did. The lady (I forgot her name) talked about the importance of each of us having a personal pitch–which is basically a 30-second to 2-minute mini-speech that you give in which you “sell yourself,” or tell the interviewer about your strengths and accomplishments, and why you’re the best candidate for the job.

We were each given a sheet which we had to fill out to help make our personal pitch, and then we had to practice it with the person (in my case it was four of us: Samuel, Eleanore, Joann, and myself) sitting next to us. We didn’t get very far because most of us had close to nothing written on our papers–simply because we didn’t have many personal accomplishments, and of course we wanted to just get the workshop over with, get our passports signed, and get out of there.

After giving our personal pitch and receiving feedback from our peers, the rest of the workshop basically consisted of us sitting and listening to the rest of the presentation, which obviously made a lot of us restless. We learned about proper interview attire, mock interviews at the Starr Career Development Center, what companies look for in a potential employee, among many other things. Yes it’s scary–a lot of things comprise a interview, but the most important thing to remember for a successful interview is to be prepared.

Overall the workshop was pretty long and seemed to drag on, but it was pretty helpful in giving insight on how to have a good interview.

On Thursday, I went to the workshop for basic interview skills.  The multi-purpose room was full and I had to sit on the table until someone take out the extra chairs.  It seems that every time, I go to a workshop, it is always crowded.  I think the workshop is very useful.  I learned a lot from the workshop and they gave us a package filled with useful information.  One of the best information that I received from the workshop was the one about looking between the eyebrows instead of the eyes.  I do not like staring at someone eyes for a long period of time, I get nervous and shy, so I found the tip really useful.

So I went to the workshop to fulfill career exploration and I learned some helpful tips. I was actually well aware of the material covered because I’ve prepared for an interview before. The packet that I received had a bunch of useful information such as what questions I should be ready to answer and “power verbs” to use in an interview. I can’t lie but I did almost fall asleep during a small 10 minute interval. The speaker knew what she was saying and all but I just thought there was a lack of that interesting atmosphere (Or it could be just me bored out of my mind). I wished it was shorter because I didn’t eat anything until after the workshop which was considered my first meal of the day. I’m pretty sure most of the students there felt the same way. So yeah, that seems to be my response on it and I should probably sleep right now… 2:57 AM…

Thu, October 29, 12:50pm – 2:20pm

I thought this workshop was very informative.  A booklet was also handed out to go with the presentation ( but I’m not sure if it is the same booklet from the other workshop earlier). The packet included information on personal pitch, company researching, proper attire, and interviewing tips. I liked that there was a power point presentation to go with what she was saying. And the fact that there was some interaction between the speaker and the audience made it easier to sit through the workshop without losing interest. Overall, I liked this workshop more than I thought I would, it was informative and not boring at the same time. I would definitely recommend other students to attend, especially if they want to improve their performance in interviews.

So…

On Thursday, I went to the Career Exploration workshop with a group of friends.  The workshop was pretty boring and the presenter of the workshop was really mean.  But in the end, the workshop provided some pretty useful information such as writing a resume and where to look for an internship.   The presenter told us about a Baruch site called STARR Search which allows us to find jobs and internships.  I recently went onto the site(literally like 5 minutes ago) and found some interesting jobs and internships but I think I’m unqualified for most of them.  The workshop also gave us a booklet with some handy information in it.