Career Exploration blog

The Career Exploration workshop has taught me how to write a resume and how to speak professionally in front of interviewers. Writing the resume was more complicated than i had thought since there are so many different types of resumes. The material written inside the resume varies upon who the resume is for for example if your applying for a job as a doctors assistant you should put in experience related to being an assistant of something. The wrong thing to put in is your work experience in McDonald’s, Burger King, Popeyes, or KFC because these things have nothing to do with the job your applying to. These fast food jobs don’t give any experience since they are considered dead end jobs. What you should put in is your experience in assisting a teacher or a tutor since these help communication skills and leadership skills. The interview after your resume is read is the second part of the process of getting a job. If the interview goes horribly wrong it is almost guaranteed you aren’t getting the job. If you cannot answer the questions the interviewer gives you that shows that you are incapable of taking on the job. The most interesting part is that the interviewer actually has a set of questions that tests each aspect of a person within the boundaries of the job. They have a grading list and percentage, like a grade on a test. If you pass you get the job, if you fail you don’t get the job it’s that simple. There are so many things that gives someone the necessary skills to act professional, speak professional and react professional. A quick thinker that knows what he is good at and bad at is someone that people want to hire. No one wants a perfectionist nor someone who doesn’t have common sense or thinks out of the box. I had an experience once where i was interviewed. She had asked me several questions relating to the job i was applying for. The questions that i had most trouble with were the things i needed to improve on or something i thought i was not good at. Appearance, the way you speak, the way you react, the way you sit, the way you shake someone’s hand are all factors in being successful in an interview. The Career Exploration workshop had given me many different sources and websites in which i could attend these workshops and events so that i can get an internship, a job i need in order to gain experience for my major or career in the future. There are so many different types of internships that i don’t even know which one to choose. These internships can be paid or unpaid, but of course the importance is not in how much you can make in the internship but how much you make when you get a real job after you’ve gained the experience from working in a internship program.  The workshop helped me develop a better self.