I went to a workshop call “Job Search Strategies” on December 01 during the Club Hours. It’s a workshop offered by the Starr Career Development Center. Basically, this workshop taught us some important strategies to find a job. Even though I am just a freshman, I think it’s important for me to start thinking of my future earlier, which can give me a clearer goal during college.
I think some points the instructors informed to us are very important. She suggested us to be realistic and know about our interest when we are looking for a job. She also pointed out that it was much harder to find a job in this economics. Alternative, she suggested us to think more diversity, such as working outside of New York State or in another country. I think that’s true, we can’t limit ourselves within New York area.
Personal pitch is another strategy that I learn from the workshop. It is a 30-second to 2-minute long infomercial about you containing the most important and relevant information you want the listener to know. As the instructor said “We are the products in the job market, we need to let the buyers know what’s our features.” It’s necessary for us to create our own personal pitch before the interview. A good personal pitch can increase our chance to get a job. She also informed the formal social network called Linkedin for us. Unlike Facebook, it’s a formal business network. It’s an important building block for our people networking. Besides, she also taught us not to do silly things on our Facebook profile, because lots of companies would take a look at our Facebook profile when they make their decision. Even though most of us think it’s impossible, but actually they do.
Overall, this workshop is informative and helpful, even freshman can benefit from it. After this workshop, I know that actually the Starr Career Development Center offers lots of different workshops to help us, such as teaching us to write a resume, preparing us for interview, etc. I definitely need to attend those kinds of workshops more at Baruch. In college, I can’s only pay attention to my academic work.
