Blog Post #1 – Networking 101

Today I went to the Networking 101 career workshop. At first, I had trouble finding the room, but I was able find it after navigating through a multitude of doors. My instructor was really ‘natural’ to the point where everything she said seemed as if it was scripted and she wasn’t afraid to step out of her comfort zone to teach us how to act and not act during an job interview. She made it a rule we had to be presentable in every interview that the first impression is the most important. From there, she branched off to how much eye contact should be used, the different postures, and hand gestures. Afterwards, she paired us up with other students and made us pretend as if we were the employer and student. She also taught us icebreakers when the interview gets uncomfortable and awkward. This career class has taught me a lot about how job interviews were like in the real world and has given me a heads up for future interviews.