Author: j.zheng23

Back in October I went to a career workshop: Target corporation on interview prep. At the workshop, I learned the basics about interviews and how to prepare for them. The preparation includes doing research about the company, practicing what you are going to say in the interview, and making sure that the resume is perfected; also, during the interview, it’s important to appear confident and show interest in the company. The main point is that you have to sell yourself by advertising your achievements and sharing your stories. The workshop gave me an idea of what to expect from interviews. I would say that the career workshop was the hardest one to do because it makes me think and plan for the future. Back in high school, students mostly focused on school work and grades and less on career planning. Now that I’m in college, career is becoming more important.  Even though I’m still a Freshman and don’t have much experience, I think attending the workshops is a good start. 

• Jessica Zheng (FRO BRB)

I went to a writing workshop for reading strategically under the academic category for my second blog. I thought this workshop would be helpful because there is a lot of reading to do in all my classes, and sometimes it can be hard to manage, so I signed up for it on the writing center website. At the workshop, I learned how to read for a purpose whether it’s to summarize the passage as a goal, or to look for evidence for a certain claim. With the purpose in mind, there are different strategies that can be employed to do some efficient reading such as scanning, skimming, and skipping around the article. There will be times when you don’t have to read the whole thing to achieve the purpose. Another strategy I learned was that you can learn about what you are reading before reading it by looking at the title, cover, author, publisher, date of publication, and reviews. This will give you an idea of what to expect when reading; there can be certain a bias the author has that is good to keep in mind. Overall, the workshop was really informative and concise; you get fed a lot of useful info in a short amount time.

-Jessica Zheng (FRO BRB)