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Blog Post #3

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Out of all the clubs and events I have gone to as a Freshman at Baruch, I realized the only thing I have not attended was any career type event. I knew I would have to go to something in order to fulfill my requirement for Freshman Seminar and that’s how I ended up at South Asian Student Association(SASA). They were going over resume’s, taking head shots, and teaching students how to use LinkedIn.

I opted for the resume review and I got a lot of great tips in what seemed like less than 10 minutes. One of the seniors at the club Lav, really gave me a better insight into how to improve my resume. One of the biggest shocks that I had was when he told us that recruiters take approximately 6 seconds to read through your resume. Therefore, it is important that your resume grabs the readers attention and enables you to get hired. I think personally the most crucial piece of information was to quantify your bullet points. Every bullet should have a number and some kind of powerful/action verb. I was surprised that the easiest way to improve your resume was to add in specific details. Instead of writing “helped tutored kids” as a bullet point, a much better way to convey that same thing would be to write “assisted in teaching 50 kindergarten-high school students in Mathematics”. Something so simple can really be the difference between being considered for the position or not. Besides that, the other tips were mainly about the aesthetic appeal of the resume. It had to have the dates on the right side, contain as little white space as possible, have your name bigger than everything else, etc. All things that I wouldn’t consider to be of value, yet they can make all the difference in the recruitment process.

Lav taught me and my friends a lot about how to improve our resumes and I was very thankful for the opportunity.  I definitely look forward to attending another career orientated workshop as they do help in preparing me for my future, and especially since they come at no extra cost.

 

Blog #2: Study Abroad Fair

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About two weeks ago,  I went to Baruch’s Study Abroad Fair. I was extremely excited to go and learn more about some of the possible countries that I could be considered a foreign student at. As soon as I entered the gym, I was bombarded by students to learn more about their country and university. To my surprise, the students who were talking about the schools were native to that area. They were studying abroad here at Baruch and giving their perspective on their home school. I thought that it was so cool to hear from actual students of those universities, rather than students at Baruch who have just attended for a semester. They gave insight on what they regularly did, and the majority talked about how they loved to travel within Europe. It is much cheaper to explore different countries while in Europe since they are all connected in the union, rather than travelling back and forth between there and the United States. I learned about how cheap their social life is, and how inexpensive food is compared to here, although nothing can beat the price of a dollar pizza. I thought it was very interesting how some of the colleges still offered courses in English to help foreign students adjust. Their methods for education were very intriguing as well, as their grades are composed of just the midterm and the final. They also offer re-sits, which is an opportunity to retake an exam if they fail. The student doesn’t need to retake the course, just the test. This makes sense in that the student just needs to study harder in order to pass/get a higher grade, yet without retaking the course, everything has to be self-taught. I look forward to studying abroad next year, although I still am not 100% sure on where I want to go.

Blog #1: Student Life

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As Thursday’s club hours approached, I kept searching for something that would truly be of interest to me. With Baruch’s pause on Greek life, I looked for a club that would offer some sort of excitement. Late Wednesday night, I saw a post for the Absolute Adrenaline club in the Baruch 2021 Facebook group, and decided that this might be worth my time. I scrolled through their Facebook page, and saw countless photos of students going rock climbing, paintballing, snowboarding, and more. I knew that I had to go check out this club and see what they were all about.

On Thursday afternoon, me and a group of classmates went to their General Interest Meeting. There we met the president of the club, George, and we learned about the specifics of the club. We talked about how one of the very first events the club had was indoor laser tag, and how the new leaders wanted to revive that. We talked about the different trips and events they have scheduled, and how even during midterms and finals, club members are trying to relieve their stress by being active. One of the things that stood out to me was how closely knit the group was. The members not only participated in club events together, but they created their own plans during their free time. George was telling us how their snowboarding trip stemmed from a few members telling each other that they wanted to go snowboarding upstate and then through word of mouth, a whole group of people came. It is very important to me to make friends that are interested in similar things and I would love to meet new people who constantly want to go on new adventures and experience new things. I look forward to going to one of their club events and I hope that it will be a lot of fun.