For this week’s blog post I attended a Starr Career Development Center workshop. During the internship seminar workshop, I was surprised to have learned so much. What amazed me was Baruch’s wide variety of tools and consoles to help each of us when in need for job search. The speaker, Michael Kalish, guided us through Baruch’s special career services center called Starr Search. This program is filled with jobs and internship opportunities that are only a click away. Every job and internship posted goes through Baruch’s special team to ensure that every listing is legit and beneficial to students. Not only does Baruch have a cool way to search for job and internship opportunities, our school also has a counseling center to help students prepare for interviews and resume building. I was so shocked at a number of unities our school has to offer! The Starr Search is something that I look forward to using in the future!

While job searching was part of this workshop, the main focus of this workshop was about internships. The speaker spoke about what to expect through an internship. He told us how to receive credit for internships and how to differentiate from a legit to a fake. I was happy to learn that students would be able to receive school credit from doing an internship; even if it is paid. This would be helpful in the future since I wouldn’t need to take as many credit classes that are nonrelated to my major.

Overall, I was happy to have attended an Internship Seminar. I was able to learn a lot about our school and about interning. Baruch seriously has so many helpful events, activities, and facilities that I can’t wait to continue to explore in the next few years.