Career Fair

In freshman seminar last week, I became aware that there was a career fair the upcoming Friday fro 12-4. I usually work all day on Fridays, but I have a lunch break from 12:30-1:30, so I decided to go then. When 12:30 came around on Friday, I rushed to the 4/5 stop at Wall street to take the next uptown train. When I arrived to Baruch, I quickly walk down the two flights os stairs and arrived at the fair! I knew I did not have much time to waste, so I was moving as fast as possible. Getting into the fair was not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I first had to go to the sign in desk to sign in and supposedly give my resume. Unfortunately, I was not aware that I was supposed to bring my resume, but luckily they let me past and told me to bring it next time. Even if I did, I was not there to seriously look for a job anyway. I remember someone saying that you had to wear formal attire to the event, and I thought that the nice slacks, dress shirt, and dress shoes that I wear everyday to work would be adequate. Apparently not. They would not even let me into the door until I gave them my CUNY card to rent out a suit jacket. Remind you, I’m still in a rush to get back to work and wanted to actually have some time in the event to look around and possibly talk to employers. I find a jacket in my size and that matches my pants and rush away as some lady is asking me if I also wanted a tie. Finally, I was in! Not long after I entered, I started to notice a trend. Every table I went to was for an accounting firm! I went up to this one table with a prize wheel and confirmed my hypothesis. The whole event was for accountants. Considering I’m a  real estate major, there was nothing for me to do there, so I spun the prize wheel, got a free highlighter, and went back to work.