STARR Career Center

The week before Thanksgiving break I visited the STARR Career Development Center to discuss possible internships, discuss my major, and work on my resume. The first step was requesting an appointment. When I met with my advisor we discussed my intended major of marketing. We looked at the different marketing tracks such as international marketing, digital marketing, and so on. I was confused on which track I wanted to go on to, as we looked into each track we discussed which classes for those requirements seemed the most appealing to me. We also discussed the pros and cons of pursuing a specific track and also pursuing the general one. A lot of misinformation was cleared up for me and got me more excited about my future major. Furthermore, we discussed the benefits of finding an internship for the summer even if I was a bit unsure about my major. I was stubborn about the idea before, but she made the important points of getting real experience for a possible major, adding to my resume, and interning for a company that would possibly hire me in the future or refer me to someone else. These points and clarity made me motivated to find opportunities to gain these experiences. Then we also talked about resumes. All of my jobs that I’ve worked were applied to with their own application and interview, I never had to hand in my own resume, therefore I never made one. I had some idea how to write a resume, but absolutely no clue on how to write a good one. I didn’t know how much to include, what was important and what wasn’t, etc. She outlined the basic format of a resume, the standard amount of bullet points, and with the job experiences I shared with her we figured out what was important to say about each one.