Author: m.lembrikov

Currently, I am a Finance Major but after my experience at the Major and Minors Fair that might change. At the fair they presented all the majors and minors offered by the three Baruch schools. Mainly I was interested in MME which is Music Management and Enterprises and if I choose to change my major  I would not have to go to Zicklin and no longer need math.

Going into Baruch I was aware of two things college is rough and they have a radio club. With this knowledge on Convocation Day I waited throughout the day for the club fair to sign up for the radio club. As soon as I gave the radio club my information I left Baruch. Almost 3 months down the line I am officially part of the radio club’s Operations team and am involved in many of the events the radio club organizes.

Coming into Baruch I was under the impression that everything I would need to succeed in my future career would be in my classrooms. But on the contrary, I had realized that my classrooms would not give me one vital thing I would need. The skills too actually get the job. To fix what seemed some irrelevant at the time, my friends and I attended a Resume Workshop given by ALPFA. In this workshop I learned that three main things separate me from being able to get my prospected job and being unemployed. Those three things are: LinkedIN, a resume, and the elevator pitch.

The elevator pitch is basically sixty seconds in which you have to give your potential employer a quick summary of who you are and what you have done. In my mind it seemed easy but when we started practicing I had come to the realization that I was way in over my head. Then came the resume portion of the workshop. Again my ignorance seemed to prevail because yet again I believed it would be a walk through the park. As you can guess I was wrong. I realized some much information on my current resume could have been phrased differently or was unnecessary. Thankfully I had no idea what LinkedIN was so I listened attentively as they described how essentially it was social media for potential employers and employees without the carefree social aspect. Overall I would recommend that this workshop be attended.