Author: a.green4

As a freshman, throughout this semester I have been advised to explore Baruch and the resources and activities it has to offer. I have heard of various resources such as the Writing Center, the SACC Tutoring Center and the Starr Career Development Center. I have found many clubs and activities to explore and I have even attended a few events and enjoyed them. However, I am a person that likes to plan ahead and I know that college is about enjoying yourself but I thought that staying focused on a career goal is more important. It is too often that I hear from people who have graduated college that can go on and on about the fun they had in college but yet they struggle to find a career that they actually enjoy. I recently took the Focus 2 Assessment, an assessment that suggests career options based on your skills, interest, personality and values. After taking this assessment, I discovered that I have so much more to explore and learn about myself while here at Baruch. The assessment gave me so many options of careers that I thought I wouldn’t be interested in. I know that I want to own my own business, but I do not know what kind of business I want to own or what kind of service it would provide. However, after taking the assessment, options such as a clinical psychologist was a suggested career and I was very surprised. I began to compare the results of my interests assessment with my values assessment and noticed that maybe a business in the medical field would be enjoyable as well as lucrative. I want to be able to help others and becoming a clinical psychologist can help people in so many ways. On my skills assessment I was suggested careers not only in business but in the entertainment sector such as a casting director. In high school  if someone would have suggested that I become a casting director I would laugh in their face. However, after taking the assessment I notice that income is not the only thing to consider when picking a career. It is important to be open-minded, because you never know where life might lead you. I was excited to see that although I am interested in business which is a pretty conventional career that consists of organization and numerical data, but I can be creative and branch out to different areas. Creating my own casting company would not only help aspiring entertainers, but the gross income is over $90,000. I would get paid to notice the talent in others. After taking the assessment, I am really excited about planning my career goals and options. I am glad I that took it because now I have a new outlook on pursuing a career after college, I have an endless amount of options.

I vistited a LexiCon meeting this Thurdsay, specifically for the marketing department. I decided to go with Sofa and Yeathasmin. I didn’t know what to expect going to this meeting but I knew we would be discussing the yearbook. I was hoping to see a past yearbook to gain some inspiration. I really liked the directors of the club. Being apart of clubs in high school was always very disorganized. Sometimes the club would be consistent in the beginning of the year and then slowly starts to fall apart after that. However, based on how the directors stressed the importance of being accountable, I feel the club will be consistent throughout the upcoming semesters. I gave my contact information and they immediately added me on Facebook, so I am able to contact them with any questions or concerns about the club. I was very interested in the marketing aspect of the club. I am excited about learning more about the club. The directors stated that the marketing clubs attends a lot of events and are in charge of the social media. They stated that they are trying to get the club to be more consistent with the social media aspect, by posting consistently and getting the student to be more involved. They stressed the importance of making sure the seniors are informed about all upcoming events such as senior portraits. This wasn’t the official general interest meeting, but I am excited for the next meeting. The next meeting will have food and drinks, and I will get a chance to learn a lot more about the club. This time I hope to sign up officially. Additionally, after the meeting, Sofa, Yeathasmin, and I all went to get free t-shirts. It was a nice to get a free t-shirt and learn about LexiCon: Marketing.

In my English class I had a first draft due Friday. We had to write an essay about a political event that impacted our personal lives. The essay was a personal essay and I was very nervous because I am not used to writing personal essays. All throughout high school I was required to write academic essays, so I was struggling with completing my draft. I decided to go to the Writing Center to seek help. I worked with an instructor and I immediately became confident about the direction of my paper once she gave me some advice. She was patient and even wrote notes for me. After our session I was glad that I decided to check out the Writing Center. I read up on their other services and uploaded my draft for additional review.  The instructor also emailed me a report of our visit and it was helpful to go over the notes we discussed. Not only does the Writing Center help you with your writing, I read on their bulletin board and website about the upcoming workshops. There were workshops on analytical reading and improving your self-editing skills. I really became interested and want to sign up to attend a workshop. Based on my experience with the one-on-one session, I really think the workshop would really improve my skills as a writer and reader. Studying business requires a lot of analytical reading and the ability to communicate that in your writing. I feel that I have found a fool-proof way of making sure I always receive a good grade on an essay or just being prepared for classes outside of English such as political science and sociology. I really like how they have a flexible schedule and I can come in anytime I don’t have class. I will be using the Writing Center all semester and beyond.