Career Event

This Tuesday November 21st, I went to STARR career development Internship Seminar.  Because Tuesday was following a Friday schedule I had to go to school just for this event and was not very excited about it to be quite honest I thought it was going to be very boring.  However, I am happy that I did attend I learned a lot of new information I did not know before about internships and the benefits of getting one.  For example, the guy talked about why it is beneficial to my future to get internships now while I am still figuring out exactly what I want to do with my future.  The guy mentioned that getting internships will help get a better understanding of what working in the future will be like and finding a good environment that I would like to work in.  Also, taking internships will help gateway into what you want to do in for your career.  Another point the speaker mentioned was that by taking these internships people who look to hire you in the future will see all the experience you have are more likely to hire you because of it.  Additionally, taking an internship in a certain company can lead to an actual paying job with that company.  All in all, I am glad I went to the seminar and learned many new things and reasons why I should get internships.  After attending this seminar I have started to look for internships that I could possibly get that have to do with my intended major Journalism.  FRO really helped and opened me up to new events within the school and different opportunities that I did not know about before.  With out having to do these blogs I wouldn’t of learned about the opportunities I am missing out on (like getting an internship).