During the first weeks of the semester, my friend who is international students just like me went an international event with me. It was an event that welcomes the international students to study in New York. During the event, there were consular officers did a speech before the event was starting. During the speech, the consular officer’s talks about the interesting things happened to them when they first came to study abroad just like us. There are many international students came to this event, not just the students from Baruch bust also the students from other universities. The event provided the food and drinks for students. All the students wear formally. The event is helping students to network with each international students so we can help each other. I had a great time at this international education event.
Month: November 2017
Start Up Tech Fair Career Post
Today I went to the start up tech fair in the multi-purpose room in the Vertical campus. The event started off with great food and interesting companies. After I got food, I sat down to listen to what the panel had to say. Most of the panel members were founders or important people that worked for their respective start ups. Almost all of the start ups we’re based in Israel but they had expanded to New York for a new client base. The panel was very informative because they talked about advice they wished they had in college and also what it means to be an entrepreneur. One of the panel members said that for him, school was irrelevant and if you really want to succeed, you need to gain skills in business and really work hard. Hard work was one of the things that all the panel members mentioned and dedication is also very important for success. When the panel host asked them how the feeling of failure felt, they all responded in similar ways. Almost all of them said that they have the feeling of failure everyday. In order to succeed you have to accept the fact that you will fail along the way.
This event taught me a lot about what I might want to do in the future. The panel said that you have to explore different things in order to find something you are passionate about. Most of them agreed that coding is a very important skill to learn so I will try to get started with the basics. I wasn’t on planning on talking to the panel members because I didn’t have my resume but they all seemed to say that if you really want a job, you have to show your best self and make sure you act the way you say you do. 
Wall Street Careers Panel
This Thursday afternoon, I attended a Starr Career Workshop; in which a group of businessmen and women came to Baruch who currently work on wall street to discuss their backgrounds, development, and overall journey from when they were at Baruch to where they are now. This was a great experience to learn first hand advise form those who were in my shoes only a couple of years ago. They all had very unique backgrounds that showed no matter where you are from or what the circumstances might be, one can still prosper.
Darren Smith, one of the panelists started working from the age of 17 at a ups shop, delivering packages along with moving back and forth from Florida. he was a part-time student and had very little money to even attend school, yet pursued an education in finance at the age of 21 (when he came to Baruch) and now runs his own firm called Smith and Henzy that deals with financing home loans and private equity (multi-family credit bonds I believe, that meaning one of many takes he does as CEO of his company). It also really shined light upon what advantages Baruch has and what clubs helped the panelist purse their dream jobs in a very demanding and competitive field.
WST meeting
I went to an activity last week. This meeting is about those employees, who are already working in the finance fields, come to share experiences about how they get the jobs and give us some right knowledge regarding the career.
The meeting was interesting, the managers bring us some food and water. during the meeting, he told us that the job may not be the same as your major. He also pointed out that we should get more internships in the summer and try to network early. The students who are come to this meeting are trying to find the strategies that can help them find a job. although finding jobs seem far from me, it is better for me to familiar with the process early.
The meeting was not longer than 2 hours. In the end, he picked someone to help them set up a special plan for their jobs. This is a great activity.