Freshman Seminar Fall 17 EWA

Recently i was able to attend a Jewelry and watch show as an intern. My dad is in the jewelry business so i thought it would be interesting to go to a show and see how people buy and sell to each other. It was cool to see all the different times of diamonds and gems and all their sizes and colors. I spent most of the time walking around the booths and examining different types of gemstones. Everyone had a different way of approaching a booth in order to sell their stones, which seemed amusing to me. from the naked eye many people were able to tell wether or not a diamond was worth buying, and that knowledge probably took years of practice. While i don’t know if i will be entering the jewelry business in the future, they show was very interesting and I did learn a lot.

 

I went to the Resume and Cover Letter Writing Workshop, where I scheduled an appointment to work on my resume. Previously, I made a resume for Baruch, but I did not spend much time on it, and realized I needed to make a professional one. A fellow Baruch sophomore helped me work on my resume, and gave very creative ways to make what sounded plain to me, very profound. He gave me tips that he used on his own resume, and I learned a lot from the workshop. After the workshop, I have a near-complete resume, and lots of information I didn’t know before.

1. So on October 13th, I visited the MoMa with my friend Justin to go and check out an exhibit called “Items: Is Fashion Modern?” by Paola Antonelli and Michelle Miller Fisher. It was really nice to see an exhibit about the history of because I am very interested in fashion and it was interesting to learn how fashion came to be and the different forms of fashion in different eras. Fashion is something that is so important to culture and the history of human society. I even saw the red Moncler jacket that Drake wore in the music video “Hotline Bling”. I also saw the different articles of clothing that people wore back in the 70s and 80s and it was really interesting. I wanted to get inspiration from the exhibit as to what I could wear or create, because I like to draw. Other than that the MoMa was really packed with international tourists and the typical Chinese people who wear fanny packs and carry around selfie sticks. All in all, the MoMa was OK but it was too crowded with tourists. Here are some pictures of the things that I thought stood out from the exhibit.

 

I attended the Technology fair sponsored by Tamid at Baruch and the Baruch Hillel. It was a unique opportunity to hear from Israeli entrepreneurs on a range of topics from sports to software. I learned a lot about the necessary the qualities and characteristics of somebody trying to start a company. Each day you have a roller coaster of emotions, and part of being an entrepreneur is dealing with those emotions, and trying to be positive and gritty to overcome the challenges each day poses. I’m glad I was able to hear from these professionals!

A few weeks ago I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my family.  It was really cool to be able to go to the museum after having learned about some of the things that I was actually seeing, I knew some of the history of the artifacts and some of the stories behind them and it was really cool to be able to share that with my family and to be able to further my education by really seeing the objects from Art History come to life.  Like there was a Geometric Krater in the museum and I was really able to understand where the designs came from and what it all meant.

Recently, one of my high school teachers invited me and other former students of hers to join her current students on a trip to Google. Of course, I didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity. When we got there, I got to talk to some of the workers and they were extremely nice. The employees went around the room and introduced themselves and told us what each of them do. They told us the opportunities we had to work there and that we should start thinking about our future career. Later, they divided us into groups and took us on a tour around the office. Although I wasn’t really interested in working at Google, they showed me what it was like to work in such a friendly and nice environment and I hope someday I get to experience that myself.

Two weeks ago, I attended a career workshop through Starr with my friend Tiffany. In this career workshop, the instructor told shared her personal experiences with interviews and how we could also benefit from following the packet that was given to us. During the workshop, the students were given a packet which was an extensive guideline of what an interviewer should do before, during, and after the interview is over. It included aspects like what to wear during an interview, what questions to prepare for, and what to do after.

One major thing that I learned from the workshop is the importance of knowing how to characterize yourself. The packet included extensive adjectives that a candidate can use to characterize him or herself, like communicative, to showcase why this person would be a good fit for the position. I also learned the importance of sending a thank you email after having an interview because it shows that the candidate really wants the position.

I am grateful that Baruch offers workshops like this to its students and I know that I will be able to utilize the things I learned that day for my future interviews.

Two weeks ago I attended a resume building workshop with my friends to prepare for real world experiences. It was interesting to see how what I wrote on my previous resume sounded much more professional when the professor helping me changed a few words around. Making small tasks like working with a register sound important is hard, but with the help of the people around me and the professor, I ended up going home with an amazing resume. One example of making small tasks sound important is changing “worked with a register” to “utilize POS system to perform monetary transactions in regards to cash/debit/credit.”