m.noor – First-Year Seminar FMA

Starr Career Center

I went to the Starr Career Development center for help on my resume. I have never actually written a real resume, because I have never had a job (I only turned 18 this August, so I never had to pay for myself).

This was a real issue, because insofar as I am aware, I am supposed to put down professional experience on my resume, so before I went to Starr, my entire resume had my name on it, and that was pretty much it. I did pass high school, but I haven’t passed college (yet), so even my educational section was lacking.

This meant, that to the best of my knowledge, no serious company would hire me, and I hardly wanted a job at a place such as a pizzeria. My aims in life is a bit higher than that. I was stuck.

Luckily for me, according to Starr, I could put a lot more than that into resume. Things include extracurricular (I did go to philosophy club in high school), accomplishments, professional experience, etc.

Content wise, Starr was really helpful.

People wise, it was rather nerve wracking. Mainly because everyone at the front desk looked and talked like they were bored out of their minds. Probably because they were. I can’t imagine they get much variance in their jobs. The actual teacher was nice though, so bad first impressions aside, I did enjoy it as much as I could enjoy a class on writing resume’s.

All in all, it was not a bad experience, and I would recommend Starr.

Baruch Voices

I, Allen Light, went to Baruch Voices. It was entertaining. It is now Sunday, and I only remember four of the performances, so I would say that only four were memorable.

The first person that was memorable was the Asian male that talked about biting down on ‘juicy, tender’ pop eyes chicken in a tone that made clear that he was thinking about something a good deal more lewd than that.

The second person worth mentioning was a Black female, who talked about how people tended to judge her, before getting to know her. They saw her hair, which according her took two hours to do, and decided someone who spent so long working on her hair can’t be smart. They looked at how she dressed, and decided that she was a whore who had a sugar daddy (her point, not mine). She then went onto this awe inspiring tangent about how she was not average, and that “magnificence radiated off her skin.” I found this to be quite refreshing, because everyone else was there either to do a blog post, or to get something for their resume.

The third person worth noting was a second Black female, who talked about her hair. She remarked that all the models on T.V. had straight hair, so from a young age she tried to imitate them. It was a classic coming of age story. Hated something about herself that she couldn’t change. Tried very hard to fix said defect. Grew up and realized she was perfect just the way she was. She know has curly hair. After her performance I complimented her on it.

The final person worth noting was a new friend I made before the show. Her name is Abigail. She is a Caucasian female. Her monologue was about her life in upstate New York, and how much more exciting the city is.

Investment Management Group

I went to a club meeting for IMG, also known as the Investment Management Group.

I went, less because I was actually interested, and more because my friends, Mike and Audi, were going, as well as the fact that I had to wait until 2:55 before my writing class started, so I had time.

The meet itself was interesting enough. It was hosted by a man name Zouhare Al-Baroudi.

The meeting started off rather dull, with all the members of the club introducing themselves.

I feel as though it was meant to be a way for them to build up the clubs credibility, because they all interned for a lot of impressive sounding companies, like JP Morgan, and Goldman Sachs, and a whole bunch of others.

Thing is, it took so long for them to get around that my eyes glazed over by number four.

The total number of introductions was close to sixteen if memory serves correctly.

There were six head directors, a bunch of advisers, and a few analysts.

After the boring part was over, things started getting interesting.

They started talking about what we would actually learn. They held weekend workshops, most of whom anyone could drop by, where they taught essential skills.

The one that I remember, for whatever reason, was that they were going to teach us how to use Microsoft Excel without a mouse.

Apparently, its a lot faster if you just use the keyboard.

I was considering joining, when I learnt just how much work was involved in actually being a member. It was less what I was expecting from a student club, and more like getting a job.

You had to first submit a resume, and then you had to go through an interview.

I thought about it for a while, before deciding not apply to join this year, mainly because it sounded like a lot of work for something I don’t think I want to do.

I’ve decided to attend a few workshops, and if I enjoy it, then I’ll join next year.