Month: December 2017

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.

I recently decided to go ahead and take a trip with a friend to Baruch’s majors and minors fair. This was a small get together where there were multiple professionals and departmental heads all together for the purpose of speaking to the students and see what careers they could make out of their majors. This fair is great for people who don’t have a direction in mind for where they want to go with their careers and college education, but also great for people who do know what kind of degree it is that they are pursuing. The majors and minors fair shows you the many, many different majors and minors that Baruch has to offer within its 3 specialized schools, and what kind of career you can create out of those degrees. For myself, I knew that I wanted an accounting degree, but I was a little unsure of what specific career would come out of obtaining such a degree, and what the differences were between the different kinds of jobs I could apply for with this degree in my credentials. Thanks to the career fair, I got to see the different kinds of jobs I could get with my soon to be obtained degree, what kind of positions I could obtain with it, and the courses I would have to take in order to fulfill the requirements for that degree while I am here at Baruch.  I also got to search around for what kind of minor I would end up taking as well. Because of the fair, I was able to find many different minors that I could take, and even some that I could take that would actually help and relate to my major, enhancing the education I would be getting here so that I would be better equipped once I entered the work force. Thanks to this fair, my career path became more clear and I have a better understanding of what to do during my time here at Baruch.