November 2017 – Page 3 – Freshman Seminar Fall 17 FRB

Resume Workshop

On Thursday, November 2nd, I attend a resume workshop at the Starr Career Development Center. One of the most important things in order to get a job is to write an resume, which includes your education, experiences, skills, and contact information. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to improve and perfect on my existing resume that I’ve written in high school. I’ve had experience in writing resumes, so I somewhat knew what to expect when entering this workshop.

There were many points to an resume that the instructor told us about.One of the most important things is writing the resume in the correct format. If your resume is not even in the correct format, the company might not even take the time to read it and throw it our immediately, just because it is considered “unprofessional.” There were certain fonts, font sizes and margins that were appropriate to be used in a resume. She also mentioned that one’s resume should not go over a page and that the experiences and events we list need to go in chronological order. In addition, she also said that depending on the field we plan on going into, the different sections of a resume can be rearranged in different order if, for example, the skills session is more important than the experiences, the skills can be listed first before your experiences and awards. We also learned how to write the bullet points needed under each experience.

Overall, this was a good informational session on learning how to write resumes and the overall format. This workshop helped me improve on my skills in resume writing. Even if my resume is not up to par, I could always go and visit to the Starr Career Development Center, and they would help me edit and revise my resume before I send it into an job or internship i want to apply for.

Attending a workshop

Resume. One of the most stressful paper but the most necessary paper in order to get a job. Starting from high school, teachers and fellow students always emphasized how important a resume and cover letter are in life. My resume will be the first impression to an employer, which will determine if I will be eligible for an interview or not. Even though I kind of learned how to write a resume in my English class in senior year of high school, I was not so sure about how to write a professional and perfect resume. Then, I received an email from the STARR career development center about the workshop about “writing winning resumes.” I immediately made a reservation on STARR website since I thought this workshop was what I needed.

The workshop was supposed to start at 12:30. However, the instructor/advisor came into the room at 12:54. I was little bit cranky at that moment because it was after I took my history midterm. Anyway, the instructor began the workshop with the powerpoint she made. She emphasized how important the format of the resume was. She told us how most resumes are in chronological order and resumes must be one page. She also pointed out that Computer Information System majors should have a more formal resume style, which was the information I needed. With various examples of different kinds of resumes, I started to get a sense of what I need and don’t need in my resume.

⬅︎ me after waiting 30 minutes

Through this workshop, I was not as worried as before about my resume. I realized I could always make an appointment with STARR center to revise my resume. I am planning to attend more workshops that Starr Career Development Center provides before it’s too late for me to get an internship place.

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Freshman 15 Career Workshop

I went to the Freshman 15 event held by the Starr Career Development Center on October 18. I was made aware of it by a friend during English class and was convinced to check it out before I went home. It was held in the second floor lobby, in the form of a small booth.

At first, I was a bit shy to go and start a conversation, but one of the sophmore’s from the booth approached and started the conversation. He explained how there were some internships that could be applied for even as a freshman. He handed out some papers that went into greater detail on what internships were available. He also took the time to talk about some of his experiences.

He went on to stress the difficulties of trying to get an internship and how it was important to start early in the search for one. He explained how some people would wait until their junior year to even begin looking for one and how that was late to start. Because of the difficulty in trying to land an internship, starting late meant a risk of not being able to get one at all.

Overall, the event was informative, and I am glad to have had the opportunity to attend it.

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Blog #3 Career Workshop

On October 18, a Wednesday, I went to the Freshman 15 with Starr Career Development Center. I did not know this event was even going on until my friend informed me about this flyer she received. The event was a 15 minute one on one information session on internships in Baruch. It seemed like a really good event to go to as it was forwarded towards Freshman. The timing was also perfect as I could go right after my English class has ended.

The event was just a simple table in the main lobby with workers talking one on one with participants. Although it was so simple, having a one on one conversation allowed it to be really informative. The worker, a sophomore student, gave us papers filled with information regarding internships during the summer. On these papers it had information regarding internships with The Big 4. Not only did it have information about the internships for the summer of freshman year, it also included sophomore and junior year. The paper have everything I would need, including how to apply for these internships.

He also gave us insight of when he went into a summer internship recently. Although it wasn’t an actual internship, and was more of a getting to know the business and him, he still talked about how necessary it was to go to. It allows you start a relationship with the businesses early and be recognized. He talked about the importance of going to internships early as many students would wait till junior year. Getting into these internships would not be easy as there would be at least 1, sometimes 2 interview processes to go through.

The Freshman 15 event was really informative for the short amount of time provided. It allowed me to have a good idea of the importance and difficulty of an internship.