On Tuesday I went to the Diversity Career Pipeline Programs Panel & Networking Event. It was held on the top floor of the New Vertical Campus Building. I found out about it from an email from the STARR Career Development Center. Once I got there, there were a lot of kids in there that were mostly freshman and most of them were wearing business clothes. Once it started each of the people up on the panel stated what each of their programs were for and when the deadlines to sign up were for. They also told us the importance of networking and how important it is to start networking earlier to have an advantage to get the jobs you want later on. They gave us two papers one with the deadlines and the other with the aim of the programs just so we wouldn’t forget. After they finished speaking they gave experiences for some students that joined their program. When they were finished talking they set up tables so you could talk to the leaders personally and ask them any questions that you had and ask if their program was right for you. I found the panel very boring because I wasn’t very interested in the programs they were talking about, I’m not really hoping to work in business later on in life. Also I don’t qualify for a lot of these things since you have to be a sophomore and up. But even though I wasn’t interested in the programs I do think it is important to have these programs so people who do want to work in business can get ahead in life.
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