For my last blog post, I️ attended a star career development center workshop. The workshop took place on Wednesday November 15, 2017 from 11am-12:15. First I️ had to RSVP online the night before. During the workshop, I️ learned about resume building. First, we talked about a focus 2 assessment. This assessment is free to Baruch students and can be found on the baruch website. This assesses your interest and skills and it gives you an occupation at the end. We moved on to reviewing four resumes. Some had errors and others had typos. I️ learned that just simplest typo will get your resume in the disregard pile from a hiring manager. I️ also learned to not put your GPA on your resume if it is under 3.0. The cliche resume building follows these guidelines: education, experience, skills, hobbies. I️ also learned that even though your previous job experience has nothing to do with the job you’re applying to, you should still put it down. This is because as freshmen, it is good to show that we have successfully been employed and we can articulate some skills we’ve learned from our previous jobs. I️ also learned to not put an objective section on your resume because most hiring managers don’t care much. While building your resume, it shouldn’t be too chunky. Things should be specific and straight to the point. It shouldn’t be in a paragraph form but in bullet points. At the end, I asked her if I can take a picture with her as proof that I attended, but she said no. She instead signed on the booklet she gave us.

On Wednesday, 10/11, a group of us went to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The group included Sergio, Aliou, Michael Y, and I. The train ride was interesting as there was a woman that brought her dog aboard. I was trying to get the dog to lick my hand but it never so that was a bummer. As we got off at 77th street off the 6 train we had to walk a couple blocks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Upon arrival, there was security check which we passed with ease. At first, we didn’t know what exhibit to attend so we stood there for a while. Then we realized we had to get a ticket to enter so we waited on line. For some odd reason, the wait on line was long. Why do people visit a museum on a Wednesday afternoon????? Anyways, on the Freshman Seminar book, it said that we could attend any NYC museum and if we displayed our student ID’s that it would be free admission. However, the lady that rung us up, didn’t permit free admission unless we were Columbia University’s students, so the freshman Seminar book was a lie. We ended up paying a dollar for all of us to enter. We saw this exhibit that displayed half a head. I thought it was interesting so we just ended up spending time examining it. The head is believed to represent a young god and possibly Alexander the Great. After exiting the museum, we each went our separate ways. Aliou and I ended up taking the 6 train towards downtown. Along the way to the train station, a homeless guy said to Aliou, “Where did you get Chinaman from?” We both thought it was pretty funny especially the way he said it. Aliou ended up taking the train back to Baruch to study cause he’s a studious kid and I ended up going home cause I was tired. 

My name is Kevin Zheng. Today, Thursday 9/07/16, I stopped by the accounting society club during club hours. They were located in room 3-239. I chose this club specifically because my intended major is accounting and wanted to get a head start on my career and also to see what they had to offer. I spoke to Gabby Capello. She is a senior in undergraduate Baruch college and she serves as the vice president of the club. I didn’t have a chance to talk to the other club members. Nevertheless, there was a general interest meeting the same day at 12:50 in room 5-165. During the meeting, I learned several things about the club. First of all, they have free food. On a more serious note, the club mainly hosts events with different accounting firms. They invite these accounting firms to come and give a presentation to the students about accounting in general. They offer advice and explain different accounting career paths to the students that attend. They also hosts several workshops such as personal workshops and accounting major workshops. During personal workshops, they help you as a person. An example would be the interview process. This club helps you build up your resume and guide you through the interview process as many of us will need for the future. This really drew my interest within the club because as of right now my resume isn’t good at all and it wouldn’t hurt for extra tips on how to go about an interview. They guide you through how to go about an interview such as attire and presenting yourself to an employer. Last but not least, they also offer volunteer workshops. All these workshops take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays during club hours except for volunteer that takes place throughout the city. The club ended around 2:20 and that concludes this blog.