On Thursday October 19, I attended a career start-up workshop held by two twin brothers, they shared their experiences with us as well as some basic knowledge as to how to find a job and what kind of jobs are out there and what are the pros and as well as cons for each job. Vadim Revzin and Sergei Revzin were both very chill individuals, one grew a longer beard so he looked older. I could not recall who was who but the one with the beard said he was jealous of his brother because they grew up together, attended school together and got their first job together, but his brother found another job before he did. They told us that internships are harder than they look, the tasks written down on paper are much less of the actual things you are expected to do in reality, especially of you are planning to work for a small company that is just starting up: you’ll be required to do many tasks that are usually covered by different positions in a bigger company. Continuing on the thought of small companies, they showed us an interesting diagram representing the startup stages of a company: idea/seed, to validation/sprouting, to small company/young plant, then finally a legit company/adult plant. They also told us some skills that employers are looking for: communication/writing emails, data analysis/using excel, customer service/handling difficult people, social media marketing/technician fluency and sales/ persuasion and value communication. Always be over-prepared and know the company you’re applying for because that would make you stand out and make the employer more likely to hire you
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