Blog Post #3-Career

Unfortunately, there hasn’t been any career workshops these past couple weeks that interested me, however back in September, my friend and I went to a workshop organized in Baruch by STARR. I did not take a picture at that point because I felt that it was unnecessary at the time, however, now I feel a bit dumb that I did not take the picture because it would have come useful to use for the blog post. This  workshop was based around resume building and cover letters. I do not remember the instructor’s name, but her lesson was mainly talking about what kinds of things should be included in our resumes, such as our favorite hobbies that may apply to the career we are interested in, useful skills that may stand out to employers in our particular job opportunities, and any past experiences that can relate in any way or help with getting the job we are applying to. She also let us know that we should definitely include our high school and current college GPAs if they are over 3.5. This is a good way to stand out from the rest of the applicants if they employers sees that you are an amazing student with incredible potential. She also told us that having internships on a resume is extremely important. This shows the employer that we are going out of our way to get the experience and knowledge for the job opening. Something she told us that I was confused about was the objective section on the top of my resume. I had an objective stated on my resume, however she told us that we shouldn’t have those. I did not understand, and still do not understand why she told us to remove the objective. She said they look unprofessional and they give the impression that you are “stuck with only one career path”. It makes some sense, but I still feel like employers should know which direction in life you are trying to aim for. I recommend at least one resume workshop for any student during their college career. It definitely helped me with my resume, and I assume will benefit me in the future to impress an employer. Before this workshop, I never had anyone help me with my resume and it was never complete, however now I am very confident with it.