Everyday at Baruch you often either hear or get emails about companies that come on campus to recruit people for their companies. It’s overwhelming sometimes because even if you do want find more information about them and maybe get an internship there, you feel like you don’t if you have enough experience to even get an interview. These is why I often throw this information at the back of my mind.
Last Thursday I saw there were two events at Baruch that seem interesting for career, a internship workshop and an event with Fes, where a consulting firm will be presenting. I was surprised to hear that for once it wasn’t a finance company coming in, since most of the companies that come here are mostly for finance. However, I decided to go to the the internship workshop because I felt it would help me more in the long-run, instead of going to an event with a company without a clue of what I should be doing.
I’m glad I went there instead of FES because I found out things that I had no idea that were a thing. For instance, I was very happy to hear how we as underclassmen can get internships because it feels like most of the time companies that come into baruch are looking for juniors and seniors. That was one of the reasons why I decided not to go to the career fair, earlier this month. Moreover, I was surprised to find out that most internships either have academic credit or they are paid, which is something I didn’t know. I thought most students went to the companies for free. Overall, it was good a experience that will help me make my college journey easier later on.