For my career enrichment workshop I decided to attend a resume building workshop organized by sigma. Now while I say “decided to attend” it’s more like I just followed a group of people from our class to an event that they said had something to do with resume building. Turns out it was a workshop delivered by Starr but organized by sigma for sigma members only which, seeing as we don’t even have GPA’s yet, none of us were. After some coaxing though they agreed, or I should say the one teaching the class from the starr center agreed, to let us attend. The event itself was fairly standard. It was an hour and a half class about resumes. What to include and how to include it, what not to include and just a general overview of what a resume is and the actual purpose of a resume.  The material was fairly detailed and nicely organized. The instructor seemed like she knew what she was talking about. Although she did ask for examples from the group a little too much given how unwilling the sigma people were willing to participate. Luckily the FRO group were there to chip in, which she seemed pleased about. Overall it was a successful event. I learned some valuable skills for improving my resume building abilities and even learned a little about sigma.

On Saturday, I attended the first baseball game against the Maritime College Privateers at MCU Park in Coney Island. When I got there, there was about a total of 10 people in the audience and majority were sitting on Maritime’s side. Both teams were warming up on the field, while a mix of Katy Perry songs played in the background to get us all ( all 11 of us) in the baseball spirit. Once the game began, the Bearcats fell behind quickly while Maritime had 2 home runs within the first 20 minutes. From there it got incredibly boring, and I don’t know much about baseball but I’m pretty sure that the person batting is supposed to hit the ball. Both Bearcats and Privateers barely attempted to hit the ball, and in some instances when they didn’t hit the ball they were allowed to go to the first base. Although the Bearcats caught up to Maritime, they did end up losing 10-8.

For my student life event I attended an away baseball game between Baruch and Maritime College. This game took place on Saturday at the MCU Stadium in Coney Island. This was a free event and open to the public, however no one besides the families of the players showed up, possibly due to the cold weather. The crowd was quiet but the players were very energetic, cheering each other on throughout the game. I enjoyed the fact that this game wasn’t a home game, watching a game at an actual stadium made it more interesting and easier to go to. Baruch was doing well in the beginning but Maritime College ended up winning. Even though the team lost, the players had much more team spirit than those of the opposing team. Despite the clod weather and a crummy crowd the team made the most out of the game, leaving me pleased for going to the event.

Last week i attended a really cool event led Alpha Kappa Psi and provided by GA or General Assembly about the intro to the NYC startup scene. This event really gave me a lot of cool insight on exactly what start ups are and how they work. Many of the things we see in our daily lives today started out as start up companies and that gives me a lot of hope in my entrepreneurial future and career. Unlike this site, one of the most popular blogging sites ever, Tumblr, was a start up. I’ve always been interested in creating something of my own including but not limited to a business or a website and this event helped me stay on track with my goals. It was a great career building event and i learned a lot that i’ll one day use in my professional future to aid in my success. Baruch has a lot to offer in terms of broadening your business and professional repertoire. The intro to The NYC startup scene event was definitely a learning experience for me and I’m looking forward to going to more and more career and academic events at Baruch.

For my second blog post i went to a career workshop, more specifically a resume workshop where they taught us how to write a correct resume. It was sort of an impromptu thing as I’d heard of it but had not planned on going, but due to my overwhelming thursday afternoon boredom, and my desire to get my blog posts over with, I was pulled to that 10th floor room. Once i got in the packed room i wasnt even sure that the group i was with was supposed to be there so i waited for the confirmation. Once they had confirmed I felt myself step into a vortex of adulthood, taxes, and cubicles which was where most of the jobs this workshop referred to would make us spend the rest of our days. But still learning about how to put an emphasis on your qualities and how to word it was something I enjoyed learning.

For my second blog I went to get my resume fixed at the Starr career development, I went on this past Thursday. First thing I learned was for one, my resume was kind of shit, like, awful. Before you went though you had to have gone through a worksheet to attempt to fix your resume a little before entering. Once you are there someone goes to look it over and point you in the right direction.  There they looked over my resume and gave me points on how to fix it, such as adding power words that make your resume sound more professional such as administrated and organized. They also helped clean up my resume by reducing the amount of words I had and limited the writing to single statements. If there is one thing I recommend is make an appointment, if you do not walk ins have to wait until 5 until they start to look at yours, and that’s only after everyone else has finished.

For my second event I attended an Intro to the NYC Startup Scene, hosted by the professional fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi in association with General Assembly. General Assembly is an educational institution that strives to teach young people what they love to do. Personally I learned what a start up really is – a temporary organization trying to find a business model. Start-ups include FourSquare, Kickstarter, Tumblr, and Warby Parker. They consist of the startup itself, partners, investors, talent, and mentors. What was interesting to me was that Daniel Halper was originally from Cornell and got into Deloitte (One of the best accounting firms out there) before getting into General Assembly. I learned that to begin, I needed to think of a problem that needed to be solved and have a unique solution to that problem. These are the problem statements and unique value propositions. I also learned that it was more of a marathon and not a sprint. You should only do it if you’re passionate and really into it. Originally I was solely focused on the world of finance, but now I see that start ups are an interesting path to follow as well.

On Thursday,17th march,in the club hours,I went to the Sidney Mishkin Gallery.Initially I couldn’t find the gallery and finally when I did it was a small place with a few people.The gallery had  good (vibrant and colorful) paintings and a quiet atmosphere.The painting which I liked the most was Scenario Thinking by Ellen K Levy and Patricia Olynyk. I liked the painting because it used vibrant colors and it was the only painting I understood completely.The gallery also had a video section in which a 4 minute video about the paintings was being showed(I didn’t see it).The gallery is a good opportunity for those who are interested in art.As I am not exactly an art lover it was difficult for me to understand the message conveyed by the paintings.I think the variety  of artists should also be increased as the works of only two or three artists were displayed.But overall it was a good experience and people who are interested in art should definitely take a look at it.

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So on Monday, March 14th, I went to The Sidney Mishkin Gallery. For starters it was way smaller than I expected. Although, it was pretty tiny it was kind of cool nonetheless. Every piece of artwork was abstract and complex in its own unique way. My favorite piece in the gallery was the one with skeletons because it made me laugh for several reasons, that don’t need to be discussed in this blog post. As much as the artwork was cool, it was also pretty odd. Maybe it’s just because I’m not really an art fanatic but I never really understood what was the actual meaning behind any of the paintings. They all just seemed like images with hidden stories that only the artist knew about, but the observer had to try to decipher. Maybe if I was to visit a different day with a new perspective things would seem a bit clearer. Overall, the gallery is a small hidden gem for those inclined to the more abstract pieces of artwork out there.