Our ASM will teach careers and opportunities, and how to interview to get your dream job as well as to aspire to fulfill any long-term goals you may have planned. What we will do is, first we would explain the endless opportunities in the field. We will probably tailor this to business as our audience will be Baruch students. Then we will have an info-session on how to interview do’s and don’ts. The info-session will consist of the texts, primarily by Descartes and Emerson, which will be an open-discussion on the importance of individuality and learning through experiences. After we will have a little brainstorm activity and conduct a little mock interview. The brainstorming activity will be an analysis of how the students’ actions can either hinder or promote employers from considering them as potential candidates for their business. The exercise will coincide with the texts and the ways in which they relate to the student’s career choice. Finally, we will then have some students commentate on what exactly they want to accomplish in their life and the ways in which they hope to help others, not just working just to make a living. Our ASM will happen at Starbucks near Baruch. It is convenient for our ‘students’, since they will be Baruch Students. Additionally it would be more down to earth and less like a traditional classroom which would help our test subjects in a moral sense as well as influence them to be more conscious of what exactly they want to accomplish in their fields. The time would be in the afternoon. This time is more convenient for the students as they will be near the campus. Additionally, many students are not be morning people, and we would like for them to get the most out of this. Also, if they’re not morning people they may not want to participate. Our materials are handouts for the info-session. Papers and pens for the review portion of our study.
Steps
- The group would first market and find two participants for the study
- The group will prepare the handouts for the session and schedule a time with the candidates
- We will have a table at the coffee shop, and will bring the participants there
- Barry will introduce the purpose of our study.
- Michael during the whole process will be taking notes on the students’ reactions and progress.
- Barry and Eric will provide information on the perspectives Emerson and Descarte have on schooling and education. Then, they explain career paths and the do’s and don’ts during an interview.
- Barry and Eric would ask for them to brainstorm a little about what they have learned and inform them of the interview. They would also open to questions.
- Ronghui and Terrianio will conduct the interview.
- Ronghui and Terrianio will open to questions
- Ronghui and Terrianio would conduct a mock interview on the two students
- Michael will asks the students to share their thoughts on whether or not the actual interview experience enhance learning. E also takes notes on their feedback.
I like that you’re starting to think more about the place, audience, and supplies. I think your steps are pretty detailed, but I do have some concerns.
One) I’m concerned still that your ASM is too large/broad. Are you teaching Descartes and Emerson or are you leading a mock interview clinic? They are different. You might refer to Emerson and Descartes in your philosophy or your project write up b/c those ideas inform your project, but that doesn’t mean they are necessary in your ASM.
Two) I am concerned that you are trying too hard to skirt the rule about not having a traditional academic space. For all intent and purpose it seems as if you could have and would have this interview clinic on campus if the assignment would allow. The problem isn’t that you have it at Starbucks or right across the street. The problem is that your place is operating just as an extension of Baruch’s literal property and thus enabling you to be more conservative in your thinking about this ASM.
Three) I am concerned about your marketing this clinic as a interview clinic that will help people get their dream jobs. I am wondering about your own positions as relatively young people, early in your careers and though maybe further along in your education, still not done with your education. How can you claim to lead people to what you have not done yet?
Four) In your paragraph, what do you mean by “moral”? And in the steps, I was confused by the distinctions between step 9-10.