Archives for the Month of September 2005 on Chris Reed's Online Journal
Third Entry
Today's class was very instrumental in helping with the Career Fair on Thursday. The class met in room 103 of PBL to hear guest speakers discuss the art of networking and its significance. There were around five to six speakers of all ages present to inform us on some helpful ideas when networking with people at tradeshows and career fairs. Professor Piderit talked about how important it is to keep your drink in your left hand so you can use the other hand to shake hands with people, to eat before these "gatherings" to eliminate the cocnfusion and stress of having to balance dinner, drinks, and business cards. Meredith explained how it might be helpful to bring a friend along who is more outgoing than you because this will help in introducing you to other people "using" your friend's outgoing nature as a tool. Perhaps, the most important theme I took away from today's meeting is that you should never underestimate the power of networking and how it can help or hurt you. It is a careful process with a real science and method behind it. If it used correctly it can make your future. With all of this information, the Career Fair begins in two days. It will be time to put the lessons we have learned in dealing with people to the test and see how they work. I am excited and nervous at the same time, however, like the Mock Interview, it will hopefully run smoothly.
Second Entry
I am writing this blog to reflect on Thursday's class. This class may have been one of the most important and interesting classes thus far. We were given a take home "survey" on Tuesday, that illustrated what kind of learner and worker we were. There were four different categories based on what type of person you are and your characteristics. This survey will ultimately help in determining your strengths, weaknesses and the enviroment in which you like to learn. It has been quite helpful to be able to participate in these kinds of "surveys" because you really begin to understand who you are as a person and what type of job will best fit you.
The following day, Friday, I had made an appointment to participate in a mock interview. I met with a rep. from General Electric. I was pretty nervous at the beginning, however, once the interview continued, I felt confident and relieved. Learning the format and types of questions that will be discussed in an interview is very important in the success you have. The interviewer asked me many questions that did not involve yes or no answers, but instead situational type questions that must be thought out and explained clearly. Overall, the experience was great and I feel ahead of my classmates who were not able to participate in a mock interview.
My First Blog
This is my first entry for the blogging assignment for management 250. In the two short weeks of classes, things have already begun to move quickly. There have been numerous reading assigments and groupwork within each class. This course seems like it will be very interesting and knowledgable, however, there are many assignments being tossed around already. I enjoy the course so far because of its teaching of business ethics and other spheres of the corporate world instead of other courses like accounting or economics which only discuss facts and figures within their own realm of business. There seems to be much of a wider variety of things that we will get to learn which is very intriguing. I feel that so far, this may be the most useful course relating to business that I have taken because of the themes it stresses in dealing with people and actually getting a job in the future. You may be a wiz in accounting or finance but you first must know how to present yourself and relate to people on a personal level and that is what this course seems to be intended on helping us with. I will check back shortly with more news and another blog on the course.