CCEC Career Fair

This college career Fair was held December 06, 2016 in the CCE center also known as the library at information technology high school open specially for CTE academy students who are interested to be exact on pursuing a technology career related to their class. I enjoyed this opportunity because I got to ask a lot of questions about my choices and had no doubt that these people were the best to answer them. So many representatives came that there was barely space which was a good thing. They were very specific about the programs the different colleges offered and different departments. One thing I liked as well is how interested and pursuing they looked when talking to us. Also a girl that had graduated a couple of months ago when now being part of the US navy which inspired us to believe that anything is possible. She made us think positively and gave us a boost of confidence. A lady that talked to me told me that it is okay to not know right now what I want to do in college as long as I don't stop discovering because that is how I would find out.

Armory Career Fair

The morning of April 07 of 2016 the Web Design academy and the Apple academy went to a career fair at the Armory.The overall purpose of this trip was so we could talk to many huge and famous companies such as Facebook or Yahoo which I found very exciting because it was time for us to discover more opportunities and to know more of what the real world is about. Some really good lunch was given to us at the right time because the place was really big and had a lot of people so that  boosted our energy up. I was given the opportunity to talk to many different college representatives that told me about their variety of programs and that gave me more chances for me to consider a couple of technology careers. I really wished there were more people organizing this events more often for later graduating students so that way the amount of people that get into college prepare is greater and then we would have more people involved into technology.

Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG)

Tomorrow June 2nd, 2017 the web client programming class is going to the Gerson Lehrman Group Incorporation at 60 East and 42nd Street third floor to be specific. I personally am looking forward to this trip because I have lately been having a lot of problems trying to figure out what it is that I want to pursuit as a career. I am debating between what is graphic design and accounting which in my opinion are two complete different things and so this trip will answer my questions to what the business fields are really into. I overall also want to learn what the GLG really is, what they do and how they do it because according to their website they are a major corporation that have helped a lot throughout the world and not only that but offers a variety of jobs as well. I would definitely learn a lot from others stories and how they have outcome various obstacles and also be reminded that it is okay to not focus on a single career but even better to go ahead and discover.

After the trip I definitely learned a lot of things within that the most important things about what takes for someone to eventually be successful during an interview which is specially being curious. I learned that before you even go and ask for an application you should obviously still do your research and find out what the environment is like, how to whole company started, and specially what is it made of like what they do, how they do it and why. It is important that you have a little bit of previous knowledge to impress the person interviewing you but if you don't it is not a good thing as long as you ask all the questions you have during the interview. I learned a lot of some workers and know that they not only did not know about GLG but also that there is no way they regret having that opportunity. The environment at GLG is obviously friendly. The structure just gives it a lot more of a comfortable feeling and while we were on the tour we just felt welcomed. What is liked the most was the fact that everyone gets their own space when they want to be alone or get to share the area with someone else in case they want to have company. I would definitely love to work on such an open space because just like the CEO mentioned he created the place by thinking about how all of his workers would feel and i think it is obvious because he said that he does not believe in personalization at all and well that is why so many people find this place interesting and appealing. I definitely learned that giving up is not an option, that no question is dumb and that no matter coffee is always a good choice.

WBL Workshop #4

I think that out of all the workshops we have completed this is the most interesting one because we get to learn more about ourselves. From this workshop I discovered things that I did not even know about my personality and it made it easier for me to discover what career I want to pursuit. After I finished the variety of little tests given to us, some of them showed that i am more of a hands on person rather than working while I am sitting or something like that. I have always been that kind of person that lacks communication skills and so it has always been hard for me to talk to people. These tests said exactly that, that I am reserved, quite and shy. In terms of how it helped me choose a career I am not debating between maximum 2-3 careers when at some point I had absolutely no idea of what I wanted to be or what interested me. By a hands on type of person I mean one that needs to constantly be doing something. I also reassured  myself in that I wanted to work with numbers. I know that working with children or as a secretary is not my thing cause I could get easily bored and that I am a lover of nature. I have always known this facts because no matter how much I love kids, I will never find enough patience for them. Also because I have taken care of plants since I was a child so I of course love them. Lastly I know that I am a very organized person overall.

WBL Workshop #3

The interview skills workshop in my opinion has been the most important and useful one we've had through the course of these years. Specially because we did this during our last semester of high school which just gives us a better reason to prepare for the future which is no far but now a few weeks away from us entering the real world so we want to make sure that we are as prepare as we could be. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Lopez who brought in a special guest Mr. Michael Chao. Mr. Chao is a master of business administration graduate and he came in to basically give us tips for certain interview skills. Some of the things Mr. Chao taught us was how to properly handshake a person to either greet or introduce yourself to a person. This is important because at the beginning I only felt like there was a single way to shake hands with someone and well thought it was nothing but to grab the other persons hand and simply shake it. Chao thought us that it was way more than that. That there is a certain posture one needs to keep, that there is a certain amount of force that one should use, that there are certain key words that one should use to sound professional and simply so many more things that will highly benefit us. I feel like mostly it was the fact that we got the experience more than anything and that now we can say that we are ready for this.

WBL Workshop #1

OSHA is defined as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor. OSHA was created to assure working men and women healthy and safe conditions at the work area. At the workshop offered by Ms. Lopez we learned that OSHA is committed to protect workers from toxic chemicals and deadly safety hazards at work. It also ensures the citizen workers that they should not have to choose between their lives and their job so they are able to maintain a safe environment for all. According to statistics ever since the OSHA support knocked on the doors to the public, workplace injuries, illness and deaths have decreased its numbers dramatically. OSHA also makes sure that the law gets reinforced in case your employer is not giving you the proper safety plan or instructions are the workplace. Overall their job is to keep you protected even at your own job. It is important that one as a worker, that we know our rights and have proper knowledge of what is going on around us. You should also know that your employer has the responsibility to provide a safe workplace. The workplace must follow all OSHA safety and health standards. Employers must make sure to correct all health problems. OSHA also requires that the employees wear masks or any other equipment while there are being changes on the workplace if there had to be. Your employer is obligated to provide safety training in a language you are able to understand. You could file a complaint which will be completely confidential by visiting their website or going to the nearest office available.

WBL Workshop #6

The last WBL Workshop that we had was about basically financial management,  how to be wise when it comes to handling a good amount of money, know how to save, how to spend and invest so we could at the end see the positive outcome. The first thing was to go over bank accounts in which included how to use both credit and debit accounts and how to read statements. I think that for the most part that is where people start failing, when they do not fully understand their statements and for some reason think that the amount is right or that the interest is okay when it really isn't necessarily you who is making a mistake. We also learned about the importance of paying your credit cards as soon as possible to avoid any charges or fees which i agree in being so true. I am a believer in that paying the minimum just doesn't do much but creates you more problems so its always a good idea to pay more than the minimum if you are able to. Another thing i found useful was knowing exactly what comes in your payroll. It is important to know the deductions so you know exactly how much gets taken from you. For example the social security money that the government takes, medicare, federal, state and local tax as well as workers compensation. How to find the income was also explained to us. We were also told about the importance of saving money and how so many people end up spending the money they do not have via credit cards. And pretty much how investing will create a huge change on our lives.