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.