So far the course is going alright. The project seems to be going well, and is rather enjoyable. In the past I have not really cared for English classes, as English is not my favorite subject. However, this course seems to be very relevant to my career and thus is rather enjoyable. It has been fun so far to be able to pretend that I am graduating, and look forward to the years to come when I am able to start my career.
I have enjoyed this project so far. I am currently applying to law school and applying for many scholarships and this class is really helping me thing about the format and expectations of my resume. I am glad to say that my current resume is pretty good and in line with many things we have read, but I would still like to make some changes for my up and coming scholarship applications. I was so confused on how to work the website for the course so I was kind of behind, but I am catching up!
My progress in the course has been fairly well. I finally got the hang of posting blogs every week and also the reading responses. The amount of technology we use and how crucial it is to the class has exceeded my expectations by far. I did not expect that our coursework was going to be so closely tied with computers although now I see its usefulness. I have narrowed my job search to a company in Chicago, IL called Ashton Partners. They are a consulting company that deals with the financial markets and various other industries.
My progress in this class is steady and at a pace that I feel is appropriate. I finally have developed a routine for this semester, and my work for English 420 is fitting in well to that schedule.
During the past 2 weeks I have been trying to get used to another new schedule. This semester I have only 1 class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, ENGL 420. I have heard a lot of things from a lot a people about the class, and I can honestly say that I enjoy this class. People say there was a ton of work, but I think everything we do in this class is for the right reason. I enjoy searching for a job ad that I am interested in. I like doing stuff that pertains to me. It sounds self centered, but I don't care. It is fun to beable to combine real life and the classroom.
For the first project, I decided to apply to veterinary school. Seeing how this was a plan of mine ever since coming to Purdue, it only seemed logical to use the project for some practice. My resume and cover letter writing skills are not fantastic, so I'm hoping this project will help me in those areas. I can foresee complications when it comes to writing my cover letter. I have never been good about talking about myself in a positive way, at least not without sounding self-centered. I am hoping this class will help to fix that.
One thing that I have tried to practice, but never really succeeded is company research. Off course, it is easy to know what the company do and what kind of product are they manufacturing. However, when it comes to learning about their current issues or their position on environment, it becomes harder to choose what is important and what is not, which one you can bring up in an interview to impress the employer. I guess this problem I am having boils down to the fact that I never really understand the importance of such researching, aside from just doing what I am told to.
So far this class seems to be going pretty well for me. I have been keeping up with the readings and I have learned a lot from them. I have actually found them pretty easy and interesting to read as well. I actually found a lot of jobs I will be qualified for when I graduate which gave me some relief because I know finding a job now days is not always the easiest thing to do. I was not sure exactly what to expect from this class when I signed up for it, but I definitely think it will help me as I prepare to enter the "real" world and begin the job searching process.
So far after the first part of the project, I have found project 1 to be very beneficial. Before we started the project I did not really know what I wanted to do this summer when it came to work. Actually, I was just too lazy to do the work and go out and look for an internship. However, this project forced me to do exactly that and I am happy that I have done that. I found several helpful resources and used them to locate several companies in my area that are looking for summer interns.
I feel that I have written a lot for this class already even though it is only the second week. My first project is going well so far and I feel that I picked a good job opportunity for the project. As of right know, I feel that some of the work seems to be repeating itself, but I feel that these are all helpful things when trying to get a job. I am not yet fully into the whole idea of a weekly blog. Personally, I have never done a blog online, therefore, I am not use to writing down things I have done over the course of my week.