You Majored in What? Ch 4

"Your love of learning could make you a valuable employee"

     This applies to me very much. I love learning. It is a true passion. Yesterday was the first day of my internship for Musee Magazine. I did not know what i was doing in the beginning of the day and made a fool of myself. It was obvious that i was absolutely lost the whole time but i was afraid to admit to it because i didnt want to be sent away. So the whole time i didnt complain or reveal my confusion, i made sure i listened to everyone that was said and peeked at other peoples computers and I LEARNED WHAT TO DO. Being very analytical helped. At the end of the day i went up to the woman i had no idea about a thing i was doing and she said "i know, but you did great".

"there is little correlation between your college grade point average and the salary you recieve or how successful you are in your career."

     I think this is very important to understand. There alot of very smart people who dont understand this and are disallussioned. Life is one big gamble. Doesnt matter if you have your masters.

"regardless of your majors relevance to your future, it contains vast amont of information ready to be mined".

     There are people who i know wont care about a class or will talk to the teacher rudely about how the class provides nothing for them. This is a wrong way of thinking. this is because no matter what you do you are also learning. this is becasue you are always living and gaining new experiences. No matter if the class you take doesnt matter to you or apply to your life goals. you will learn a new way of thinking or even learn the skill of dealing with what you cant change.

Photography Associations

http://www.dptips-central.com/digital-photography-articles.html

This is a very useful website for upcoming photographers. It can teach you things about photography that you may have not known before and it gives you assignments to follow step by step that can broaden your knowledge of understanding photography and your camera.

http://www.museemagazine.com/

This is a magzine that is made for upcoming photographers that would like to attend talks and events with fellow photographers and post up your own work. It also gives you alot of inspiration. The photography posted on the sit is beautiful.

Job Interview Tips

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2011/02/07/how-to-prepare-for-a-job-interview

the most important point this site brung up was to research about the company you are applying for. This is very important because it makes you look more interested and aware of what you are doing. It also flatters the interviewer.

http://www.ehow.com/how_1721_prepare-job-interview.html

This site seems alittle stalker-ish BUT if you want the job that bad might as well go all the way. So, this is a good site to look through if you are desperate or it is the job of your dreams.

http://www.interviewcoach.com/

this is a very specific site and if you need "coaching" as it says than this is the site for you. Only it kind of makes me alittle nervous to read it. It makes job interviews seem almost nerve racking. They ARE important but you shouldnt be afraid of them...

Resume Writing Helpers.

http://www.bestsampleresume.com/resume-writing.html

This site not only helps you write a resume but also answers questions that im sure many people have. We know we have to write a resume but some of us need this to be more specific. As specific as saying what NOT to write in a resume.

http://www.resumedictionary.com/

This site is absolutely amazing because it tells you what to do. It tells you step by step and gives you hints aswell as inspiration. It jumpstarts ideas for you. Perfect pick for resume writing. This is like resume writing for dummies. It is a really helpful site.

http://www.free-resume-tips.com/10tips.html

This site is important because it can help you improve a boring resume. These tips will make you seem more superior though you may not be.

You Majored in What? Chapter Three

"acquiring a lot of knowledge and information without thinking of its value"

I found this quote to be very important because this is what most people do. This is also what people must snap out of. Information should be acquire with intention to be able to use it, otherwise it is time wasted. I have learned to enjoy classes that i normally wouldnt by thinking to myself "how will i use this information?, will this ever come in handy?" and most times i find a reason to not waste my time in class texting.

"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" -Wayne Dyer

 I absolutely agree with this quote. I have come to this conclusion many times in my life. This is because i have done alot of traveling. When i leave dreary new york excited to be free and looking down upon all the pollution and crowdedness to go to a small countryside, i come back excited as if i were  tourist and actually appreciating what is around me. It looks so much different because instead of dreading new york i began to miss it, so i saw it in another light.

"Taking yourself too serously..." is "...the greatest stumbling block to creativity"

I must follow this quote. I have always been very creative. I painted and wrote poems at a very young age. I have noticed that i do my best work when i feel light hearted. I do my worst work under pressure and when i critique myself too much. This is because i begin to put weight on y self-confidence and it tends to weaken. I am my own worst enemy.

You Majored in What? Chapter Two

"the more you know about different disciplines and are able to see the connections between those disciplines, the more you are able to create innovative solutions to problems."
     
      I have believed this ever since I was a little girl. If i know about everything than i can do almost everything on my own. It is better to understand more than you need so that you can do more with your knowledge. I am very headstrong and would rather not ask anyone for help. i like getting things done on my own. so i like filling myself with as much knowlegde as possible so i can connect things that would normally have nothing to do with eachother, further my work with new energy and different ideas, and be able to do it all on my own.

"self-discovery requires time and focus."

      Considering my lack of patience this is something i need to learn and accept. I want to know myself already or even speed up the process of finding myself. I do no know what it will take to find myself but i want to find it already. I have always been in a rush to success. Sometimes i just need to slow down and just let some things happen on their own. But they say things dont just come to you , you have to go get them. Which one do i follow?

"Creativity is connecting the unconnected"
     
      I absolutely agree with this.  for example people who can master mixed media. to incorporate collage and painting. or painting and some sort of photography. This is connecting things that arent normally connected. This is truly creative because not everyone thinks to do these things so it makes you stand out. also you can come up with ideas that have never been done before.
     




       

Ideal Cover Letter Resources

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/coverletters/a/aa030401a.htm

This link is resourceful because it gives you the choice of different kinds of cover letters. There could be many resons for you to write a cover letter. It may be that you already have been hired or to get the job. I like this site because it fits for more than one kind of employment situation and gives you examples of each.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2011/03/24/how-to-write-a-cover-letter/

This link is helpful because it not only give you direction to writing a cover letter it speaks to you in narrative almost, because she tells the reader her own experience and sympathizes with them. AND it also tells you what NOT TO SAY OR WRITE. and in reading the site i relaized i did many of the NOT TO DO things.

http://www.englishlink.com/en-us/free-english-tools/create-cover-letter.aspx

This link is reliable because of the way the information is put out. It is put out to the reader in sections with a few lines to sum up the title of that section. Very simple reader and in my opinion (the way i like it) straight the point. Hearing about your experiences were great but i have to get this done by a deadline. Just give me the info so i can run with it....