Month: March 2011

Although my father is not a teacher, he has taught me a lot. The greatest lesson I learnt from him was no one can success without working hard. When I was in high school, I participated in many sports events and clubs. Of course, my grades dropped because I didn’t work hard on my courses. My father didn’t forbid me to join those activities; instead, he talked with me as I was an adult. My father likes play golf and he plays pretty good. Although he is not a professional player, many friends ask him to teach golf. He told me his story when he was learning golf skills. At first, he found golf is not so easy to play well. So, he began to buy books about golf skills. He not only read the books, he also took notes about the skills. In three years, he took nearly ten books of notes. He finally became a good player. After he told me his story, I understand that no one success without working hard. I thought a lot and changed a lot after that conversation. I worked hard on my study and selected some interesting activities to join. My father taught me to work hard on everything and this really helps me a lot.

COMM299 is a useful course for first year and second year students to prepare for their future interviews. Although we don’t have to face interviews immediately, we have to prepare for it from now on. After taking COMM299, I found detail is the most important point in our interviews. Details can reflect how well the interviewees had prepared for the interview. Interviewees with well preparation can impress the interviewers, thus they have more chance to win from the interview. From COMM299, I learnt the standard formats of resumes and cover letters. Besides to write the resumes and cover letters correctly, we also learnt how to make our experience more attractive to catch interviewers’ eyes. For example, C.A.R paragraph is a good way for the body part of cover letters. We also learnt to impress interviewers through emphasizing our strengths. Furthermore, in the process of interview, we should also focus on the details such as handshake and business card. A tiny small mistake may turn the interview to be a disaster. All in all, we have to practice more for the resumes, cover letters, and interviews. It is great to have COMM299 in my first year in university. I can practice my interview skills in the rest three years and be a well prepared interviewee after I graduate from university.