Having attended comm299 for a year, I’d confidently say that it has been a wonderful opportunity for us, business students, to prepare ourselves for the working world entails. It has been an utmost beneficial journey through this course. Pushing our limits and overcoming our fear of speaking in front of an audience about anything and everything. At the beginning I felt all jittery and nervous about public speaking, but now, I feel that having been given sufficient training for the term, I overcame my fear and I know that all it takes is to be confident, smile, and have eye contact with the audience to give and engaging speech. Hand gestures would help in conveying what we’re trying to say. In the second term, this course brought us up to another level. We were first taken away by all the resume and cover letter training, and it definitely came into good use while applying for jobs for summer. A good resume and cover letter will definitely go a long way, and it is the first step for making an impression. Next, we were given training for interview. Going through an actual mock interview was a really good experience, as I finally know what it takes for an interview – the background preparation- research on companies, portfolio as well as the actual presentation of yourself on the day itself. I strongly recommend all business students, in fact EVERYONE should take this course in university because going for interviews/writing resumes and cover letters is an essential skill for everyone. Public speaking is a bonus.
So thank you all the wonderful professors and TAs who led us in comm299, it has been an incredible experience.