Comm 299(Career Fundamentals) is a great course I have taken at Sauder. It teaches me new skills, like how to write a competitive and professionally formatted, error-free cover letter and resume as well as how to behave in a persuasive interview. With all the skills I learnt in 299, I think that I will be a competitive candidate in job applications, for example, summer internships, part-time employment, volunteer opportunities and work after graduation.

One thing I have learned about myself in 299 is my personal strengths. After completing the Strength Quest, I understood myself better. My top 5 strengths are achiever, competition, restorative, arranger and consistency. So it made me realize that I am a person who has a great deal of stamina and work hard, is good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it, is good at organizing, and is keenly aware of the need to treat people the same. With a good understanding of my strengths and weaknesses, I am able to further progress through working on my strengths and overcoming my weaknesses, so that I can be an outstanding candidate in most job selection processes.    

One of the most influential people in my life is my first Economics tutor in my high school.

My female Economics tutor, Mrs. Chang, has made a very positive impression on me. She has always made reference to contemporary events that has helped me clarify the relationships between Economics concepts and current affairs. Economics lessons in the past two years have fascinated me. I have been motivated highly enough to seek to understand the key principles used in daily market activities – how companies operate to gain the greatest profits and why exchange rates fluctuates frequently, etc. I have grown to see Economics as a practical subject, most applicable to my everyday life. The greatest lesson I learned from Mrs. Chang is being an avid reader of newspapers and magazines, such as Fortune and The Economist, which give me a better understanding of Economics and its related subjects.

That is the great reason why I decided to further discover the wonders of the business field at university.