reflection:
Last week we did Sophomore Inspire Week. Sophomore Inspire Week is about going into the community to gain knowledge about the future. To prepare for this week we started going over our professional requisites, like our resumes and websites. The first day we looked at an app called ZeeMee. ZeeMee is an app where you can post videos to show colleges what your interests are. I thought this was helpful because its a way to express yourself with also being professional as well. In these two days we also learned about website where you can get scholarship money from your grades and what schools apply to those scholarships. I didn't think that this was helpful because they didn't have colleges that were out of the country and that's where I want to go, so it wasn't helpful. The most helpful thing we did was look at our resumes because mine wasn't very good and it was last updated a year ago and a lot has changed. Ally went over our resumes and she said that we could add some language that matched our personality which I found interesting because I though it had to be really bland. I think that that workshop helped me to realize that you can personalize really anything. I think that these workshops were over all really helpful so I know what colleges look for.
I think the problem I had with the two first days was that I had no idea how it related to the rest of the week. We weren't doing anything for colleges as our volunteer work and it wasn't really something that all of us are interested in. I think that it wouldn't have been more cool if we did something that more connected to us so we could be really happy with the stuff we would put on ZeeMee. If you want to get a degree in Biology why would colleges want to see you working at a vintage store?
For the two days we were volunteering I went to United Way. United Way is a non-profit organization that help our their local community. They help any businesses that are in need but they also help families that are struggling as well. There is a hotline that is called 211, If you call that you will get help with anything, a dentist recommendation, counselor and they will even pay your rent if it applies. We were tasked with making a video for them to get people to volunteer and also helping them with their new building. I really enjoyed the design portion of this job because I really like design but we mainly spent our time getting video footage for the video. It was fun but it was a ton of work. I would really like to keep volunteering with them because I think it is a really great part of the community and I enjoyed helping. There are only three people that work there so one rea curing thing that they told us was that they rely on volunteers because three people couldn't run the entire operation. I think that is really cool that people keep going back to help out. Even people I know volunteer their I didn't even realize until I looked at their volunteers pictures. They were so sweet and I want to do anything to help them out in the future.
I think the problem I had with the two first days was that I had no idea how it related to the rest of the week. We weren't doing anything for colleges as our volunteer work and it wasn't really something that all of us are interested in. I think that it wouldn't have been more cool if we did something that more connected to us so we could be really happy with the stuff we would put on ZeeMee. If you want to get a degree in Biology why would colleges want to see you working at a vintage store?
For the two days we were volunteering I went to United Way. United Way is a non-profit organization that help our their local community. They help any businesses that are in need but they also help families that are struggling as well. There is a hotline that is called 211, If you call that you will get help with anything, a dentist recommendation, counselor and they will even pay your rent if it applies. We were tasked with making a video for them to get people to volunteer and also helping them with their new building. I really enjoyed the design portion of this job because I really like design but we mainly spent our time getting video footage for the video. It was fun but it was a ton of work. I would really like to keep volunteering with them because I think it is a really great part of the community and I enjoyed helping. There are only three people that work there so one rea curing thing that they told us was that they rely on volunteers because three people couldn't run the entire operation. I think that is really cool that people keep going back to help out. Even people I know volunteer their I didn't even realize until I looked at their volunteers pictures. They were so sweet and I want to do anything to help them out in the future.