Tuesday night I attended the BMA event in Milwaukee. It was a great experience getting to meet new people and try something I never have before. Even though this event was required it turned out to be well worth it event. I feel I came away with a lot of useful information and tools for the professional world. My favorite part of this event was the lightning speed round interviews. I felt I got the most out of this session of the night. It was really helpful to get at least four different interviewers with four different opinions of how you interview. It was tough and somewhat of a challenge to adapt to some questions and always having a well thought out answer. I found I need to think about my answers a little more and not just try and rush through the interview question it’s always the quality not quantity of the answer. After doing this interview activity I found a lot of useful tips such as targeting your answers to the actual goals of the company you are applying for which may take time before you go to your interview by researching a little bit of history about the company. Overall, this was a great experience and I met some really great people to network with.
The one information session that is useful to all people in the current business world or will be in the future was the social networking session. We not only met three professional networkers but came away with great tips about what to put and what not to put on your networking sites. This session was a review for me because I just learned about social networking and the dos and don’ts in my public relations class but it’s always nice to have a reminder to help realize that you should be professional when you put yourself out to the public.
