Johnson & Johnson ITLDP Information Session (9/22) I attend the Johnson & Johnson ITLDP information session located in the GITC building in room 3710. Johnson & Johnson employees came in to give students like myself information about the ITLDP program, IT co-ops, and internships. I attend this event because I am graduating at the end of December, so I just wanted to see if any opportunities were possibly for me with Johnson & Johnson. I learned a lot about the ITLDP program that the company offers. The program is a two year program that consists of rotating between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The program is designed to help the participants gain experience in technology, project management, and gain experience on the business side. I think
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This event was held so we students can learn how to be confident when meeting employers and to learn how to make a great professional first impression at the upcoming fall NJIT career fair. I previously had no idea what I would start and open up a conversation at the career fair with an employer and I have never attend a career fair in the past. I felt like going to this event could be beneficial to be for the career fair and for any job interviews in the future as well.
By attending this event, I learned how to act and what to say during the career fair while talking to companies. I learned that I should do some basic back research on the companies that interested me that were going to be at the upcoming career fair. I learned to have a few questions prepared to ask each recruiter and I learned to prepare a little speech about myself that focuses on what I can bring to a company. The main thing I learned however is to just be confident. Sounding and acting confident is important when talking to a recruiter from a company. You want to sound confident about your abilities and be able to show what unique qualities you can bring if you were hired as an employee for his/her company. Going to this event was everything that I expected. I gained a lot of knowledge of how to act and talk to employers who may be interested in hiring …show more content…
The session was held by Cigital which is a software security firm. Cigital representatives came in to discuss and learn about potentially job and internship opportunities that company can offer. I originally heard about Cigital in the beginning of my senior capstone class. They were one of the companies that participated in the class by offering projects for the students of the class to complete for them. Before I had to pick a company to work with for the class, Cigital was one of my favorites one. I just like the idea of working on more of a security side of computing. However, I picked to work with a different company, but I really did enjoy Cigital and what they had to offer. When I heard about the meeting, I immediately wanted to
This event was held so we students can learn how to be confident when meeting employers and to learn how to make a great professional first impression at the upcoming fall NJIT career fair. I previously had no idea what I would start and open up a conversation at the career fair with an employer and I have never attend a career fair in the past. I felt like going to this event could be beneficial to be for the career fair and for any job interviews in the future as well.
By attending this event, I learned how to act and what to say during the career fair while talking to companies. I learned that I should do some basic back research on the companies that interested me that were going to be at the upcoming career fair. I learned to have a few questions prepared to ask each recruiter and I learned to prepare a little speech about myself that focuses on what I can bring to a company. The main thing I learned however is to just be confident. Sounding and acting confident is important when talking to a recruiter from a company. You want to sound confident about your abilities and be able to show what unique qualities you can bring if you were hired as an employee for his/her company. Going to this event was everything that I expected. I gained a lot of knowledge of how to act and talk to employers who may be interested in hiring …show more content…
The session was held by Cigital which is a software security firm. Cigital representatives came in to discuss and learn about potentially job and internship opportunities that company can offer. I originally heard about Cigital in the beginning of my senior capstone class. They were one of the companies that participated in the class by offering projects for the students of the class to complete for them. Before I had to pick a company to work with for the class, Cigital was one of my favorites one. I just like the idea of working on more of a security side of computing. However, I picked to work with a different company, but I really did enjoy Cigital and what they had to offer. When I heard about the meeting, I immediately wanted to