Last Tuesday night I attended a Lightning Round: Speed Interviewing & Resume Workshop. It was put on by the University Outreach Committee of the Milwaukee BMA, and they did a great job! It was held at the Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design in Milwaukee. Here is a link to the BMA event’s webpage, there are pictures from the event also:
www.bma-milwaukee.org/students/events/2010/lightning-round-speed-interview.aspx
The thing I enjoyed most was probably the atmosphere. It was laid back yet at the same time professional. I liked the whole idea of students getting a chance to meet marketing professionals and network with them. There was also a good chance to network with other students. It was a great learning experience for preparing to find a job in the real world. The resume review was great. The ‘Lightning Round’ interviews were also a good experience. I learned a lot about how to present myself just walking into a job interview.
I got a ton of valuable tips from the professionals who reviewed my resume. I learned about putting my resume in correct AP format, which for me as an aspiring journalist is very important. I also learned about creating a basic structure for my resume and then how to format the rest of my resume for a specific job.
One of the professionals who looked at my resume was Dan Austin, president and creative instigator at Perspective Communications Inc. in Milwaukee. Another professional I met was Richard Peterson who is a strategic market counselor for Peterson Communications based out of Menomonee Falls. I also met Jeff Carrigan , the founder of Big Shoes Network, a company based out of Milwaukee. I was interviewed by Mr. Carrigan and he gave me a ton of job-hunting tips along with a lot of ideas about writing careers that I’d never thought of. Here’s a link to his website:
http://bigshoesnetwork.com/
Overall the BMA ‘Lightning Round’ was a great experience.
The pizza there was delicious too!
Here are a few other links:
http://www.bma-milwaukee.org/
http://www.eisnermuseum.org/home.shtm
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I agree that the BMA was a great experience. I think it the atmosphere added to the experience as once you got there you could kind of just cruise around and get your bearings set just right to make you feel comfortable. I liked that each professional there was more than willing to give you advise not only on the resumes or interviews, but also how to go about preparing for a real-world job.
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