More Experience through Internships

The past 2007 Expo Career/Intern Fair was my first attendance. Having the chance to scope out what they offered online through the SJSU Career Center allowed me to explore what I was interested in as well as what I disliked.

I received an "Early Bird Pass" to attend the Fair three hours earlier, by attending a Job Fair Success Workshop. There they gave us a general overview of preparing to meet the employers. It included information on writing a resume, a cover-letter, a 1 minute commercial, and a thank you letter. I believe these were very good pointers if not good reminders right before participating in the Job Fair. I believe this Job Fair Success Workshop is very helpful for inexperienced and experienced individuals with Job Fairs and suggest that they attend the next available opening before the Job Fair in April.

Through this Fair, I also discovered which employers I wanted to work for. However, there are some that I disliked after given the opportunity for an Interview. For example, the Target Corporation, the one we go to for the general amenities as well as toys, movies video-games and so forth, was a VERY big disappointment. After the on-campus interview, I discovered that they were very unorganized and really not very motivated at the interview as they were at the Job Fair. It may be the particular people that gave the interview, or it may have even be me. However, I was not the only one to find the process to be "retarded" or "disappointing." At least two other fellow students left upon arrival to the "Interview Waiting Room." There was no one from Target to greet those that have arrived, and on top of that, the waiting room was filled with Interviewees still waiting for someone to interview them. The schedule for interviewing was thrown off due to the overbooking of Interview Appointments. Mine was at least 20 minutes past the scheduled time, and they were not even interviewing other potentials at the moment. It felt as if Target did not care for the hiring of these smart, high energy, college students

I was looking forward to the Internship program, but after what I encountered, I am extremely disappointed at their management system. Perhaps it was a system to "weed" out the ones that they did'nt like, by letting them wait with little or no greeting and then subject them to an uninspiring environment. Yes! That's the way to go Target! Even after these incidents, Target is just going to continue to grow and prosper, and I guess that is the way their Corporate Culture operates.