Job Hunting and How to be Recognized
Over the past two weeks I have been searching for a job and have come across some amazing opportunities. I have been extended an offer by one of these companies, and it seems that after this initial offer, about 1/2 a dozen more companies have contacted me to interview with them. I was really excited to hear my first offer and I am extremely pleased with it. I am very grateful that the company has given me a lot of time to think about the offer and allows me to get a good feel of what other companies can offer.
When I told my adviser about the offer, she was really excited for me. One of the first questions that she had asked me is what I felt made me stand out as opposed to other candidates. I have given this a lot of really deep thought in the past and I feel that if I had to pick one trait of mine that I have that gets me recognized, it’s that I get really passionate about my side projects. My one project that I have worked on over the past three years I am really proud of and feel that I have matured and learned a lot through it. Whenever I start to talk about the project, the challenges that I have faced and the skills that I have learned, I get extremely excited and it really shows. I get the other people excited about the project which in turn gets them excited about me.