Good luck, San Beda Legal Management juniors!
CareerCamp days tend to start early for us, and today was no exception. I was at Discovery Suites Ortigas before 7:30 AM because I was the first speaker at “Lex Seminarium and CareerCamp,” a practicum orientation seminar for San Beda Manila’s Legal Management juniors.
After a quick coffee and bagel (fuel for the career speaker), I spoke for about an hour, giving the students 10 tips to avoid becoming the “annoying applicant” that every HR practitioner, hiring manager, and recruiter encounters at least once a day. Loved that the students were dressed to impress, going corporate with their blazers, skirts, ties, suspenders and all. Some were a little too dressy, but that’s another talk entirely!
The best part of any CareerCamp talk is always, always the Q&A section at the end. The San Beda crowd thankfully stepped up with interesting questions that added more to the discussion than my slides did. One question was, “What’s the one thing we should remember from this talk, in case we forget everything by the time we start applying for internships?”
My answer was, in a nutshell: Remember that you’re supposed to present the best version of yourself at an interview. That means you show up on time, you’re well-groomed, you’ve done your research, and you’re ready to talk about yourself.
Then I was given a lovely gift by Yadj Juanico (practicum coordinator) and Atty. Balboa-Cahig (department head). This was followed by Atty. EJ Baranda’s session, which we organized as part of CareerCamp as well.
Good luck to everyone and I hope you find internships that lead to wonderful careers.
Carmina
