Blog topic for the week of Feb. 15

No, I do not agree with everything the website said. The main point I do not agree with is that I should write a P.S or personal note in pencil on the bottom of my cover letter. A tip that I have found useful from the website was Third, and most important, many college students end up using the cover letter/resume mass mailing/e-mailing/posting as a crutch to convince themselves that they are actually doing something in their job search. “But I sent out over two hundred resumes!” In reality, all they are doing is generating rejection letters. Mass mailing/e-mailing/posting of your cover letter and resume has extremely low odds for success in today’s job market. I will use this advice by fine tuning my cover letter and resume for each specific job I am trying to obtain. Overall between the text book, class lectures, guest speakers, and the website I have a good overview for creating a resume and cover letter.

Blog topic for the week of February 8

I feel that this is a great project and can be informative as well as build skills that will be useful in the development of my education. My concerns for this project are being able to get through to the Clemson student body in a cost efficient way. We also have to make sure that we don’t break any laws in the process. Things are going smooth as far as the group is concerned. I probably will have questions about the project when our group goes a little deeper into the project.

interview mistakes

I feel that the article made some good points. Although I do not know if the mistakes are the top ten they still none the less serious mistakes. Many of them come from lack of preparation. I have had two interviews in the past. They both were very nerve wrecking! I did not ask many questions and I kept my answers short and to the point. The interviews seem to last forever even though they may have been 10 minutes each. I think that if I was a little more prepared for the interview I think it would have been a lot smoother and I might have been less nerve wrecking. Having an understanding of the typical interview questions may ease the tension of the interview.

Too Much Faith in Financial Markets as Far as the Recent Economic Problems

I feel that over time the US has put too much faith in the financial markets. The stock market seems to be the deciding factor in how a company is doing. Let me explain, companies with higher average stock prices are more profitable with less risk then those who have lower stock prices. I feel that the stock market is really a late tell sign for a struggling economy. The economy was already starting to collapse long before the effects were felt in the falling of the stock markets. The alarms for a falling economy should come from the main contribution to our economy which are the consumers. Also the reason why the stock market is a later tell sign then the consumer is because accountants and higher management try to make the company look as profitable as legally possible to keep the stock price high for the firm. This is done instead of pointing out key industry problems that could hurt stock prices but potentially save the economy. As a future financial manager I plan to keep this in mind so that I can do my part to make sure our country does not go through this economic slump again.