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Final Blog Post Spring 2020: My Experience as a Wasserman Global Peer

Hello everyone! It has been a long time since I have posted to this blog, but adjusting to COVID-19 has been difficult for me. I went from studying abroad in my dream city with a great group of friends and interesting classes, to a spring break vacation in New Zealand, and finally a last-minute flight back to my home town in San Francisco. I want to extend a sincere thank you to all of the healthcare workers around t he world for fighting the battle against this horrible virus. I also want to thank everyone at NYU Sydney for taking each student’s concerns so seriously and assisting each of us with our voyages back home. This post is not going to explain cover letters as advertised in my last blog post. Instead, I would like to summarize my experience as the Wasserman Global Peer in NYU Sydney. The application for this position appeared in my NYU email in early December. I decided to volunteer my services because I sought valuable work experience through NYU. As one of the s...
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Rewriting Resumes

Hello readers! Today’s blog post will be about writing, and more importantly, rewriting resumes. The resume is an essential document everyone needs to get a job interview. It is a 1-2 page document that summarizes your work experience and other relevant information about who you are as a professional. Writing good resumes is not an easy task, and I would not necessarily call myself a professional resume writer (I am currently volunteering). Despite this, NYU has trusted my ability to write and critique resumes, so I can help you with yours! Your resume is a personal marketing document. The concept of personal marketing should be thought of as a sales pitch: how can you make yourself look hireable on paper? Do this by highlighting relevant skills, strengths, and experiences in the context of a specific job application. The main purpose of a resume in your job application is to convince your employer to interview you; therefore, you do not need t...
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The Value of Volunteering

Hello again! I am happy to be back with my second blog post. If you read my last post, you would know that today’s topic is volunteering. You might be wondering, “What is volunteering?”, “Why should I ever volunteer when I can get paid to work?”, “How do I go about volunteering at home and abroad?”, and “Are there any opportunities for volunteering while abroad at NYU Sydney?”; by the end of this, I hope to answer these questions. If you have any questions by the end of this post, please feel free to reach out to me ( wf603@nyu.edu ). What is volunteering? The dictionary definition is "Freely offering to do something”. By volunteering, you are offering your time and energy for absolutely no financial compensation. In my professional past, I have volunteered at an animal shelter, a clinical research lab, a CNS behavioral research lab, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and I am currently volunteering at NYU! As you can see, there are countless ways to...
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Global Peer Sydney: Who Am I?

Hello friends! My name is William Florentino, and this is my first blog post ever! I am excited to finally be writing to whoever is reading this right now. Today's topic will be about my professional experience. My first job was a volunteer position at the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFSPCA) Summer camp. I was a Junior Camp Counselor at this Summer camp, which required me to go through a selective training process to help alleviate the workloads of the paid Camp Counselors. The SFSPCA is a non-profit organization that requires volunteers to function properly. Without volunteers and charitable donors, the SFSPCA would not be able to exist at all. I did not need to submit a resume for this position, as the SFSPCA Summer Camp was a feeder for young people who wanted to work for the SFSPCA in their immediate future. I showed drive, initiative, and interest around animal rights advocacy as an eighth-grader, and the administrators at the camp pi...
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