{"id":4430,"date":"2012-08-20T09:27:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2012-08-23T11:36:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:36:35","slug":"guest-blog-a-year-in-review-at-ocs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2012\/08\/20\/guest-blog-a-year-in-review-at-ocs\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog: A Year in Review at OCS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julia Eger, Harvard College Class of 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to be honest here: when I started at Harvard, I thought my position as a counselor-in-training at my childhood summer camp was more or less the epitome of an internship. Global health, green construction, and marketing were foreign terms to me as a freshman, and I was so taken aback when my Harvard friends started discussing their summer internship plans that I wasn\u2019t sure where to look for answers. Conveniently, that was about the time I started working as one of two marketing and social media assistants at the Office of Career Services<\/a>. When I began, the idea of an internship search was daunting and foreign. After my first few hours in the office in September, my perspective already began to completely transform.<\/p>\n

\"Julia<\/a>

Julia Eger, OCS Marketing & Social Media<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking back on my first year at OCS, I have come to understand what many students, like my freshman self, often don\u2019t realize: just how many opportunities are available to us here at Harvard. Events \u2013 panels, receptions, career fairs \u2013 take place every day and cover what seems like a limitless scope of options. As a blogger<\/a> for many of these events, I can personally say that they were more informative and interesting than I could have imagined, always broadening my horizon of fields<\/a> that I had ever thought to pursue. Besides the obvious highlights of my work here \u2013 like standing face-to-face with Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook event<\/a> this past fall, or getting to eat Eritrean food and listen to stories about experiences in Africa<\/a> in March \u2013 each event has taught me something new. Attending these events not only brought upon new knowledge and perspectives on what\u2019s out there, but taught the importance of searching<\/em> for what is out there.<\/p>\n

\"Mike<\/a>

Mike Schroepfer and Mark Zuckerberg at Farkas Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve learned this year that OCS is always the place to go first. The staff is well-informed, well-connected, and well-versed: they know what it\u2019s like to be a student looking for a job, internship, or fellowship\u2014or a study abroad or research opportunity\u2014 and they\u2019ve seen a case like yours before. Reassuringly, my interactions with them proved that the advisers wanted me to succeed as much as I wanted to, making the search less of a chore and more of an explorative project.<\/p>\n

\"Welcome<\/a>

Welcome to the Office of Career Services!<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve come a long way since my na\u00efve days of thinking OCS was only for upperclassmen; there is something for everyone here. Stop by during office drop-in hours<\/a> at 54 Dunster Street in your first weeks at Harvard. Introduce yourself to the advisers, peek around the office. Of course, you\u2019ll be back later — to get help with your resume<\/a>, seek more information on summer options, or attend a workshop or information session<\/a>. But with a campus as expansive as ours, knowing where to start is half the battle. There\u2019s so much to learn, and OCS warmly opens its doors to you.<\/p>\n

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