Life Is About Experiences
By Harrison Schwartz, TAMID at Florida State
Have you ever told someone how to do something and they respond with “Oh
thanks. How’d you know how to do that?” Usually a response will follow with “I’ve
done it before”. Getting out there, getting your feet wet, exposing yourself is the
most important thing young minds like the members of TAMID can do, and it’s the
best thing that TAMID does. These experiences help us mature, these experiences
make us smarter.
This summer I was fortunate enough to have an internship in New York with
an expense management app for small business. It was the end of April during finals
week when I got the job and I can’t stress enough how this is entirely owed to
TAMID. Don’t get me wrong I’m charismatic, smart, outgoing; I crushed the
interview but it was all of the things I was able to talk about, the things I had done
with TAMID, it was the experiences that I had that got me the job. I was able to talk
about how I was a founding member of TAMID at Florida State, how those
experiences starting a club were similar to those of starting a business. It was the
companies I had consulted with and how we recommended different solutions for
their needs. It was how surprised the HR woman that was interviewing me was that
TAMID and the work we were doing was directly benefiting the Israeli economy. It’s
the intangible things about TAMID that make the difference down the road. These
are the things I stress to new members of TAMID at FSU and to potential new
members around campus. So to any current or future Directors of
Branding/Recruiting I urge you to do the same. These experiences that we get under
our belts make us better, smarter, more prepared for the real world than any other
club on campus possibly could. The education any student can get from being a
member of TAMID is priceless.
The experience that doesn’t need experience; TAMID! These days the
internships that we want are the ones that aren’t getting coffee and filing papers.
Employers always ask “What have you done” and the end of the day it’s not easy to
get started and have something legitimate to say. So one question I would ask myself
is “How do I get experience, if the experience that I need, requires me to have
experience?!” (I know the word experience is getting redundant I’m breaking all
sorts of TAMID blog records). Well to me the answer is simple, TAMID! TAMID takes
your resume and your skills to that next level. TAMID is the game changer; TAMID
has the potential to be “the” club on campuses all across the country. As the Director
of Branding, the future I envision is one where our brand is viewed as the best way
to take that next step in becoming ready for the real world, synonymous with
success. As I conclude I want to leave you with some food for thought. This was my
real life story of how TAMID changed my life, so I ask:
Am I all that different from you?