My role at the 125th Street Business Improvement District is as a Special Events Coordinator strategizing and working out ways to promote upcoming events. When an event idea is presented to me I usually start by coming up with an outline of things that need to happen in order for the event to be a success, like a timeline. The type of components I work out are the list of people we want to target, the location, time and date of the event or sending out invitations. How I came about working at the BID is through the CUNY Service Corps Internship program. In this program all participants go through a series of interviews with different organizations and at the end you list your top 8 placement sites you’ll like to work at for the school year. I listed the BID as my first choice and I was matched with the BID because they too choose me as one of their interns to hire for the position. The interview was an in- person interview I had with my supervisor Tasemere Gathers whose the Director of Programs and Economic Development at the 125th Street BID. During interview I only had 10 to 15 minutes to sell myself so I talked about my career goals, my views on the BID and even showed my one of my portfolio pieces. After the whole interviewing process I would say it took 2 weeks to receive a response back to find out what placement site I got matched with. My experience thus far at the BID is exciting and I can’t wait to see how the rest of these months will play out.
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