Career and College reserch

Real estate industry

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos120.htm

     Real estate industry has two different position to enter such as a broker and agent. Here is some characteristic of work.
1) A license is required in every State and the District of Columbia.
2) Residential real estate brokers and sales agents often work evenings and weekends.
3) Employment is sensitive to swings in the economy, as well as interest rates; during periods of declining economic activity or rising interest rates, the volume of sales and the resulting demand for sales workers fall.
4) Although gaining a job may be relatively easy, beginning workers face competition from well-established, more experienced agents and brokers.
5) Employment of real estate brokers and sales agents is expected to grow 14 percent during the 2008-18 decade, faster than average for all occupations

     So, as we can see, to make money and high incomes, real estate industry looks great. In other word, as a start-up of a company for entrepreneur, it could be the most solid industry to start with.

Venture Capitalist 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital

     A venture capitalist is a person who invests in a business venture, providing capital for start-up or expansion. Usually the company invested money has a high potential business plan or idea. Generally, venture capitalists are looking for returns of 25 percent and up. What's the difference between a venture capitalist and an angel investor? A venture capitalist is a professional investor. He or she manages a fund and is looking for suitable investments for that fund. An angel investor is an individual who, while also looking for a suitable investment, is also looking for a personal opportunity. In other words, the venture capitalist may have no business experience applicable to the industry your company is involved in, and is focused on the potential rate of return your company can provide. An angel investor often has business experience relevant to your company and is interested in adding value to your company, as well as making a return on his or her investment.
 
     So it means, simply speaking, investor use their money and provide a great start-up for a company or person which has a great idea to make a great profit. In other word, an investors help a person who need money to effectuate the idea.

NYU Stern

http://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/undergraduate/index.htm

     One of the best and most common business school in the world. To transfer to Stern, we need our GPA generally more than 3.8. Also, from CUNY, many credits should not be able to transferred. Sop, we may need to start from a freshman, or sophomore. Requirement is really challenging, but, if we think applying to a real estate company such as Corcoran, we need to graduate a university like here. Also, we can learn a lot about business, so to be an investor in the future, here could be the great choice to go.

Baruke College

http://zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/programs/undergrad/degrees/real-estate/

BBA in Real Estate Development; Real Estate Investment.

     Much easier requirement to enter. All the credit is transferable, and minimum GPA is about 3.2. As I see so far, required classes look useful to learn real estate industry. Therefore, we can easily see why this college is the most common choice for most of the CUNY student,.

Professional association

Professional association for real estate industry in Japan.

 JARES is focus on providing education and networking among the realtors in Japan. Therefore, it could be useful to meet other realtor to exchange information with other realtors.

The real Estate Companies Association of Japan is more focus on making connection among many different industries. Therefore, I might be able to use this association to build a networking with other industries.

 

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 Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences (JARES)

JARES' misson is below:

This association aims to contribute to the promotion of scientific activities and to the improvement of people's life by enhancing inter-disciplinary research and education on real estate and by providing the results to society.

This association sponsors following activities:

1  Gathering and Lectures

2  Publication of academic bulletins and others

3  Research and investigation

4  Promotion of research and public recognition of research achievement

5  International exchange of knowledge and experience on real estate

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The Real Estate Companies Association of Japan.

The mission is below:

The Real Estate Companies Association of Japan aims to contribute to improving the national economy and lifestyle of Japan by contributing to the real-estate industry as a whole, as well as the healthy developement of real-estate related businesses such as the supply of housing and urban development.

 

1	Studies and research on the supply and development of a good stock of housing, office facilities, etc.
2	Studies and research concerning the promotion of urban development including urban regeneration
3	Studies and research concerning the promotion of real-estate securitization and other businesses
4	Submission of proposals and opinions based on the above studies and research
5	Compilation and preparation of various real-estate statistics and materials such as the supply of condominiums, stand-alone housing, etc.
6	Provision of information, dissemination of knowledge and public relations activities related to real estate and the real-estate business
7	Contracting of studies, research and work, including the preparation of materials related to real estate and the real-estate business
8	Provision of information, execution of training and such for the promotion of member activities
9	Other oparations necessary to achieve the mission of our Association

Link of Linkdin

Here is my Linkdin's linik
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=hb_tab_pro_top

Informational interview

     I checked 3 website to learn informational interview such as Stanford University, Harvard University, UCLA.  What they say is almost the same. The purpose of informational interview is to gather information, not a job, and to build networking. They also mention, a matter of course, we have to be nice to the person or the company we will contact and have to be well prepared about the question we will ask.

There are the links of web site and brief summary below.
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Stanford University

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/cdc/networking/informational-int

     According to Career Development Center of Stanford University, informational interview is not job interview. The purpose of informational interview is to get an advice and information from a person who is working in an industry or a company which we are thinking.


     There are some steps for informational interview. Before the meeting, We have to set up the meeting. To set up the meeting, we can phone or send an email asking for a meeting. We need to think about the best time to call or call back again to the person.

     When you call, we need to introduce ourselves briefly, and explain we are researching the field and asking them an advice, not a job. The time we ask should me 20-30. We can also offer to buy coffee or lunch to them, but usually, to ask them a informational interview in their work place is the best solution.


     During the meeting, we need to introduce ourselves briefly, and explain why we want to the advice, such as the reason why we are thinking to get in the industry, how our current major or experience connect to the industry, when are graduate from school, and we can even mention we are looking for a summer internship if we want to. In the end of the meeting, we can also ask them to introduce someone who could be helpful for us to find more possibilities. Be nice for the person in the end of the meeting.


     After the meeting, we really need to send a thank you letter.
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Harvard University
http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/students/undecided/infointerviewing.htm

     The difference about definition of informational interview between Stanford and Harvard is 
Harvard thinks it is also networking building. Other information in Harvard university is pretty mush the same with the Stanford.  It said : we need to research the industry and think about the questions we will ask such as how they feel about working in the industry, what kind of skills and experiences we have to have to get in the industry.

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UCLA
http://career.ucla.edu/students/ExploreCareers/WhatIsAnInformationalInterview.aspx

     Here is also almost the same: The purpose of informational interview is gathering information to understand the industry more, be well prepared before the interview, be nice during the interview, and send the thank you letter after the inter view.

Quotations from chapter 3

Quotation 01
"Your mind can take you anywhere or nowhere"

     It is right. We cannot go anywhere else with our our mind. We have to know where we want to go to arrive there.

Quotation 02
"Good mind will help you change how you interpret a situation."

     This is also right, I believe meaning of things and situation is based on how we see them. Many people say hardship is also chance. I totally agree with it. Therefore, I love this sentence to make myself to be open-minded.

Quotation 03
"You are thinking all the time, and the thoughts you choose can propel you forward or hold you back"

     It says it is totally up to you to go forward, or to hole back. Either way is fine as a life, but when we think about our ideal life, there is no way back. I wish I can keep myself to be open-minded and go forward forever.

Quotations from Chapter 2

Quotation 01
     "Creativity is connecting the unconnected"
It is hard to define what creativity is, and how we can use our creativity. Most of the time, we do not know how to use our creativity to think about our life planning, and we do not even know what our creativity. As the book said, our experiences are often separated each other. However, once we notice that, we can think how we can connect them.

Quotation 02
     "What new connection can you make?"
I love these kind of question. I always ask myself like What can I innovate by doing that" "Is it really new?" for my ideas, and even for my private life. Why I ask these kind of question is that I love to innovate things, and find new aspect and connection between things. Therefore, I believe these kind of questions are one of the most vital questions to make our life active.

Quotation 03
     "Sometimes your themes can reveal what's important to you"
Some people always change their mind, and their sense of value, and some people do not. I do not know which one is better way of thinking as a human being. However, when I think about my life, it has been all about change. There has been many changes and it lead me to the new path of life. Therefore, I love this sentence too.

INTJ:Masterminds

     The test told me I am INTJ(introvert, intuitive, thinking, judging, ): Masterminds.

http://keirsey.com/4temps/mastermind.aspx

I am not sure if I am a really masterminds type of person. However I love to find a new solution for a complex situation, and love to spend my time to research all the alternatives. I look for and check all the possibilities, and try to find the best way. I did not think I was one of these kind of people, but I think this result is pretty much collect. In the past one year, these many things happened in my life and it change myself and even my way of thinking. I thought I was totally opposite side of person before I took the test. However because of the change which I got in the past one year, I got this result.