I
am currently majoring in International Business. I was majoring in Fashion Merchandising and
dreamt of becoming a buyer for fashion chain stores at the beginning of my
college career in the U.S. I have loved
fashion since I was a little girl but I didn’t have a chance to go to college back
to China when I was young. I had to obey
my father’s order to attend a vocational school and majored in Auto
Engineering. That diploma guaranteed me a
job at a state-owned company. So I ended
up having a job at a state-owned Bus Company’s garage, drawing blueprints for
car parts. When I came to the U.S.A. and
I had the chance to go to college, I loved it so much that I could do whatever
I wanted and didn’t need to obey my father’s order anymore. Fashion Merchandising was my first choice as a
major. However, when I got a job as a
contractor at a large bank’s Global Banking Department in 2007, I was eager to
have that job permanently. I talked to
my counselor at school to see if I could take some classes that could improve
my skills at work while earning school credits.
My counselor suggested me to change my major to International Business
for these reasons: Fashion Merchandising
is an impacted major in San Francisco State University, which means I may not
be able to get into that program; I don’t have any working experience in the
fashion industry and all my work experiences were office related, it may be
easier for me to get a job in international business than in fashion merchandising. I took his advice and changed my major to
International Business.
I
will find my way to sneak back to the fashion industry since I love it so
much. I was planning to open my own
online jewelry store this past summer but got pre-occupied by some other activities. I did researches about how to register as a
small business, how to open an online store, and I checked out how to sell merchandise
on eBay and Amazon. I am still not sure what I really want to sell and where I should
go for my materials. I was thinking of
taking a trip back to China to check out what I could do over there; but I didn’t
have time to do it this summer. Any
concerns, suggestions, advice about starting an online business? Greatly
appreciate the advice.
