CTP Skill Center

Class was fun fun fun today. I loved our learning and the notice points we individually need to focus on. I very much enjoyed the random interview questions and learning about the preparedness of social points for self. I also enjoyed the moment(s) when we realized that only two of us remembered what we were notified to complete from last week. Going through and watching our own interviews was nerve-wracking but honestly beautiful to see what we worry about anyway. It was a wonderful week. I feel like I have more to work on personally; however, I feel a lot more intact.

Today I learned about following up on job applications, which is something I have never been good at. I reviewed my own recorded mock interview with Carrie that I did last week, which was pretty rough, but still helpful. With Carrie’s help, I finally reached out to Jose’s contact in GIS, and that is HUGE!! At the end of the day, I got some practice talking about my other interests and talents, which is good because I might get those questions in interviews.

In employee services we covered: the Employment Services Presentation; We viewed the interview video recording and noted what we would improve and what we did well. We practiced two new interview questions. We added templates for email and phone/voice follow-ups to our job document.

I completed the What I did this week blogpost (WordPress Login Page)

Today was a productive day. So I started the class by answering how the mock interview practice went. After that, I was put into my own breakout room to watch my recorded interview from last week and also give a response on what I liked and what I wanted to improve. I also worked on the interview questions and answers. I also answered the practice interview question. I ended the day by doing the CTT Assessment and then “What did I do today” post.

Today we got to look at recorded interviews and had to ask one thing we really liked and two things that we can improve on. That was an interesting perspective. It really is funny to see how nervous I was knowing that I was being recorded. Then we had a presentation on job follow-up for applications that we put in. I have done that, but not 100%. Knowing how important it is, I will work on that much more. We had practice interview questions, and one of the questions is What are you most proud of learning on your own. I liked that question; it made me think about my skills and just how much of a self- starter I am, and I need to promote that more.

In Employment Services, Carrie first went over our video recorded interview practice portions from last week. She posted the link to YouTube so we could watch ourselves a) look like complete fools who were b) more ready to answer the interview questions needed to go do this job.

Since mock interviews were on Wednesday, I was sort of well-rehearsed in the interview Q&A bank. However, I had complaints about my performance on Wednesday and I decided the best way forward would be to look at an actual job opening and practice tailoring my responses as I would in an actual application. I found a job at the Berkeley Food Network that I will definitely apply for in the future, and I’ve been thinking about what else I could do to make sure when I apply that I get the interview.

For the rest of class today we had a lab hour to work on my work related documents, which now include a Follow-up template document. Then we answered a couple questions for interview practice before the end of class.

Started the day by clocking into HomeBase. Then watched a video of myself being interviewed by Carrie. Then we talked about what we could do better. Then worked on our job logs. Then we did some fun interview questions. Then clocked out of HomeBase. Then did the “what I did today” post and a self-assessment thing.

Today we took a look at our interview questions that Carrie recorded of us last week. We went out to a breakroom and watched and critiqued how we did. We spoke about what we liked and didn’t like about how we did. Of course, we are our worst critics, but we shouldn’t be hard on ourselves. Next, we worked on our job logs. Carrie gave us wonderful follow-up templates for job applications that we can use. This is great to have on hand. It can be hard to figure out what and how to say for following up. Last week we did interview questions with Carrie as a group. This time she asked us questions that aren’t on our interview question document she has given us. This was a great round of questions because they were fun ones. This is our last day in Pro CTP – Employment Services. I’m moving on to SJS next week. New and exciting changes will come!!!

It was a good day. I got to see my interview video with Carrie, taped last Friday. I am happy to say my voice is not as awful as I thought. I definitely must work on my ums and vocabulary. Thank you, Carrie, for doing this exercise. I learned a bit about what to expect on Monday doing SJS. I can’t believe how fast time has gone!!! We worked on answering interview questions that we don’t have and haven’t prepared for.

Watched the video that we made last Friday. Went over scenarios of what shows we like watching, what we are most proud of, and working on my job log.