CTP Skill Center

Today was another awesome day! Wonderful to learn about so many scam job situations and how to monitor and handle them. Additionally, the Job Log is a valuable resource for reviewing my efforts and staying focused on my moves for employment. The class, in general, is helping me feel a lot more positive and hopeful about returning to work. In fact, I feel a lot more confident and informed about the steps to take towards success, and even see “failures” as positive lessons.

One of the most valuable takeaways was the presentation of fraudulent job listings and how to spot them.

Employment Services Presentation (2:00 – 2:50 PM)

• Employment Services Presentation
• New students, staff will provide access to your Job Log
• Staff, to prepare a Job Log for a new participant…
  1. Open the Job Log Template
  2. Make a copy (File → Make a copy)
  3. Rename document with the participant’s name and remove the word Template
  4. Move the document (Shared Drives ► Supported Job Search ► Student Documents)
  5. Share the document with the participant’s professional Gmail account

Professional Documents Labs (3:00 – 3:50 PM)

Make sure these are linked in your job log

• Writing Your Resume
• Writing Your Cover Letter
• LinkedIn Profile Development
• Preparing your Traditional Interview Q&A
• Reasonable accommodation Template

Interview Practice (4:00 – 4:45 PM)

• Interview Practice & Interactive Labs

Wrap-Up (4:45 – 5:00 PM)

• Self-assessment survey
  • CTT Self-Assessment
  • PRO Self-Assessment
• What I did this week (WordPress Login Page)

Friday class schedule: Alternating weeks

Video Recorded Interview Sessions (3:00 – 4:45 PM)

• Video Recorded Interview Session Overview
• Conducting Video Recorded Interviews (Staff)
• Mock Job Application (Coming Soon)

Additional Resources

• Job Search Engines, Links, and Resources
• EMP Mock Interview Prep (staff)
• Media/Appearance Release Form
• Tech Interview Scoring and Evaluation (staff)

Today I learned more about scam jobs and how to weed them out of the job search. I got started on my Job Log, which seems like a good tool! Finally, we discussed interviewing strategies and tactics, and I brought up some serious concerns related to my very messed-up work experience. These will need to be addressed further in the future, but it was a good start.

I wanted to spend time working on my job readiness skills today. It was fine getting through the coursework logistically. Devin was a very fine sub for the introduction of Employment Services here in the Pro Administrative and Customer Service.

I will remember to set up time on my calendar this weekend to schedule some independent learning from Skillsoft. Its somewhat new to have projects assigned to do and besides feeling overwhelmed at times, I mostly feel like the structured learning approach is getting me motivated to accomplish those career goals.

This week, in addition to PRO class, I completed a mock interview with Salesforce, which I found to be useful and more informational than I expected. I will remember to be more open-minded about interview practice or maybe look forward to meeting in an interview setting because improving my outlook seems to be the recurring theme.

Otherwise, I am excited for the weekend and I look forward to more projects and assessments. Hopefully I can review the Managing Rigidity homework when I get to working on my Job Log.

Learned how to spot jobs that are scams.

Worked on my cover sheet

Talked about email responses regarding jobs I’ve applied to.

Started the day by clocking into HomeBase. Then we talked about scams jobs postings that are sometimes out there and how to spot one. Then we worked on our job log, and I worked on my follow-up letter. Then we talked and worked on our interview questions. Then we closed the day by doing our weekly self-assessment thing and our “What I did today” post before clocking out of HomeBase for the day.

Today was a little different than usual. Carrie is on vacation, and Devin was our instructor. He was our substitute teacher. In the first part of class, we learned about scam job postings, what to look out for, and what would be red flags. In the next part of class, we worked on our job logs. My job log documents and information are up to date. But I was able to update my LinkedIn. Next, we worked on our interview questions. I was the first person Devin asked an interview question, and I didn’t do so well with my answer. He gave me great feedback, and I will work on this question again. I need to have a positive outcome instead of leaving the position. I will think of a better way of saying my answer or find another situation that I had.

Today is Friday; Devon worked with us as Carrie is not here. I found very interesting and learned a lot from today’s topic on avoiding getting scammed while job hunting. How to tell if something is suspicious, follow your intuition, and if it’s too good to be true, it is. Worked on cover letter, thanks Keyva. Finished as always, with the interview questions, the best way to answer.

i really liked hearing about the scams that are in job posts. It is also good for me to know that if I have questions, I can contact the CTP staff. It can be hard when you feel like you have to do it all yourself. We then got to work on our employment papers, whether it was a resume or our questions and answers for interviews. I like to do projects. The practice interviews were nice, and it was good to hear from the new people.

Clocked in with Homebase, of course. I typed a bit more today and felt really good moving around the keys better than I used to. It was a pleasure to check in with Marc about my Managing Rigidity homework I had left unfinished. I struggled difficultly with the Action Plan as I do not remember what was difficult in work after loss of key points. Marc left good advise and encouragement so I submitted finished at the end of class (aka late), and still am feeling that my answers may not line up with the elements of the message. Also, going through notes today really opened my eyes to more difficulties I need to observe and create positive options for. Thus far I have really enjoyed classes with everyone. The ability to communicate is magical! Please let me know if I forgot to list anything!