Today we worked on a couple different assignments in Google Docs regarding formatting and proofreading. First we had to fix titles and headers, and then we spent time looking for spelling and grammar mistakes. I enjoy proofreading because I have an attention to detail. Using the Grammarly extension made it much easier, but surprisingly it …
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Today we had the ortientation for new students in Core Training. It was interesting to see it from the perspective of a returning student, and it was also useful to review the program outline. Later on, we talked about how to use Gmail which was great for me as someone who didn’t properly learn some …
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Today we reviewed our recorded interview practice and I surprised myself by doing better than I remembered. I almost finished my resume and refined a lot of my interview questions. I got to practice more interview questions, but I think I need to start actually memorizing some parts of my responses so that I don’t …
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Today we worked on customer service email responses, which used fictitious examples of customers with feedback or complaints and we were expected to respond professionally on behalf of BerkMart. It was good practice for me understanding how to address customer complaints in text and learning what words I should use. Then we reviewed the challenge …
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Today I did my first independent challenge which was to test my knowledge of google apps such as docs and sheets. I was able to finish and I was happy with how it went. Sometimes I struggle to understand what is meant by certain directions, but I was able to get through it anyway. After …
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Today we did a practice interview which was recorded. Unfortunately I felt like I wasn’t at my best today and I feel like it could have gone a lot better. I spent most of the rest of the time refining the answers to some of my interview questions, and consolidating information from my old resume …
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Today I had my first monthly check in for core training. Then we worked on a new lab to learn the basics of computer coding. I tried to make a project where a hedgehog would jump in the air and then fall back down, but I didn’t have time to finish and my code failed …
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Today I finished the HTML lab and got to the point of being able to make changes to the website by changing the HTML code. It was very rewarding to be able to see all the setup pay off and to finally be able to get creative with designing the webpage. I used ChatGPT to …
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Today we started on a lab to learn how to write HTML and put it on a web server on a virtual web server. Even though I’ve worked with HTML in a limited manner in the past, I have never set up a web server before so I’m excited to learn how that works and …
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Today we learned about the STAR method for interview questions. I am interested in trying to apply it next time I work on interview questions because I excel with structured methods like that. Then we worked on our resumes and finished by practicing behavioral interview questions out loud as a class. I think I need …