Today we watched a video about LinkedIn, and discussed how to improve our LinkedIn profiles. I then got some good feedback on my resume and made some small changes to it. I made some changes to my LinkedIn as well. Then we had interview question practice, which always gets easier with time.
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What I Did This Week
This was electives week and it’s my third month, so my elective was my portfolio. I created my portfolio, got some help from Mike, then we voice-recorded the slideshow today. Yesterday I did my check-in with Carrie and it went well. I spent most of the week on the portfolio, then barely started a 2nd …
What I Did Today
Today I had my monthly check-in meeting with Carrie, and it went well. I’m on track. We spent the rest of the time on our electives, mine being the portfolio project. I finished the first draft of the text, and now I’m making the slideshow more interesting.
What I Did Today
My power went out right at the beginning of class, then it came back on. I spent most of the day on my portfolio, and we learned how to add cool shapes to our presentations to make them more interesting. We learned how to modify Monkeytype as well.
What I Did Today
This is electives week, so I started my month 3 portfolio slideshow. I also spent some time on my resume and searching Idealist for possible volunteer opportunities. I finished the first draft of my resume, and now I need to put volunteer experience in there. I then started working on my portfolio.
What I Did Today
Today, we learned how to spot scam job listings, which is especially helpful for remote positions. Then we did a workplace conflict reading, quiz, and discussion, learning how to best handle conflict situations. During lab time, I worked on my resume, making it shorter with more impact statements. We then did interview practice, which was …
What I Did This Week
On Monday, we skipped orientation because there were no new students. Mike explained the POW slides project. There was no class on Tues. because it was Farmworkers’ Day. On Wednesday, we finished working on our POW slideshows, then some of us shared our slideshows. On Thursday, we did the donor mail merge project. I found …
What I Did Today
After typing, we finished our POW slideshows. The more practice I get, the easier it is to make slideshows. We then started the mail merge project, which I have never done in Google, so I’m finding it to be a very good learning experience.
What I Did Today
Today, we skipped the new month orientation because we have no new students. We did typing practice and reviewed Tuesday’s lesson plan, where I learned some good keyboard shortcuts. We spent most of the time working on our POW Google Slides projects. I am getting faster and more familiar with Google Slides, and this time …
What I Did Today
Today we watched a video about job searching, and I learned how important it is to use multiple job search sites, not just 1 or a small number of them. During the professional documents lab, I continued to work on my resume, adding more impact statements. Then we did practice interviewing with our peers, which …