This week, we did the independent challenge– I found it doable. We set up our MicroSIP phone system and practiced with each other calling, transferring, etc. We worked on phone scripts for real practice. I found the straightforward ones easy, but the angry customer ones were a bit more challenging. It was a great learning …
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What I Did Today
I wanted to share this blog post because I found today’s mock interviews very helpful. The more practice I get, the more easy it is to relax and make the interviewer, and myself, feel comfortable. This time, I tried to be more human, and to smile and look at the interviewer, without reading from a …
What I Did Today
Today we worked on basic phone skills and practiced calls with eachother. I did very well on scenarios 1-3, but I totally messed up 4 and 5. It was good learning experience because I learned to keep both phone windows open, not just one.
What I Did Today
We started with typing practice. Today we worked with Jose to set up MicroSIP, a phone app. We spent the rest of the day on the independent challenge, which involved 3 sections: web browser setup, Google Docs, and Google Sheets. I couldn’t remember one of the formulas, so I looked it up online.
What I Did Today
Today, we learned tons of useful information about LinkedIn. We connected on LinkedIn with eachother, and endorsed eachother’s skills. I learned how to use Chat GBT for the first time, and it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be. We also worked on our resumes, and did on-the-spot interview practice– it gets easier …
What I Did Tu/W/Th
On Tuesday, I wrote my bio for the BerkMart website– I could use a more modern picture, and polish the wording but I think it’s good overall. I learned it’s very important to be logged into the BerkMart website, in order for the pages icon to show up in WordPress. On Wednesday, we learned features …
What I Did Today
Today we learned about some great features Microsoft Edge has that Chrome doesn’t. We practiced being customer service representatives for eachother for BerkMart sales. We worked on our flyers, and can finish them tomorrow in class.
What I Did Today
Today we made our staff bios for the BerkMart website. We also we learned about our accountability assignment, which is to add a new item to BerkMart. We learned what to do for Thursday’s blog post, which is to summarize this week. I learned that you must be logged into the BerkMart website in order …
What I Did Today
Today I learned the benefits of volunteering. I am so excited to go out and volunteer, because not only is it fullfilling, but it’s also an excellent networking opportunity, and can be used for resumes, and references. We checked out the Idealist website, which has thousands of volunteer jobs. We also discussed our interviewing experiences, …
What I Did Today
Today we did formal mock interviews with real interviewers. I dressed business professional and practiced calming down before, and during the interviews. I gained some really valuable interview practice, and some extremely valuable feedback about what I did well, and areas for improvement. I’m starting a document of interview feedback that I can reference for …