Today, we started by doing an activity in which we were looking for volunteer opportunities. Afterwards, we all shared our respective opportunities with the group. Next hour, we worked on our professional documents. I was mainly working on my cover letter for today’s hour. For the final hour, we went through some interesting interview questions. My favorite was the question about what made me the happiest at work.
8/22/25
Today we explored volunteerism. I loved this aspect of resume building.
Then we answered some interview questions after we worked on resume, skill building part.
I looked for jobs.
What I did today
worked on cover letter template, viewed volunteering websites for the career that I desire.
What I Did Today
We started the day with a learning about the benefits of volunteering can be very beneficial to landing a long-term job. Also it can build your skills to land a job later down the line and put it in your resume just a you would a paid job. Second hour worked on finishing the resume and attached the cover letter to it. Third hour was dedicated to interview prep and practice. Aug/22/2018 Discovery of a bone of a 90,000-year-old hybrid human, half Neanderthal, half Denisovan, from Anuy River, Siberia, is published in “Nature
What I Did Today
I looked for volunteer work online and shared it in the class.
I worked on my resume, revised with help from AI.
I practiced interview questions and answers.
What I Did Today
Today we continued with employment services, going over the class schedule and briefly looked into volunteer opportunities. We worked on our professional documents throughout class, as I focused my attention on filling out more of the interview questions. Near the end of the session, we did some interview practice and wrapped up for the day with a self-assessment.
What I did today
In the first hour I did 15 minutes of typing practice, and then added job listings to the CTP website. In hours two and three I worked on the emergency funds list for Placer County.
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