CTP Skill Center

In Employment Services, Carrie first went over our video recorded interview practice portions from last week. She posted the link to YouTube so we could watch ourselves a) look like complete fools who were b) more ready to answer the interview questions needed to go do this job.

Since mock interviews were on Wednesday, I was sort of well-rehearsed in the interview Q&A bank. However, I had complaints about my performance on Wednesday and I decided the best way forward would be to look at an actual job opening and practice tailoring my responses as I would in an actual application. I found a job at the Berkeley Food Network that I will definitely apply for in the future, and I’ve been thinking about what else I could do to make sure when I apply that I get the interview.

For the rest of class today we had a lab hour to work on my work related documents, which now include a Follow-up template document. Then we answered a couple questions for interview practice before the end of class.

Started the day by clocking into HomeBase. Then watched a video of myself being interviewed by Carrie. Then we talked about what we could do better. Then worked on our job logs. Then we did some fun interview questions. Then clocked out of HomeBase. Then did the “what I did today” post and a self-assessment thing.

Today we took a look at our interview questions that Carrie recorded of us last week. We went out to a breakroom and watched and critiqued how we did. We spoke about what we liked and didn’t like about how we did. Of course, we are our worst critics, but we shouldn’t be hard on ourselves. Next, we worked on our job logs. Carrie gave us wonderful follow-up templates for job applications that we can use. This is great to have on hand. It can be hard to figure out what and how to say for following up. Last week we did interview questions with Carrie as a group. This time she asked us questions that aren’t on our interview question document she has given us. This was a great round of questions because they were fun ones. This is our last day in Pro CTP – Employment Services. I’m moving on to SJS next week. New and exciting changes will come!!!

It was a good day. I got to see my interview video with Carrie, taped last Friday. I am happy to say my voice is not as awful as I thought. I definitely must work on my ums and vocabulary. Thank you, Carrie, for doing this exercise. I learned a bit about what to expect on Monday doing SJS. I can’t believe how fast time has gone!!! We worked on answering interview questions that we don’t have and haven’t prepared for.

Watched the video that we made last Friday. Went over scenarios of what shows we like watching, what we are most proud of, and working on my job log.

07.30.2026: Class today was very mellow at the beginning. I appreciate Mike for letting us know it is a 3-minute type test day- I would’ve done a 2-page instead. Thank you to all the graduates of class today; your energies, ideas, and aid will be dearly missed! However, it also feels like everyone will stay in contact. Congratulations and positive energy moving forward! You are all amazing individuals.

07.29.2026: Came into class today more nervous than excited for the mock interviews. I wasn’t really sure what to say in advance about this field of work. Went through both interviews, and my interviewers were both really awesome and guiding individuals! Deeply appreciated.

Today, my main responsibilities as an administrative associate are my daily task for the day to research and post job listings onto the CTP skill center website, and my main tasks for the day is to research general emails and contact information for foundations from a provided list, and then send email messages to the applicable foundations, as well as send out fundraising emails to former CTP graduates from a provided list using the provided email template to message them. Today I also started calling former CTP graduates with the call and voicemail script.

I sent 5 emails to former CTP graduates using the provided email template, while also beginning to call and leave voicemails.