CTP Skill Center

A few of the things I did included work on my resume, researching volunteer opportunities on the Idealist website, and participating in practicing interview questions and answers.

Today we learned about the personal and professional benefits of volunteer work, and where to look for it. The class worked on professional documents, and I tried to polish my resume. We finished the class by practicing interview questions and I love this part because the practice always shows me what to do (or not to do!) all practice is good practice

Today, I found a volunteer opportunity with a police department on Idealist. I also completed the O*NET Interest Profiler and practiced mock interview questions. Have an amazing weekend everyone!

I responded to questions Carrie asked in class and worked on my work history for my SSDI application.

Today I learned that I should be more to the point on the negative leadership and more general. I don’t need to vent in that intervew space. I also checked in about my employment goals 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 a lifetime. I found this feedback extremely useful and I’m excited to practice it.

Today we presented our tech articles to the class, which I always find so fascinating. I love being able to talk about technology with fellow enthusiasts and talking about where the different technologies we discuss converge.

For the remainder of class, we worked on the “building a PC for a purpose” lab, which I thoroughly enjoyed, as I am a total computer geek. I discovered it is much cheaper to purchase the parts and build your own PC, rather than purchasing a pre-assembled one from a manufacturer

Today I learned how much cheaper it is to build a pc vs buying a pc. I enjoyed learning about which part does what. Also had the core check in and that was good to know I need to write everything down.

Today, I learned about the difference between a virtualized PC that has better specs than an inexpensive office PC. I spoke to Devin and Carrie about my progress in class, and overall, I’m doing well! Lastly, I spoke to Jose about my portfolio.

I practiced my typing, worked on my elective and Berkmart Conference assignments, practiced creating Zoom meetings, and had my check-in meeting with Carrie and Devin.