CTP Skill Center

Started the day by clocking into HomeBase. Then we moved on to talking about each other’s articles, and also talked about our mock interviews. Then we moved on to our lab times and meeting with Joe to see how we are doing, like a check-up, really. Then I did the “What I did today” post before clocking out of HomeBase for the day.

Today was a very hard day for me. Typing was fine. I shared the elective I did. A slide show on otters! I love me some otters! We got a sheet assignment on UCSF clinical nurses’ wage table. I feel defeated. I am experiencing an internet connection problem. Sheets are the hardest thing for me to do. Of course, there’s no AC here, where it is 100. I will take a cold shower, eat something, and go back to it. Thank you, Marc and Mike!

Tech Articles – we did our tech articles and shared them. My article was on how AI and art are supposedly working together. They are supposed to be a collaboration, but people take AI art and rip it off as their own. In my opinion, it has become a crutch rather than a tool. Many people no longer use it as a jump-off point or start point, but use AI art straight as it is.

Inception Project -We are still on the inception project, and I keep getting stuck trying to connect to the router. Hopefully, with all my ticket entries, I will figure out what is wrong.

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Today I began my fourth day as an administrative associate, with my main task for the day to research and post job listings and upcoming job fairs from a variety of places onto the CTP skill center website. I searched the usual job sites before posting my 3 job listings into a comprehensive summary. I additionally posted more job and career fair flyers with step-by-step information and instructions to properly register to the event, as well as reposted upcoming job fair events to increase visibility towards them and ensure job seekers can attend properly if interested.

Interviewer Ash Valec, Branch Manager for all of the Poppy Bank branches recommended the SOAR method for interviews: Situation, Objective, Action, Result. For example, lead with there was a time when…, my objective, what I decided to do, and the outcome/result. He also said it is very important to dress well for interviews and he complimented what I chose to wear for the interview. The other interviewer Amirah, a CSR III, was focused on asking questions. There was not time for feedback. I had the sense my answers went over well but Ash was very focused on SOAR so I did my best on the fly to adapt to his preferred style. I also worked to build a collegial relationship with both interviewers in the time we had for the dual-interview. The other interview was with LaTonya Summers-Render also a CSR who trained Amirah. Her feedback included: more eyecontact, more smiling, fewer hand gestures and try getting a squeeze toy to occupy my hands – she said it worked for her as she also uses her hands in conversation.