Dear Kevin and Ginger,

I would like to thank the SPOT! and my wonderful instructor, Debbie Walker for all she taught me, and for the one-on-one time and patience she gave to me to ensure that I understood the material. Debbie had complete knowledge of the lessons, and was always available to answer any questions I had while doing the exercises. Her explanations were very informative and easy to understand.

I would highly recommend the SPOT! to anyone who wanted to further educate themselves on the computer. By taking the General Office Proficiency course, and then furthering me knowledge with Advanced training, I really notice a difference in both my knowledge and ease on the computer, and also in the volume and quality of job interviews I was called in for.

Once again, thank you, and I wish you all the best.

Sincerely,
Brenda Kilburn

To Whom it may Concern,

I just want to say that when I first started taking this class my first thought was this is going to be impossible there's no way that I can do this. What am I trying to say that with mike’s help it’s been a little easier I have never done nothing like this in my life but hoping that I'm going to get trough with this course And get a job in a field out there. I know that I have to take some more English classes to better my grammar And cant forget about mary her teaching skills are great.

Respectfully,
Hector D Rochin

Hello Ginger,

Happy to inform you that I landed a job position with McCormick-Schillings in Salinas. Position
required knowledge in Access and Excel. All you folks at The SPOT! performed your jobs well, educating me with working computer skills. I am very thankful to you, Kevin,
and especially to my instructors Debbie Walker and Debbie Jones.

Thanks ever so much. Keep up the good work

Sincerely,
Richard Granados

To Whom It May Concern:

The SPOT! has been a great educational experience for me so far. I had attended another school for a brief time they didn’t have time for questions I decided to look for another school where they might work at a pace where someone with no computer experience could learn. I then came here now we work at a pace where you can actually learn something Michael Evans is very patient his style of teaching allows you hands on training. The one on one training he provides is invaluable to us though probably challenging for him as a teacher. Mary and Michael are very polite and friendly and promote a happy learning environment I in fact have recommended this school to friends.

Respectfully,
Florene Collins

Dear Ginger,

When it was announced that Texas Instruments was closing down, I decided to take the opportunity to enhance my computer skills. I chose the SPOT! for 2 reasons: (1) located near my home; and (2) small classes. I chose the fall of 2001 to take an Advanced Office Applications class and Small
Business Accounting with QuickBooks.

Once I was done with these 2 classes, I started looking for work in January 2002. While I was looking, I also took a couple of short classes that wouldn't interfere with my job search activities: QuickBooks, Quark Xpress and Dreamweaver. During the time I was looking for work, I wasn't sure what I was going to do, I just knew that I no longer had any interest working in the high tech industry. Since I was planning on change in careers, I knew it would take longer and be a little tougher in this job market. I applied to about 5 places a week. In the meantime, I had applied to the County of Santa Cruz for a Typist/Clerk III position. About a month after I had applied, I was invited to take a test. A couple of weeks after taking the class, I had gotten my exam results back, and landed in the top 10!

While I was going through the process with the County of Santa Cruz, I had interviewed for 4 other positions but no job offers. I really wasn't all that concerned since I hadn't interviewed for 13 years
and obviously was very rusty in interviewing skills. By the time the
County had notified me to interview for 2 different vacancies in the
Typist/Clerk III classification, I knew I was getting close to getting a
job. I got the job with the Workforce Investment Board of Santa Cruz
County after only looking for work in a little less than 4 months.
Looking for work is never easy, especially during these tough times. You have to put in a lot of effort to make it happen and especially if you are changing careers like I did, but it can be done. I thank the SPOT! for the support I got during this period of time. I had GREAT instructors, use of a computer during open lab, and good advice of how to format my resume.

Thank you,
Lisa Quail