Work experience:

1. Don Pablo's, Lafayette, IN, Server, John, October 2007-present, customer service: taking orders, delivering food, delivering checks, making change

McCord's Candies, Lafayette, IN, all positions, Mike, May 2007-August 2007, customer service, take orders, make food, deliver food, deliver checks, run cash register

Buffalo Wild Wings, West Lafayette, IN, WCT Training Cashier, Jen, September 2006-October 2007, customer service, greet customers, take orders, deliver food, manage carry out orders, train incoming cashiers and servers

St. James Lutheran School, Lafayette, IN, temporary Spanish teacher, August 2006-May 2007, make lesson plans, teach lessons once weekly, record student's involvement and report grades each semester.

Zales, The Diamond Co., Lafayette, IN, Sales Associate, May 2006-January 2007, customer service, make sales, diamond/jewelry care, weekly audits

Steak-n-Shake, Lebanon, IN, Server/Cashier/Drive-thru/Fountain/Dish, May 2004-September 2006, customer service, take orders, make desserts, deliver food, deliver check, run cash register

Ponderosa Steak House, Lebanon, IN, server/cashier, Mike, August 2002-May 2004, customer service, take orders, deliver food, make desserts, manage dessert buffet

2. YMCA, Lebanon, IN, one week Spanish program, April 2006, taught pre-made lessons and supervised activities and projects, worked with children between ages 6-10, supervised other volunteers

National Art Honor Society, Lebanon, IN, Art workshops, March 2004, 2005, 2006, supervised elementary students in various art projects

National Honor Society, Lebanon, IN, Food Drive, April 2006, made flyers, collected donations 3. N/A

Educational Experience:

4. The courses that have helped me most up to this point in my educational career are my Spanish courses, my Education classes, and my Communication courses at Purdue University. I have studies Spanish for six years now, and use it as often as possible and have been able to apply it to all of my current and previous work experiences. My Education courses have helped me with various project and planning methods that will be applicable to various career fields, not specifically education. My communication courses have helped me to work in groups, and connect to people on various levels, in multiple situations. They have also helped with my public speaking which will be helpful with my ultimate career goal or becoming a teacher.

5. I graduated high school with an Honors Diploma

Skills:

6. I believe my strongest skills are in customer service. I love working with people, am very organized, can manage agendas/meetings/schedules, I have no trouble multi-tasking and prioritizing tasks, I manage conflict effectively and if I do not know the answer to a question am always willing to do the research to find the answer. At this moment I would like to continue in customer service throughout my college career, until I end up in the educational field. I think the skills used in customer service apply to education in various ways, and that the customer service field will continue to provide positive experiences for me.

7. I consider myself to be mildly bilingual with English as my first language and Spanish as my second. I have studied Spanish for six years, and have translating experience in Mexico while there with a church group.

8. I am very comfortable with computers of all kinds, and adapt to new software quickly and painlessly. I am familiar with Microsoft Office products, ’93-’07, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and FrontPage.

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