Job Search Activity 12-1

1.a) Unloader/Preloader at UPS in Lafayette, IN. Supervisors: Travis Parker/Dustin Hoss. Employment Date: July '06-Present. When I was first
hired I would unload the semi trailers coming from Chicago, Indy, etc. Later I became a preloader and this is my job now. I load the package cars
for the UPS drivers.
b) Cook/Waiter/Soda Jerk/Candy Cane Maker at McCord Candies in Lafayette, IN. Supervisors: Bree Evans. Employment Date: July '06-Present. You
must have good customer service. I would do many different tasks including wait tables, make drinks, cook food, keep area clean, open/close store,
close out registers, handle money, make candy canes during Christmas time.
c) Harvester at ADM Hydroponics Department in Decatur, IL. Supervisor: Dan Helfrich. Employment Date: June '05-Aug '05, Dec '05. This was a
summer/winter job. I would tend to cucumber plant as they grew. This includes making sure the plants grew straight, trimming plants, and eventually
harvesting the cucumbers.
2. Not Yet
3. No internship experience
4. a) Communications 114: Into to Public Speaking. This course taught the basics forms of speeches such as persuasive, informative, news related, and
group presentations.
b) Comm 114 Group Project: This project taught me how to work effectively with others in groups and to perform a group speech.
5. I have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Being in Boy Scouts taught me so many different things, way too many to name: Wilderness Survival,
orientation, some astronomy, but most of all, how to be a leader.
6. I have very good customer services skills. When the situation arises, I am capable of being a leader and taking charge. I work well with other
employees. I play the guitar. I am ambitious, focused, and disciplined. I am also good at mediating between people, delegating tasks, and listening
to others. I'm pursuing a job as a supervisor or manager so many of my skills would relate to this field (customer service, leadership qualities,
delegating, mediating).
7. I took four years of Spanish in high school and I'm taking Spanish 201 this semester. I'm definitely not fluent, but I would say I could understand
most of what I read or hear.
8. I know Microsoft Word '07, PowerPoint '07, Excel '07.
9. I can work a register, credit card machine, fax/copy machine.