ENGL 302 Assignment: Resume

[kevyn]

For my Technical Writing class, we were instructed to update our Resume. Here's a generic version, not edited down to target a specific company:

Kevyn “Hagrid” Jacobs
817 25th St. Apt D3
Bellingham, WA, USA 98225
Email: jobseeker@kevyn.com
Phone: 206.384.6671

Objective

To contribute my creative, technical, new media and information management skills to a Canadian firm which values out-of-the-box thinking, cutting-edge information technology, and progressive social values.

Education

• B.A. in General Studies, Western Washington University – Expected, December 2007
• Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA – coursework in graphic design and journalism
• Fort Knox High School, Fort Knox, KY, USA

New Media Qualifications

• Background in computers and information management
• Background in on-line editing
• Background in staff management and creative team supervision
• Excellent troubleshooter & problem-solver
• Superior ability to analyze processes and systems
• Project Management experience, Trained in Franklin-Covey project management

Information Technology Qualifications

• Ten years experience as an Internet/WWW manager
• Fluent in HTML, XHTML & XML programming
• Proficient in Macintosh and Windows; Familiar with Unix, Linux
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe PhotoShop & Acrobat, Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress
• Familiar with Flash programming

Business Qualifications

• Highly proficient and effective writer
• Extensive background in customer service
• Superior telephone demeanor
• Well-traveled
• Washington driver’s license with clean driving record
• Type 50wpm

Personal Qualifications

• An enthusiastic, quick learner
• Excellent communications skills
• Very intelligent, creative and innovative
• Responsible and honest
• Polite, flexible and easy-going
• Works well with a variety of people with different background & personalities

Customer Service Qualifications

• 4 years library experience
• 5 years experience as store clerk
• 2 years experience as Taxi driver

Employment History

2/06-9/06, XML Content Editor, Kelly Services/McGraw-Hill Publishers, Bothell, WA
3/05-6/05, File Clerk, Adecco/Verizon Wireless, Bellevue, WA
11/01-05/03, New Media Director, Juneau Empire, Juneau, AK
01/99-11/01, Web Editor, Morris Digital Works, Augusta, GA
1998, CD ROM Editor, Royal Purple Yearbook, Manhattan, KS
1995-1998, On-Line Editor, Kansas State Collegian, Manhattan, KS
Summer 1995, Web Intern, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, MN
1/90-4/94, Circulation/Bookmobile, Manhattan Public Library, Manhattan, KS


References available upon request.

Comments

Edits

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

Franklin-Covey

9/06-2/07, XML Content Editor

3/05-6/05, File Clerk,

New Media Director, Juneau Empire,

HUGS.

Re: Edits

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Errors fixed (both here and on the original).

Thank you for being my detail eyes!

*hugs*