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Homework from my DVR class. Comments welcome!

DEPENDABLE STRENGTHS report for:

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

(DRAFT)

Description:

Highly Intelligent gentle giant ... ideasmith, lover of knowledge, information, analysis ... problem-solver, troubleshooter, synthesizing creative, imaginative and out-of-the-box solutions ... highly individualistic, envelope-pusher, adventurous risk-taker, fascinated with exploring the edges of consensual reality, done with flair ... technical communicator, background in visual and written communications ... skilled wordsmith, published writer, able to create entertaining stories about experiences and convey complex ideas in an accessible manner ... digital pioneer, trailblazing and creating useful ideas, organizations and informational tools ... articulate public speaker ... compassionate, concerned with justice and the success of the underdog.

Evidence of effectiveness:

• Founded Flint Hills Alliance, a gay & lesbian services nonprofit organization, which continued 10 years after leaving the area, Manhattan, Kansas, 1993.
  
• Early pioneer on WWW, creating first personal web page in 1994.
  
• Web editor for student newspaper, Kansas State University, 1995-1996, supervised a small staff and innovated early newspaper web design.
  
• Weekly columnist, Kansas State Collegian, 1995-1996, educating a university audience on LGBT issues.
  
• Early blogging pioneer, creating first personal online journal in 1996.
  
• Travel columnist, Kansas State Collegian, 1997, sending dispatches back to Kansas while traveling the world as a student on Semester at Sea.
  
• CD-ROM editor, Royal Purple Yearbook, Kansas State University, created first-ever CD-ROM at K-State, 1997.
  
• Web manager, Morris Communications and Juneau Empire, 1999-2003, supervised a staff of 13, responsible for hiring, also shut sites down after dot.com bust of 2000-2001.
  
• Member of Toastmasters International, 2000-2001, successfully honed public speaking skills.
  
• Encyclopedia editor, Wikipedia, 2004-present, regularly contributing to the sum of freely available human knowledge by writing and editing articles.
  
• Spent five months on walkabout, 2003, backpacking 1500km across Northern Canada, living in a tent and journaling the experience.
  
• XML editor, McGraw-Hill, Bothell, WA, helped create computer-readable children's book products.
  
• Self-taught in geography of Canada, México, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
  

Education:

• Extensive university studies in graphic design, journalism, and technical communications.
  
• Semester at Sea international studies student, Fall 1997, lived on shipboard university that circled the globe, studied 12 cultures up close.

Personal data:

Exceptionally well-traveled, raised as a military dependent, lived in Europe as a child, 1974-1979.