English 420Y - Business Writing Online

Work Experience 1) Title of position: Owner / Manager Name of company: Marschke’s Lawn Care Location: Hudson, Ohio Supervisors name: NONE Dates of employment: April 2003 – November 2006 Job requirements: I was in charge of everything in the company from making sure all the landscaping was done to payroll and billing. I had multiple employees that worked for me during the summer and when I was back at Purdue. I was also in charge of reinvesting my money in new equipment for the company. Title of position: Summer Intern Name of company: Sherwin Williams Location: West Lafayette, In Supervisor: Brian Sands Dates of employment: April 2007-Current Job requirements: I am basically a sales associate in the West Lafayette store. I am responsible for paint specific knowledge and I am expected to help contractors and DIY customers with their paint selection. I also am responsible for an internship project which is to market the store to attract more DIY customers. Title of position: Server Name of company: Lodestar steakhouse Location: West Lafayette, IN Supervisor: Tamara Solts Dates of employment: August 2006- Current Job description: my responsibilities are to greet tables in a timely manner and give them a great dining experience. Thorough the night I am in charge of keeping track of all the cash that customers pay with in order to turn it in at the end of the night. 2) When I was in the Boy Scouts I volunteered for many different organizations. The largest was for the Hudson Parks Service where I built from scratch twelve benches and cemented them in the ground around the walking path. This project alone logged over five hundred man hours. 3) Title of position: Summer Intern Name of company: Sherwin Williams Location: West Lafayette, In Supervisor: Brian Sands Dates of employment: April 2007-Current Job requirements: I am basically a sales associate in the West Lafayette store. I am responsible for paint specific knowledge and I am expected to help contractors and DIY customers with their paint selection. I also am responsible for an internship project which is to market the store to attract more DIY customers. I also had a short internship at the end of high school with a company called Spectrum Surgical. I went around for weeks learning the different aspects of the company from the production end to the sales and customer service. I was able to go on a few sales calls with the company’s leading sales rep. At the end of the internship I was able to attend the once yearly trade show held in Cleveland and work the booth with the other sales reps. Educational experience 4) My relevant course work would include both managerial and financial accounting. Other courses would include all the required coursework for the entrepreneurship certificate. 5) I received a scholarship for college from my high school from Burt D. Morgan. This was an entrepreneurship scholarship for acknowledgment of starting and running my own successful business. I also am a member of Beta Alpha Psi Accounting fraternity. Skills 6) My technical skills focus mainly in the areas of finance and accounting. I do however have substantial leadership experience and consider my self an above average leader. This skill will relate to every job I seek because all companies can use good leaders. Even if it is not in a management roll good leaders almost always affect the company in a positive way. 7) When it comes to working with people I also have a great deal of experience. As owner of my own company I had to handle all customer service problems that arose. I also have had jobs in retail and the food service industry where customer service is very important. I would consider my computer skills above average. I am able to work all Microsoft Office programs very well with particular skills in Microsoft Excel. I also am able to run most accounting software proficiently as well as AutoCAD. 9) I have experience working with many different types of heavy machinery. I am very proficient in any commercial lawn mower and almost all fork trucks. Other than that I am a quick study and should have no problems working machines.