My Skills Content 12-1
1. Work Experience
Position: Team Member
Company/location: Culver’s/Springfield, IL
Supervisor: Sean Henderson
Dates of employment: 5/31/2006-present
Requirements: Customer service, cleaning, order taking, serving
Position: Pharmacy Technician
Company/location: Vono Pharmacy/Springfield, IL
Supervisor: Dave Bagot/DD Fredricks
Dates of employment: 8/2003-8/2005
Requirements: Pharmacy tech license, filling prescriptions, filing, reconciling, customer service
Position: Snack Bar Attendent
Company/Location: ABC East Bowling/Harrisburg, PA
Supervisor: Darrel Bower
Dates of Employment: 11/2001-6/2003
Requirements: Customer service, order taking, cooking, cleaning
2. Volunteer Experience
Position: Meals on Wheels driver
Company/Location: American Red Cross/Springfield, IL
Supervisor: N/A
Dates: 5/2006-8/2006
Requirements: Good driving record, good people skills
3. Internships
Position: Radiation Protection Intern
Company/Location: Exelon Nuclear/Dresden Station Morris, IL
Supervisor: Harry Bush
Dates of Internship: 5/24/2007-8/2007
Description: At my current internship I work in the radiation protection department at a nuclear power plant, I work closely with the RP techs and managers. I am given projects to complete which vary in nature from technical papers, to informal department updates, to obtaining smears and testing detection equipment.
4. Courses
Many of my health science classes have given me important skills. HSCI 312 taught me the basics of the radiation field (terminology, basic calculations), HSCI 313 and 526 taught me instrumentation and dosimetry while HSCI 514 gave me hands on experience with radiation instrumentation.
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6. I am very good at problem solving and seeing the whole picture within a situation rather than just the small bits. I am able to put the pieces together in my mind to help understand the big picture, so to speak. I am not afraid to go at a new problem and work my way through it until I have a solution. I am highly focused, and like to see things through.
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8. I am pretty good with computers and am familiar with Microsoft Office and the Windows OS.
9. I have experience working with a range of radiation detectors including G-M counters, ion chambers, some LSC experience, and some experience with HP(Ge) detectors (GeLi).