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MACHEL RHODEN

** ******* ******, ****** ******, N.Y., 11581 § Phone: 347- 635- 9720 § acq7bu@r.postjobfree.com Highly motivated young professional with licensing in the property and casualty field. Professional Experience

Gemological Institute of America 2011- Present

Diamond Grader

§ Work in a team production environment to perform any phase of the diamond grading process through earned rolls.

§ Communicate effectively with co- workers with the ability to give and receive constructive criticism necessary for improved performance.

§ Able to adapt quickly to continuous changes in procedure, quality assessment and work environment.

§ Detail- oriented with good concentration skills necessary to verify or determine inconsistencies in measurements or proportions in gemstones.

§ Selected to travel to India and South Africa to ease GIA's workload and help with training.

Going Coastal Summer 2011

Contract Geology Consultant

§ Created three earth- caches of Liberty State Park that was successfully approved for the Going Coastal Inc. online website.

§ Worked closely with the project manager and communicated my opinions effectively in order to finish ahead of a strict deadline.

§ Investigated the history of the site through published reports to obtain a timeline of past events.

§ Surveyed multiple environments in the park and collected soil samples from each for lab analysis.

§ Conducted lab work on soil samples and wrote a final report of my findings. Security USA Inc. 2010- 2011

Security Guard

Site: Our World Neighborhood Charter School

§ Screened visitors, identified safety hazards and maintained logs of daily shift activities.

§ Communicated and helped plan, alongside school administrators, temporary shutdowns of roadways and the evacuation of students during emergency exercises.

§ Demonstrated the ability to handle and resolve conflicts quickly in stressed and tense situations.

§ Learned quickly and earned the responsibility to train two new employees INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

York College Bridge to Undergraduate Research Summer 2010

§ Responsible for creating and interpreting graphs using data obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over Eurasia, that showed the correlation of increases in carbon dioxide with the increases in Earth’s temperature.

§ Held daily meetings with my partners to discuss the progress of the research.

§ Presented the findings to professors, deans and other attendees.

§ Submitted our research to the Geological Society of America. Page 2

EDUCATION

Professional Career Institute Spring 2015

Property and Casualty Training

New York Independent Adjuster License

City University of New York York College 2005- 2011 Bachelor of Science in Geology

Skills

Strong Research, Analytical, Written and Verbal Communication skills. Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Software. Productive and efficient work habits without supervision. Self- motivator with high energy.

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