Luke Huffman
****.********@*****.***
Cumming, GA 30040
OBJECTIVE STATEMENT
Recent college graduate seeking clerical role at a company that will enable
me to learn, grow, and serve. I have worked in a variety of secretarial and
clerical roles while in college and am looking to expand that experience
into a professional environment. While I work well independently, I also
take great satisfaction in helping others solve problems. I am adamant
about maintaining an organized environment, be it digital, material, or
social.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Analytical
Completed a St. Mary's Project (senior thesis) in the subject of English,
which consisted of sifting through more than one hundred literary and non-
literary sources for relevant information, applying analysis, composing a
multi-sectioned 50-page essay, and presenting my findings to the English
faculty and students
Learned and utilized various literary critical frameworks to analyze
assigned literary texts for different courses
Organizational
Created the weekly agenda for the meetings of multiple St. Mary's College
activist clubs, as well as formatted club notes into formal documents and
maintained tailored archives
Organized campus-wide ethics colloquiums, which involved booking various
professional speakers, creating advertising to encourage student
attendance, and introducing the topic of each presentation
Communication
Led workshops for various classes, which included facilitating discussion
on texts, fielding questions, and leading group activities
Composed and delivered several oral presentations spanning ten to twenty
minutes with accompanying PowerPoints
Interpersonal
Led small teams that worked with the college administration to end
contracts with companies that did not fall in line with the college's
stated ethics and advised on local/organic/free-trade equivalents
Worked as coordinator and liaison between students and administration as
JCR board member at CMRS
Technical
Converted paper-based company records at RMS to online data for customers
and internal company analysis
Knowledgeable about software and web-app solutions for Windows, Mac, and
Linux, including system maintenance, security, social networking, cloud
storage, etc.
Comfortable with command line in Linux, and in the process of learning
programming
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in English, Environmental Studies Minor
May 2011
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland
GPA: 3.47
Oxford Honors Program, Study Abroad
Fall 2009
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St. Peter's College, Oxford
EMPLOYMENT
Independent Contractor/Technician at RMS of Georgia
May 2010-Current
General Shop Assistant at The Flower Post
May-September 2009
Video Editor/Camera Tech at iVideoSongs
June-January 2007
Kennel Assistant at Coal Mountain Animal Hospital
August-December 2007
ACHIEVEMENTS
Completed rigorous four-year course load at St. Mary's College in three
years in order to graduate one year ahead of schedule
Member of Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honors Society
* References available upon request