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JOSEPH FAULKNER

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Charleston, IL 61920

217-***-****

abpjee@r.postjobfree.com

KEYWORD SUMMARY

Copy editing. Creative writing. Journalism. Technical writing. Publishing. Research. English major.

Microsoft Word. Microsoft Access. Microsoft Publisher. Aldus PageMaker. QuarkXPress.

OBJECTIVE

To contribute skills in writing, analysis and research to a position in publishing.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English, May 2006

Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

Major GPA 3.2/4.0 Overall GPA 3.0/4.0

Advanced Composition. Advanced Creative Writing. Writing for the Mass Media. Electronic Publishing

and Design.

HONORS

Highly Distinguished Honor Student

Member of Phi Kappa Phi Interdisciplinary Honor Society

EXPERIENCE

Language Lab, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

Lab Assistant

January 2005-Present

Assist students and professors with audio visual materials and equipment

Maintain inventory, provide customer service and enter daily activities into a computer database

Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

Staff Writer

August 2004 Present

Wrote several special interest and newspaper articles for the Daily Eastern News with a circulation of

approximately 8000 readers

J.C. Jansen Law Firm, Charleston, IL

Courier, Office Assistant

Summer 2005

Received and delivered official documents

Assisted paralegals in legal research; proofread letters and documents

SKILLS

Computer proficiency in Microsoft programs including Word, Access, PowerPoint, PageMaker,

QuarkXPress

Excellent research and typing skills

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