Dalton Haakon Bradford
Current Home Address (U.S.):
Emergency Contact:
Provo, UTAH
84604
Mobile Telephone:
Private Email:
ac72ml@r.postjobfree.com
I. INTERESTS / SKILLS II. CONTACT INFORMATION
Career Aspiration: Foreign service diplomat, specialist in conflict resolution. Also interested in journalism and NGO opportunities.
Immediate Employment Objective: Partially finance my undergraduate studies in a position of meaningful employment.
International Residency: Born and raised in Europe & Asia
(Norway – 2 years; France – 8 years; Germany – 3 years; Singapore – 2 years; Switzerland – 2 years; England – 2 years.)
Speaking, Reading and Writing Skills: English–Native;
French–Fluent; Arabic–Advanced; German–Conversational.
III. EDUCATION
Undergraduate Studies
Brigham Young University
(Provo, Utah, U.S.A.)
Overall GPA: 3.4
Major: Middle East Studies/Arabic
Class of 2020
International
Baccalaureate
International School of Geneva –
La Châtaigneraie
(Geneva, Switzerland)
International Baccalaureate Degree
Graduated
Class of 2014
IV. EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER WORK
Position
Human Resources Intern at Merck KGaA
-Hired on as intern engaging in various responsibilities in different Middle Eastern countries
-Countries: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco.
-Responsibilities: Shadowing medical sales representatives, attending workshops, participating in cultural activities and becoming familiar with the expatriate community in each respective country.
-Participated in company trainings regarding event management, the medical sales force and marketing strategies.
-Note: followed by significant semester abroad in Jordan and Palestine (see under header “VI. Achievements”)
English beginner-level tutor
-Voluntarily helped multiple native Arabs, ages 14-50, with basic conversation, reading and translation skills.
Arabic language beginner-level tutor
-Working as on-call tutor for two Arabic language students (one on weekly pay basis); each week of fall semester while in 201-level class
-Taught vocabulary and grammar principles.
French language beginner-level tutor
-Voluntarily teaching vocabulary, grammar, speaking and reading skills to beginner in the French language (to help them be more marketable to graduate schools.)
-Tutored multiple students voluntarily while on study abroad in Jordan. Helped specifically in pronunciation, in conversation and in translation.
Middle East Studies/Arabic Department Research Assistant
-Assisting teacher (head of department) with papers on various topics, i.e. foreign policy of Islamist political parties in MENA region, the Islamic State, etc.
-Researching timeline of Islamist political parties in Tunisia and Morocco
-Specializing in finding and translating original sources in French language.
-Researching the influence of militant Islamist terrorist groups on
BYU Museum of Art Security Guard
-Monitored the exhibitions in the museum
-Guarded the neighboring Harris Fine Arts Centre to monitor practice rooms
-Communicate with university police dispatch/EMS in case of incidents
-Trained in self-defense techniques
From
May 6, 2018
September 1, 2018
November 2017
“”
November 2017
August 24, 2017
To
July 15, 2018
Present
April 2018
December 2018
April 2018
April 2018
Position
Mission Ready (LDS Youth Camp): Teacher
-Taught principles and skills of effective gospel study and daily planning for 2 hours each morning.
-Responsible for organizing daily 2-hour “district time” with group of 10 youth aged 16 – 18 years of age; taught and demonstrated principles out of Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service.
-Taught 6 different 40-minute elective classes on principles and skills for missionary service, including a class on introducing oneself in French.
From
July 17, 2017
To
July 21, 2017
BYU Grounds Crew: Gardening Maintenance (south of campus)
-Mulch removal, sprinkler repair, weeding & cultivating, leaf-blowing, lawn-mowing
May 15, 2017
June 22, 2017
Volunteer representative for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the England London South Mission
-Training Leader (Guildford; Welling; Peckham; and Winchester, England)
-Spoke on BBC One (international British television) and local Radio Devon to inform the public about the connection between William Bradford to pilgrim history
-Helped 7 individuals through step-by-step goals and plans to quit smoking and drinking
-Helped two individuals find employment within three months
-Cleared rubble and moved furniture at 6 homes in England in the areas of Devon, Surrey and Welling
-Built pathway, repaired and insulated roof of home in Guildford, England
-Performed music at home for elderly suffering with dementia on three occasions
-Taught English to a German foreign exchange student
-Organized a football group for 4 months in Plymouth, England
August 2014
July 2016
Volunteered to help 15 people in refugee camp in Frankfurt, Germany
-Helped to teach German
-Translated from English/German to Arabic
Learned of culture of refugees’ homelands; increased personal understanding of Syrian Civil War conflict
July 2016
July 2016
VI. ACHIEVEMENTS
• Brigham Young University
-Enrolled in semester abroad based in Amman, Jordan, focused on reading newspaper Arabic, giving written and spoken presentations in both the formal register and the colloquial dialect, as well as discussing important socio-political topics with natives. Two weeks in Jerusalem, Palestine followed.
-Rewarded “Distinguished Delegate” at National Competition for Model Arab League representing the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (April 8, 2018)
-CPR Certified by Red Cross
• International School of Geneva – La Châtaigneraie
-Won “Oral Interpretation” category of Speech & Debate Contest (April 2014)
• Singapore American School
-Won national award for high achievement in AP French (July 2012)
• Singapore American School
-Became member of elite IASAS Drama team (2011)
• Singapore American School
- Certified PADI scuba diver through interim semester trip to Thailand (2010)