Zakaria Sharif
**** **** **** ****** ****, PA ***10 814-***-**** *******@*******.***
OBJECTIVE:
A position using my business experience and customer service skills.
EDUCATION:
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Bachelor of Science in Management May 2010
Minor in Marketing Major GPA:
3.0
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Human Resource Management; Labor and Employment Relations
. Acquired knowledge and understanding how people are managed by
organizations
. Learned the proper procedure in dealing with hiring,
disciplining, and terminating employees
. The power of positive employee recognitions and how it changes
their work attitude
Marketing Principles; Marketing Research
. Developed skills in planning and executing the conception,
pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and
services to create exchanges that satisfy individuals and
organizational objectives
. Worked in teams to address issues, design the method of
collecting information, and analyze the results from surveys
. Completed role plays that implemented real business decisions
such as meeting with Corporate Executives of company and how to
present your products to them
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
Manager, McDonalds (Raymond Operating Co.), Erie, PA June
2003 to Present
. First Assistant Manager, supervise up to 10-16 employees and
certified to run the floor alone
. People Department Manager- Interview and hire employees and
develop all crew member and managers in our restaurant
. In charge of scheduling for up to 64-70 employees
. In charge of inventory and control of food cost
. Direct employees in team work in achieving targets
. Encourage employees' empowerment using the TQM model
. Handle customer complaints and make it right for the customer
the first time
Intern, Millcreek Hospital, Erie, PA January-May
2009
. Assigned work pertaining to filing important documents
. Created spreadsheet to organize employees by departments and
certification
. Completed job descriptions for the employees to aid them in
their annual inspections
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Mentor, Erie Housing Authority, Erie, PA May 2006
to August 2009
Peer Educator, Health and Wellness Center, Penn State Behrend
August 2007 to May 2010
Site Supervisor at James Parker Middle School for YMCA Teen
May 2010 to Present
Program (Enrolled up to 14 kids)
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
. Migrant Student Leadership Institute counselor
. Tutor in Erie School District after school program(PEPP)
. Volunteer in community(YMCA)
. Coach youth Summer basketball league
ACTIVITIES and AWARDS:
African Student Association (ASA), late night basketball league,
Muslim Student Association (MSA),
President of National Honor Society, Louis J. Tullio Memorial &
Frederick Douglass Scholarships
SKILLS:
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Access; Trilingual (Somalian,
Swahili, and English)