JOSEPH ABBONDANZO
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Management Administrative Support – All aspects of administrative support from automated accounting systems to marketing and sales, customer service, project management, public relations, technical writing and communications. Extensive experience with Fortune 500 companies prior to college. Experience includes payroll, accounts payable, factoring & finance systems, customer service, call center and help desk, computer scheduling, testing; and facilitating the installation of vendor software, trial balance, and general ledger; extensive experience with computer traffic areas. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CNET – Temporary, Morris, Sussex, Warren Job Center 2015 Town of Morristown (volunteer), Morristown, NJ 2012-2013 High level administrative support, communications, promotions, writing and publishing promotional material; this position included promoting programs for the executive.
Administered event planning for the executive and implemented event photography.
Promoted fund raising.
Wrote and published promotional material.
Administered accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Promoted competitive bidding on project work.
Conducted a “SWOT” analysis for comparison with other municipalities.
Coordinated inventory control.
Urban League of Morris County (volunteer), Morristown, NJ 2011-2012 High level administrative support: Communications, promotions, writing, and publishing promotional material. This position included promoting programs for the executive.
Managed a mortgage assistance program, New Jersey Home Keepers, from concept presentation to full implementation. This also included full implementation of an online registration program leading to a secure transmission of claims for examination.
Promoted a weatherization program, which included client contact. Wrote, and published promotional materials for mailing.
Administered a housing counseling program for housing counselors. Temporary Manager, Macy’s, Livingston, NJ 2010-2011 Managed cross functional teams in a collaborative effort with upper management during the holiday season.
Implemented management discount programs.
Resolved financial disputes for customers on behalf of management.
Managed resource allocation during times of stress. Joseph Abbondanzo
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Facilitated high end sales.
Promoted the sale of new credit card accounts.
Freelance Writer, Self-employed position 2002-2011 During times of economic hardship, although part time work was hard to come by I created this internship based upon my own ingenuity, grit, and entrepreneurial spirit.
Published 32 works in various publications.
Promoted myself as a credentialed writer/researcher.
Collaborated with others to accomplish a task.
Enhanced academic reputation.
Independently establish an internship without limits and parameters.
Demonstrated leadership working without a structured program.
Advanced a competitive position against well financed competitors. College work study, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ 2006-2007
Learned the fundamentals of running a small business from concept to implementation.
Associate, A&P, Denville, NJ 2004-2006
Basic food marketing position
EDUCATION
Morris, Sussex, and Warren Employment and Training Services Computer School, Morristown, NJ 2014
Completed accelerated intensive training program in Microsoft Office Applications, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Windows.
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
Bachelors of Arts – Business Administration & Communications &Film
GPA: 3.4 – Cum Laude
County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
Associates in Applied Science
GPA: 3.6 - Magna cum Laude
Chubb Computer Institute, Parsippany, NJ
Honors Program Technical Support – Computer Science
GPA: 3.8 – Summa cum Laude
Honors & Credits
Dean’s List – Every Semester.
Phi Theta Kappa – Academic Scholars.
Alpha Beta Gamma – Business Scholars.
National Dean’s List Autobiography.
Phi Theta Kappa Autobiography Feature Published with Photo Essay. Joseph Abbondanzo
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Nominated to be Scholar Laureate.
Debate Team.
Published 32 times in newspapers, trade publications, magazines, including major Op-Ed piece in a newspaper of magnitude.