WILLIAM J HODDE

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AUSTIN, TX 78747

512-***-****

ad4tnl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

A career where my hard working positive attitude and desire to provide the very best service will be appreciated. I am a life that has been turned around by Jesus Christ. I want to give others hope. I love helping people!

Skills

Driver for Uber, Drummer for Restored, Sharing testimony of a changed life through Jesus Christ

Ten plus years sobriety from alcoholism and cigarettes,Machine Operator, ability to operate tools,very dependable, hard working, alert and willing to learn new things, A quick learner, very good with people and customers.

Work History

Uber- self employed

May 15,2022 to present

Driver- provide excellent customer service and a quality ride. I share my testimony with many of my riders.

Restored www.restoredministriesok.org

Geary, Oklahoma

Sept 20, 2020 to present

Drummer- drummer for traveling southern gospel music ministry. I often get to share my story and testimony.

U.S. Farathane, LLC

Austin, Texas Jan 22, 2018- Sept 20,2022

Receive plastic auto parts from injection molding press by a robotic arm. Read and follow instructions on a job board / Load ticket. Inspect parts for damage or missing parts. Verify piece dimentions against job board. Place parts on a secondary machine that installs clips, or screws or cuts off excess material, then pack parts into shipping containers, move containers using a pallet jack. Also trains new employees. Knowledgeable on most of the presses secondary machines and parts. We are generally scheduled on a different press daily!

The Daniel Group, Employment Agency assigned to U.S. Farathane, Austin,Texas

Machine Operator Oct 6, 2017-Jan 22, 2018

Receive plastic auto parts from injection molding press by a robotic arm. Read and follow instructions on a job board / Load ticket. Inspect parts for damage or missing parts. Verify piece dimentions against job board. Place parts on a secondary machine that installs clips, or screws or cuts off excess material, then packs parts into shipping containers, move containers using a pallet jack. Worked as a temporary three months until hired full time at U.S. Farathane.

Randalls, AUSTIN, Texas Oct 28, 2016 -Feb 01, 2018

Courtesy Clerk

Janitorial Duties, Maintenance, Bag Groceries, Attend Lot, Outstanding Customer Service.

Home Depot, DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas

Lot Attendant/ Pro Loader Jul 15, 2013 - Sep 26, 2013

Cleared lot of shopping carts and loaded customer purchases, maintained a clean store front.

Taco Bell, DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas Apr 05, 2013 - Jul 26, 2013

Front Counter Cashier

Took and placed customer orders, collected payment for purchase, operated

cash register, returned correct change, cleaned and maintained dinning room and restocked condiments and supplies.

Vital Farms, AUSTIN, Texas Jan 28, 2012 - Mar 31, 2013

Farm hand

Feed chickens, collect eggs, move pens, set up and take down fences, plant grasses, drive tractor, use front end loader and forks, plows and shredders, change out tractor equipment, protect hens and farm, load delivery truck, mowed, weeded, worked alone seeing and doing what needed to be done.

Accurate Elastomer Products Inc, ELGIN, Texas

Rubber Molder Nov 01, 2011 - Feb 10, 2012

Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh non-agricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.

Newflower Farmers Market, AUSTIN, Texas Jun 05, 2009 - Jan 22, 2012

Courtesy Clerk

• Maintain clean and orderly check-out areas

• Greet customers entering store and assist them with any questions or concerns

• Perform price checks and other various grocery duties on a regular basis

• Bag and organize merchandise

• Assist in closing duties: clean, organize, re-stock and shut down store

Aerotek Inc., AUSTIN, Texas Jun 07, 2009 - Aug 28, 2009

Mechanical Assembler / Temporary contract assignment

Installed electronic components onto PCB's prior to flow solder and selective solder. Occasionally worked in bracket assembly and in component prep and kitting areas.

Accurate Elastomer Products Inc, ELGIN, Texas

Rubber Molder Jun 01, 2006 - Nov 15, 2006

Placed raw rubber into heated molds to produce rubber parts. Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh non-agricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.

GeorgetownSporting Goods, Georgetown, Texas

Screen printer Aug 01, 2005 - Feb 01, 2006

Screen printed numbers and school names and logos onto athletic uniforms, athletic gear, and T-shirts.

Education:

Taylor ISD, Taylor,Texas Aug 1977 – May 1981

Graduate High School Diploma

Life Christian Bible Institute

Lockhart, Texas

August 2021-May 2023

Graduate

Associate degree

Christian counseling

References:

Stephanie McCombs 512-***-****

Pastor Brian Stevenson 512-***-****

C.W. Holis 1-918-***-****

Pastor Mark Hilbelink 512- 444- 4673

A little over 10 years ago on September 27, 2013 I was driving in South Austin when I was stopped by the police and arrested for my sixth DWI. I was an alcoholic. I could not make it a day without drinking it's all that I thought about! I would go into a pawn shop and pawn something (usually not mine) then I would go to the store and buy a 12 pack of beer, a pack of cigarettes and barely enough gas to make it back. I would get back in my car and look at my dirty unshaven, unmade self in the mirror and cry and cuss myself for not being able to stop doing it! Until my car was repoed. Then I had to walk or borrow. I lived in a camper at a storage facility. I didn't have electricity or water. I would play the drums in the country bands in the bars and get drunk. I would sit out under a street light at night with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other with a One Year Bible on my lap and read and pray. I was tired but couldn't stop. I never had any lasting relationships, even my family had given up hope on me. I was hopeless! The night that I was arrested 10 years ago I came to the end of myself and surrendered to Jesus. Not only could I not stay sober but I did not know how to live a successful life. I didn't know how to live. I tried AA. But that was boring! What a horrible life that was going to be and it was to be for the rest of my life if I wanted to stay sober! Yuck! Everyone always said I needed to be good! I couldn't! I kept ending up in the same place. This was my third time going to prison. Jesus came into my heart and life that night when I surrendered and it was my life's turning point! George Strait has a song called I found Jesus on the Jailhouse floor! I found Him there too! It was my last drink of alcohol and my last cigarette and my life changed directions! I did go to AA for a little while to get a paper signed for parole. But I started noticing that what they said and what was inside of me was different. Jesus had set me free. Today I am free indeed! Today I have the most awesome life! Today I have an awesome relationship with my daughter after I had missed most of her life to drink. I have a granddaughter who has never seen me drink or smoke. I have a Christian wife who has never seen me drink or smoke. I live in a nice home. I have a nice vehicle. I graduated from two year Bible college at Life Christian Bible Institute with an associate degree in Christian counseling! I play the drums in a traveling southern gospel music ministry called Restored. www.restoredministriesok.org We were awarded GMAA trio of the year and BGSSA first runner up group of the year. We have a song called Canaan on the other side made it to #2 on the top 100 song list. I get to share my testimony in churches all over. And on the radio and TV in states I've never been to. I am not perfect but my Jesus is perfect! Jesus is doing for me what I could not do for myself before! God is good and Sober life is awesome! I used to think that the bars were fun. And when I didn't drink, everyone was having more fun than me. Today I don't believe that! I have learned to have church fun. I look forward to Wednesday and Sunday when I can be at church with friends or on the road meeting new friends. There is always a church somewhere having something fun or celebrating something. I wouldn't trade my life today for the old one for nothing! Now I feel like there is more! I want to have a part time job and work somewhere where I can help others find the kind of awesome life that I have found in Jesus Christ. I want to be a light and give hope. I am living proof that a new life is possible! I am not sure where that will be but my God is faithful! Thank you for hearing what Jesus did for me!

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