OBJECTIVE
Seeking a meaningful career that not only serves customers but improves their lives and my own.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in History: Concentration Social Studies Teacher Licensure (August 2004-May 2009)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (August 2004-May 2009)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Cumulative GPA: 3.301
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network (March 2011-present)
• Licenses:
o Life, Accident, and Health Insurance
o Series 6
o Series 63
• Built a client base through networking, then helped clients assess financial goals, protect income, and accumulate wealth by helping them purchase insurance and financial services products customized to their individual needs
• Coordinate with office staff to maintain customer accounts
• Communicate frequently with existing and prospective clients with two hundred phone calls and emails a week
Outback Steakhouse (Key Manager and head wait server, April 2006-present)
• Supervise front-of-house operations during open hours in order to ensure 100% customer satisfaction
• Train new or promoted employees
• Resolve all customer and employee conflicts during shifts
• Create bartender schedules
• Keep track of alcohol inventory and orders
• Previously was exclusively a server, Take Away server, busser, and host
Erie High School (Student Teacher, January 2009-May 2009)
• Full-time instructed 3 blocks of 9th grade World Studies, 2 blocks of 9th grade World Studies Honors, and one block of World Studies Cohort for low proficiency students with guidance of mentor teacher.
• Employed a diverse assortment of technologies in support of differentiated lessons designed for three unique preps, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and some Outlook computer software
• Incorporated cooperative learning techniques, Socratic seminar, individualized and group internet activities, document based questions, discovery, and inquiry for lessons.
• Organized and assessed major semester project.
• Communicated with parents and students, incorporated various classroom maintenance strategies, recorded all attendance, created and graded all assessments and daily work assignments, researched and organized handouts for lessons, produced and executed lesson plans for all six blocks, and attended and participated in all faculty functions.
National Services Group (Branch Manager/Operator, November 2004-October 2005)
• Personally operated their Longmont branch and ran a $70,000 business
• Advertised, cold called, performed estimates, processed payment, ordered and maintained all inventory
• Maintained continuous communication with all customers via email, telephone, and personal visits
• Hired or let go of employees, painted, managed three teams of painters (12 employees) simultaneously, completed payroll
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Troy Mackie (proprietor)
Outback Steakhouse Castle Rock
Ted Goodwin
Cooperating Teacher, Social Studies Instructor
Erie High School
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Brett Ver Valin
Co-Manager at National Services Group
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Steve Payne
Principal
Erie High School
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Chuck Erickson
Supervisor, Instructor, and Evaluator
Colorado State University Education Department
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PERSONAL REFERENCES
Eric Caldwell
Marian Aspnes
Benjamin Comeaux
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Jason Christiansen