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I am looking for a technical writing co-op starting on or about June 19.
Please send responses to: "tbarron -at- aix -dot- violin -dot- calpoly -dot- edu", as I am no
longer a subscriber to this list.
Thank you.
My resume:
Thomas M. Barron_____________________________________________________________
University: 1601 Shell Beach Rd., Shell Beach, CA 93449 (805)773-9506
Permanent: 11464 Alborada, San Diego, CA 92127 (619)487-5892
E-mail: tbarron -at- violin -dot- aix -dot- calpoly -dot- edu
World Wide Web: www.calpoly.edu/~tbarron
EDUCATION
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bachelor of Arts Degree: to be conferred June 1996
Major: English
Minor: Computer Science
Certificate: Technical Writing
Overall GPA: 3.4
WORK EXPERIENCE
F. McLintocks Dining House, Shell Beach, CA
Waitperson
-Customer Service. 03/92-present
-Expediting duties to other employees.
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA
Paralegal Clerk Intern (Co-op) 03/94-08/94
-Assist attorneys in legal research and document production.
-Organization of documents.
-Creation of case compendia.
The Rancho Bernardo Inn, El Bizcocho Dining Room, San Diego, CA
Waitperson 08/90-02/92
-Customer Service.
-Prioritizing needs in a high intensity environment.
-Managing assistant waitstaff.
Nordstrom Inc., Escondido, CA
Sales/ Stockroom Manager 05/89-7/90
-Salesperson assisting customers with their needs.
-Management of inventory and stockroom personnel.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
-Creation Technical Writing Program page for the World Wide Web.
-Revision off AIX manual (for installing Kermit).
-Development of tri-fold for third-party sales promotion.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE HONORS/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Unix/ Dos/ System 7.5/ Vax -Dean's List.
- Warp/ Windows/ Ada/ HTML -Member of English Honor's
- Excel/ FrameMaker/ Freehand Society.
- PageMaker/ Photoshop/ -Member of the Society for
- Quark Xpress/ Word/ Wordperfect Technical Communication.