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So I had one day of work today, which is better than nothing and I almost made a week’s rent. I got a call at 8:30 this morning from one of the temp agencies I applied to and they needed a receptionist to fill in for a sick employee.

So I got to work in reception at a designer sunglasses wholesaler. It was quite the experience, the phone pretty much did not stop ringing all day. It took a little while, but I got the hang of transferring calls pretty quickly.

The woman who I talked to from the temp agency was really great and is giving me a list of good agencies in the city. She said that would be the best way for me to find work.

Kelly and Michelle came down here from Bundaberg on Wednesday so Claire and I have been able to hang out with them which has been fun. The weather has been great, Claire, Kelly, and Michelle went to Bondi today. But there’s supposed to be thunderstorms tonight!

This should have been what my first day of work looked like....

On Monday, I was called by my temping agency to see if I was interested in a role at a pretty large global company. Now, I’ve been unemployed for a few months, so my answer basically went like this…

“Hell, YES!”

The only catch was I had to start the next day (providing of course, I complete all the tests in time and pass them all). Evidently, I did.

So I figure out what trains to catch, (it’s about an hour and a half away by train) print off some maps and make my packed lunch (egg sandwich – classic mistake! – Smelly!!).

The next day (Tuesday), I make my way to work. Everything is going quite well at this point. According to my map, I’m almost there. Terrific!

I see the sign for the company, and follow it. Only, it’s a country lane. I start thinking to myself –  ”this is a bit weird, but maybe the entrance is just around the corner”. 10 minutes later I’m still down the country path… but I realise, I’ve managed to walk around 3/4 of the perimeter of the company, and the entrance is NOT on this path. It is in fact, A DEAD END.

I’m now late. Shit. Shit. Shit. I’m now panicking. THIS IS NOT THE IMPRESSION I WANTED TO MAKE. I’m sweating, I’m windswept, and now I have to break out into a jog to try and get back to the main road.

So I call the reception, and ask for help. The response from the receptionist was “Sounds like you’ve gone the wrong way”. REALLY?! IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ASSHOLE. I ask her to let my contact know that I’m running late. “I’m sorry, there’s no record of a John Hall working here”. FANTASTIC.

It is at this precise point, that I want to be sick. Or launch my phone at the bloody crow that is now laughing at my misfortune.

I carry on down the main road, until, low and behold, I can see where I’m meant to be going. I walk down towards where I’m assuming Reception is (I can’t wait to meet the receptionist, just so I can show her just how appreciative I am for her help). As I’m walking in the direction of reception, I pass a booth, but think nothing of it. I carry on walking. It’s only when I hear a man screaming…”Oi! Oi! You can’t just walk through!”… and I get closer, I hear him mutter under his breath, “idiot”. Nice. Real nice.

He has a go at me. How did I not realise it was security?! Anyway, he eventually lets me go.

I get to reception. FINALLY. Now 20 minutes late.

When I get in, I see someone is finding the receptionist equally as helpful. Only, I could really do with out the hold up. 10 minutes later, she eventually gets round to helping me. I once again ask for John Hall. “I can’t find any record of him, I’m sorry. I’ll get someone from HR to come and collect you”.

HR do not know who John is either. AM I EVEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE? WAS IT ALL JUST A DREAM? DO I REALLY HAVE A JOB?

Eventually, she returns, but John is in a meeting until 10.30, and I’ll have to wait in reception until then. So, I get to hear the receptionists holiday story at least 100 times. “This time yesterday, I was still in the sun…. 27 degrees it was!”. Lady, I really can’t deal with listening to your irritating voice anymore!!!

An hour later, John comes to collect me. He’s completely confused as to who I am, and why I’m there. AWESOME. “So, what are you here to do?”. THATS KIND OF WHAT I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD BE TELLING ME! There really is no hope.

This is NOT going well.

John: “So, Donna…. Do you have a computer?”

Me: “Urrrm, as in with me here right now?”

John: “Yeah.”

Me: “Errr, no. I wasn’t told I had to bring my own computer.”

John: “Oh. It might take a few weeks to get you one you see, so it might have been helpful.”

AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! KILL ME NOW. I can’t go on.

The entire day goes by. And I mean, the entire day. I have no work to do. I have no computer. I sit there for 7 and a half hours. No one speaks to me. The only entertainment I had was watching two men fuss over how to scan a document.

“We need to scan this agreement and send it off to Sue, today. It needs to be a paedophile”.

“Do you mean pdf file?”.

“Oh shit, yeah!”

I can tell, this is going to be a long two weeks working here.

Sarah is a Receptionist Who Works in a Tax Collection Agency - Photo Courtesy of Stockexpert.com

Sarah’s hair was too long and straight, that hair that came right out of a commercial prevented her from earning a living as a tax collector. She worked in her office as a receptionist, watching the men and women in three piece suits walk by her desk and only ask if there had been a phone call. Sometimes, when they weren’t looking she would call her friends and they would pick up her spirits.

One of Sarah’s friends wanted to go for a beer after work and she happily wished to drown her worries. They went to a pub in walking distance from the office called The HeartStopper. Sarah and her friend said few words between them; they just kept their heads down and drank their beer. Sarah would sniffle a bit and tug at her coat which was still on in the bar and as they paid their bill and stumbled to the door, her car keys jangled. Her friend got into the car and Sarah got behind the wheel, still holding her keys. With a simple kiss from her friend, Sarah moved to the back seat with her and they made love.

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When you walk into a store (office, hospital, restaurant etc.) how often are you given a friendly greeting with a sparkly smile and real interest? Half the time? No, that’s too high. More like 10 to 20% of the time. This means that 80 to 90% of businesses are missing on the initial greeting.

That’s not good!

The first greeting when you first arrive is SO important.

If you’re going somewhere for the first time you may be anxious, upset, who knows? What’s your mindset when you go to see a doctor or dentist for the first time? Are you happy and positive? How about the auto mechanic? Some people walk in looking for a fight, expecting something to go wrong, or maybe even expecting that some one will try to rip them off.

But if you walk in and someone gives you a real genuine friendly greeting it brightens a person up. You tend to have a kore positive attitude towards the business, possibly even become more agreeable. Just a simple warm greeting can change someone from LOOKING for things they don’t like to looking for things they DO like. It tends to change your state of mind.

A warm first greeting:

• Sets the tone for the rest of the interaction
• Disarms the customer
• Shows the customer that you have an interest in them

The rule that “everyone must be greeted in a very friendly way” is known to everyone. Its not like you go to some store or office and the people don’t greet the customers because no one ever told them that they should.

So then why is it that sometimes we are not greeted right? Here are some real-life common reasons:

The greeter/receptionist/person-in-the-front was:

• In a bad mood
• Busy filing, typing, scanning, etc
• Just had a bad experience with another customer (or employee) (or the boss!)
• On the phone or with another customer
• Suspicious of strangers
• Distracted from more important work
• Waiting to see if the customer will be nice first
• Busy thinking, snoozing, gossiping, etc.

What to do?

Nothing is more important than simply getting someone out there greeting people who actually LIKES people and is a genuinely happy person. Its not impossible to find people like this, you just have to set your sights high and keep looking until you find the right person. Of course KEEPING the person is important. A great receptionist is worth their weight in GOLD to any business. If you do find a person like above you should pay them well, give them benefits and do what ever to keep them!

And any one who is out there working with customers, patients, or clients should be given some version of the following job description:

Prioritized list of duties:

1. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
2. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
3. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
4. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
5. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
6. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
7. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
8. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
9. Greet everyone who walks in the door in the friendliest way possible, with a smile on your face and a sparkle in your eyes.
10. Take care of your other duties such as inventory, stocking, price checks, filing, faxing, scanning, cleaning, data entry, etc.

I mean really, its that important, you cannot over stress the importance of the first greeting. No matter how much effort you put into making sure it is good, it will all be worth it!

A few hopeful responses from the room mate ad! One interview already, the woman turned out to be as old as my mom, so it’s a no-go. But there are a few girls that sound more hopeful.

And another ray – o – hope: Luke called! Maybe he was sticking to the rule of waiting three days after a date. Maybe. He wanted to get together again tonight, so we’re going out for coffee. Something a bit more subdued than last time. Maybe we’ll end up at his place again, maybe not. It’s probably better that we didn’t, but I’m not about to say no. I can still see him leaning against the door jam and he looks too good to resist.

I have two jobs, one at a small clothing designers studio and one as a waitress in the evenings. Two jobs is needed in NYC if you’re going to be paying rent and trying to have a life (aka: shopping, clubbing, looking stylish).

The designer job is great, I’m the receptionist / go-for girl. I book appointments, run for thread when needed, and help with shows when we do them. It’s really busy, but it’s super fun to see the designing stages of the clothes and every now and then I get a piece that isn’t quite right.

Then there’s the waitressing job. Not so pleasant. Last night, for example, I was serving a table of guys. The Rangers game was on and beer was getting sloshed everywhere. As I’m standing at the table, trying to get their second orders of appies, my boss comes up, literally pushes me to the side and makes a comment like “Let’s get this dealt with, professionally for once” and continued to take their orders…Yeah. Talk about making you feel this big. But us girls hang together, vent, bitch, and that keeps us sane.

Tonight: A night off of work, a night with a hot guy. A one-night-stand turned into a second date. We’ll see how it goes . Wish me luck!!

အလုပ္အမ်ိဳးအစား -

၁. D.T.P ကၽြမ္းက်င္                                                 (က်ား/မ) – (၄) ဦး

၂. သတင္းစိတ္၀င္စားေသာ သတင္းသမား            (က်ား/မ) – (၈) ဦး

၃. Reception လုပ္ငန္းအရည္အခ်င္းရွိေသာ       (မ) – (၂) ဦး

၄. ဂရပ္ဖစ္ဒီဇိုင္းကၽြမ္းက်င္သူ                                  (က်ား/မ) – (၃) ဦး

၅. ကၽြမ္းက်င္ေသာ ယာဥ္ေမာင္း                              (က်ား) – (၁) ဦး

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Waking up is hard to do – especially when you have to get up and try to find a purpose to your life.  Knowing that nothing much will happen, not at all really.  You will spend hours sorting shit out, looking through even more shit that probably has nothing to do with improving you life or your situation.  Before this takes a turn for the depressing…

I find myself in the kitchen (sometimes in other peoples’) in afternoon soup making scenarios increasingly often these days.  What makes me wake up (yes I do still find purpose to my life!), spend several hours tirelessly trawling through, mainly unsuitable job vacancies.  It’s never as easy as in the films where you go through the classifieds section of the newspaper with a red marker pen circling things.  Then spending lots of time working on my CV, portfolio and shit online (things aside from Facebook, masturbation and procrastination, I know what you’re thinking!).  That then makes me want to make soup?!  French onion with sliced baguette and gruyere a week ago, winter vegetable a few days ago and carrot, lentil and coriander today.  Maybe it’s because it is the one thing that I have control over, where I get the desired end result and it’s food, comforting food at that.  I get to do something which I feel is rewarding, probably why I write this bloody thing.  Besides I make good soup!  Just in case you were wondering, that’s what people will be getting off me for Xmas.  Just remember – it’s DAMN GOOD soup!

Someone suggested I applied for a job as a receptionist the other day.  I mean really!  Me!  A receptionist?!  Well it isn’t far from my house, virtually no travelling distance.  Erm, maybe, not sure it would suit me though.  Doesn’t sound like such a bad idea after all…  Got me thinking of the closing scenes of Spinal Tap:

Nigel Tufnel: [on what he would do if he couldn't be a rock star] Well, I suppose I could, uh, work in a shop of some kind, or… or do, uh, freelance, uh, selling of some sort of, uh, product. You know…
Marty DiBergi: A salesman?
Nigel Tufnel: A salesman, like maybe in a, uh, haberdasher, or maybe like a, uh, um… a chapeau shop or something. You know, like, “Would you… what size do you wear, sir?” And then you answer me.
Marty DiBergi: Uh… seven and a quarter.
Nigel Tufnel: “I think we have that.” See, something like that I could do.
Marty DiBergi: Yeah… you think you’d be happy doing something like-…
Nigel Tufnel: “No; we’re all out. Do you wear black?” See, that sort of thing I think I could probably… muster up.
Marty DiBergi: Do you think you’d be happy doing that?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, I don’t know – wh-wh-… what’re the hours?

The receptionist job did leave me thinking though, ‘what’re the hours?’

14 novembre 2009

arrivano e sembrano trafelati e giustamente timidi e io ci chiedo il documento,

e poi sbadiglio e sospiro e risbadiglio e fingo di guardare il computer e poi sospiro e chiamo;

che tanto il dottore c’è e l’interno a memoria lo so.

I go to the doctors.  I have to have a bone sticking out, an unending flow of blood, or symptoms of cholera, the bubonic plague or smallpox to be dragged screaming and kicking to the surgery…but yes.. I go to the doctors. You might say that Medicare makes a few bob out of me and my dearly beloved as we rarely darken the medical halls. Perhaps in our annual tax hit, we pay the way for the more unfortunate who have the odd sniffle, rash or twinge that requires urgent attention – so aren’t we good blokes?

But wait. The other day I broke the habit of a lifetime and made the ultimate sacrifice and acquiesced to a MEDICAL VISIT. Naturally She Who Must Be Obeyed arranged the booking and ushered me into the trusty steed to make the appointment on time. After all I’d never been late for work in 40 years so I needed someone to “get me to the church on time” so to speak.

So there we were – with one of the few doctors in South East Queensland that bulk bills. Straight out of the Delhi Medical Academy.

“And how are you today, sir?”. Look, I may be a bit thick, but if I knew what was wrong with me do you think I’d pay a week’s wages to put a doctor’s child through private school to self diagnose?  Hardly… anyhow.

So we arrived at the surgery a fashionable 3 minutes early (and were seen promptly an hour later but never mind). Being an inveterate people watcher, I spent my time surreptitiously peeking over the top of my April 2007 sports magazine and observing the cross section of the community lining up to share their ills and troubles with the Great Doctor. They were all there. The pregnant schoolgirl, the gorgeous supermodel (obviously having put on half a kilogram and worried sick about her future), the harried mother with 2 school age children, assorted students of indeterminate but not Caucasian ethnicity.  There they sat – trying to look interested in the magazines on offer.

And the lord and master of this domain – the receptionist was perched on her throne at the counter. Just out of high school and dreaming of becoming one of the faces on the magazine covers (and probably half a chance of making it). Woe betide anyone who crosses the path of the organiser of order of attendance. You go straight to the end of the list.

Anyhow my turn came…eventually.

Crux of the matter is that lumps grow on my feet and hands. I’ve had a couple of new ones and it was getting hard to walk – especially on my hands….but then again it always was.

Kching,,,Kching $$$$ the dollar signs lit up.

Right. Let’s test for asthma, diabetes, heart function, liver function, kidney failure, Leukaemia, swine flu, outer Mongolian lurgi and a multitude of other sins. Don’t worry about those lumps.

All I wanted to know was why the lumps on my feet have started to hurt!!

Prodded, poked and perforated, blood and other bodily fluids were forwarded to the relevant pathological guru.

2 weeks later, the results returned. Apparently I’ll live until I’m 210. Any lumps are figments of my imagination. It doesn’t hurt to walk. I’m suffering from acute hypochondria and I’ll never visit a doctor again.

But the receptionist was pretty.

I called to follow up on a job application I sent in a couple weeks ago. The receptionist who answered asked what department I would like to be transferred to talk about it. I said, “human resources.” She said, “Hold on one moment, let me see if we have one of those.” How do you have a job?

I have spent the better part of the last three months looking for a job.   I’m getting kind of tired of the job ads that take at least half a page to tell you all about the company and how wonderful they are before finally getting to the job description.  Give me the freaking job description and THEN if I’m still interested, educate me on the wonderfulness that is your company.  In addition, please write the job descriptions in English.  Don’t use the psycho-babble language that HR people feel they have to use.  Just give me a list of what you are looking for.  One last thing (for now), I don’t know who started calling Receptionists “Directors of First Impressions” but that person should be shot.  No questions asked.  BANG you’re dead.

Good Afternoon, my little chicklets! How I have missed you? It’s been awhile since a real post from me. I’ve just been busy (and not just on Farmville (I am on level 18 haha oh how lame)). I’ve been painting, drawing, going on auditions, performed at the UCB and working. And of course reading and watching everything I can about my boys, THE SAINTS (8-0, baby).

So, what am I doing toady? I am working as a receptionist for a film company best known for sparkling vampires (only clue y’all will get). Just at I type this bit of fun I overhear German Business Men speaking in German (surprise!). What are they saying? Who knows… I’m sure something German-y & Business-y. Other than that I just answer phone calls, receive packages, and call people to them their “noon is here.” It’s so exciting! Right? Right? ugh.

This is what I wish I was doing instead:

This is what I dream of doing as I sit at my lonely desk answering phone calls I could care a less about... oh to be a chimp!

But alas, I am here sitting at this desk writing to you, my loyal readers about the drudgery (word or not?) of sitting under flourescent lighting and sparkling vampires (since the trailer is on 24/7 in the lobby- sooo much longing). Really nothing interesting to report apparently there was an ambulance and cop cars downstairs earlier, someone had to come out in a stretcher. There are no windows around me, so I didn’t see this happen, but I was told by a delivery man. BREAKING NEWS, people, or breaking news for that person on the stretcher.

So, this trailer being on repeat… I have no idea what the movie is about. Whenever I look up to watch for a moment it’s a totally different scene then the one I’ve seen before. A lot going on in this one film (so many elements: wind, water, fire… the fourth element). And a girl in a scarf (that’s the scene I keep seeing by chance). Oh, and there is a lot of running. I wonder how much dialogue there actually will be with all that running. Except for the obvious “Why are you running?”, “Hurry Up!” , “Keep Running!”. “Why are we running?” , “There is a werewolf- RUN” and “Why am I running, when I can fly?” <— this is what I think about when I sit at reception.

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You can e-mail me or leave questions for me to answer in the comment section. I love to answer questions- a favorite pass time for me.

1. That orangutan looks a lot like what I picture your father to be like. Kinda hairy and always with a dog? Please elaborate on the weirdness of your paternal canine-watcher. – Elle (Berkeley, CA) or could be from OW (New Orleans, LA)

Yes, my father looks like that picture of an orangutan with a leashed dog: remember it’s here. Which is why I chose that picture because it reminded me a lot of my father, which I believe was the point. My father loves his three daughters, but he loves his four dogs perhaps a bit more. He considers his four canine pals to be his children as well as his companions while he stays at home all day painting and answering the doorbell for UPS (my mother receives many packages). His favorite dog would probably be the schnoodle, Heidi (ten pounds of delight) who makes him carry her everywhere. Though he loves his new son (and only son) very much, Buckley, the german shepard-mix we rescued from El Paso, TX back in August. He loves those dogs as much as he’ll hate this answer.

2. luv the blog, but hate the DMV- how did it go? - Chuck (from Baltimore, MD)

Hi Chuck, thank you and I hate the DMV, too. I know I said in my last blog I was going, but I ended up having to post-pone that trip to later this month. I am going to the DMV to get a California license as well as needing to register my car in California (to get Cali license  plates). Wish me luck, please!

3. You do improv? what type? long form or short? any stand up? a comedy fan. keep up the good work. – Jasper (Louisville, KY

Thanks, Jasper. I just completed my first level class of improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade and look forward for 201 level in January. I prefer watching and performing long form, but I think short form is a great way to warm up, and can be a lot of fun. I don’t do stand up currently, but as soon as I gets the balls to do it I figure why not try it out. Thank you. How is the comedy scene in Louisville?

Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association reversed its long-standing position against vitamin supplements and declared that doctors should now recommend that all patients, even healthy ones, routinely take vitamins and mineral supplements (JAMA, 2002; 287:3127-9).

Study after study is now concluding that the soil on which almost all food in America (and in much of Europe) is grown today ontains very little of what humans need to maintain healthy, functioning bodies. The vitamins and minerals essential to health are simply not in the food we eat.

 In 1900, wheat was 90 percent protein; now it is down to 9 percent. One would have to eat 10 slices of bread to gain  the nutrients formerly available in one slice. Soil that has been depleted of the 50 plus minerals people and animals need, produces food that lacks them too. Magnesium chromium, vanadium and others that are equally essential to disease avoidance and to robust good health are much more deficient in our food supply than most vitimins. 

 When nitrogen levels exceed what plants can use for photosynthesis, the excess gets stored away in the form of nitrates. When these nitrates are eaten, they can be converted to carcinogenic nitrosamines (the same carcinogens found in cigarette smoke and cured meats) during digestion. (National Research Council, ‘The health effects of nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds’ Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1981).

 Depleted soil isn’t the only culprit. Most of today’s fruit, vegetables and grains are stored for long periods of time before being sold, and may be stored for an even longer time after purchase before being eaten. Many vitamins break down over time. (Br Food J, 1997;99:207-11). Not quite, but almost; evidence now suggest that, not only mineral content but the vitamin content of fruits, vegetables and grains has also seriously declined over the last 50 years.

The use of pesticides also affects nutrients in food, either directly or indirectly. For example, the application of herbicides, pesticides and fungicides during growth and storage allows farmers, retailers and consumers to continue poor practices such as storing produce for long periods of time. And many herbicides alter plant metabolism and thus nutrient composition.

This means that vitamins and mineral supplements aren’t a luxury for the hypochondriac few or those in need of therapeutic doses. They are no longer a just-incase insurance policy; but are essential to maintain basic levels of human health.

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Danielle Messerschmidt
Writer/Editor/Assistant
San Diego, CA 92115

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Dear Hiring Professional Reading this Page:

Stop searching for a reliable employee; you’ve found her! If you are looking for editorial or administrative help, I have the skills and experience necessary to fill your position and help your company evolve and grow, as suggested by a few of my qualifications, listed below:

• I am goal-oriented and love to learn. I am grateful for this, as it helped me to complete a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and English with an emphasis on creative writing, and a Master’s degree in humanities from a nationally ranked top ten university. Through these experiences I have developed the ability to self-motivate and work independently

• I hold myself as well as the projects I work on to high standards, as I demonstrated when I worked as a freelance editor for a ghostwriter. Such experiences have imbued me with a need for accuracy and an eye for detail as well as the ability to comprehend information outside my area of expertise.

• I have experience coordinating online documents, as I served as editor-in-chief of my undergraduate online creative writing journal, an experience that allowed me to oversee every aspect of a project from its inception to completion, as I was responsible for everything from assembling and directing a team of associate editors to creating and updating the webpage

• Growing up in the Midwest, I was raised to have a strong work ethic and a genuine concern for others. I greatly enjoy collaborating with people, and I work best in a fast-paced environment where I can learn and grow with the projects I work on

• I have strong computer skills such as a proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc) and adobe programs, familiarity with Mac and PC operating systems as well as social networking and media sites, working knowledge of HTML code and DreamWeaver, and the ability to type up to 90wpm. I also own my own Mac laptop and am a fast learner when it comes to technology and am able to quickly become proficient in applications I am not as familiar wit

• I am extremely loyal to the companies I work for. I know I’m not from San Diego, but don’t let that scare you! I’m here for the long haul, and though I have not been able to take long-term employment for the past year or so due to school, I worked at two of my previous jobs for at least four years each, and, having graduated, I now have a stable living condition so I can get settled into a career.

Having recently graduated from a demanding Master’s degree program, I am looking for a career opportunity that will engage and challenge me. I am confident that my skills and enthusiasm would be a profitable addition to your organization.

I would love to meet with you in order to further demonstrate my qualifications, and if you send me a message on this site, I will promptly email you.

Sincerely,
Danielle Messerschmidt

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Danielle Messerschmidt
Writer/Editor/Assistant
San Diego, CA 92115

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Self motivated professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Results-oriented demonstrating quality performance and leadership. Experienced in evaluating organizational needs with established skills and techniques to efficiently prioritize and strategize.

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SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Interpersonal: Develops relationships that gain the respect and trust of peers, management, and clients. Recognized as an effective team leader and team player with a strong sense of initiative and desire to achieve. Extremely adaptable to change, thriving on opportunities to turn problems into solutions.

Communication: Confident and enthusiastic in level of service is evident in face-to-face meetings, on the phone, and in writing. Comfortable communicating with all levels of management, peers, and clients.

Organization/Computer Skills: Strong self-discipline and work ethic. Established time management skills with keen attention to detail. Familiar with Mac and PC computer operating systems as well as Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, DreamWeaver, and PhotoShop. Excellent grammar and punctuation expertise with ability to type 90 words per minute.

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EDUCATION/ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Graduate, M.A. in Humanities (2009)

Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
Graduate, Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy (2008)
Graduated with cum laude honors

Augustana Presidential Pro Musica Scholar
South Dakota Opportunities Scholar

Sioux Falls Federal Credit Union Essay Scholarship
Winner, 2003

Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, SD
Graduate, 2004 with 4.0 GPA

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EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Augustana’s Creative Writing E-zine, “Expression” (2007-2008)
Chief Editor

• Assemble team of associate editors.
• Produce promotional materials and promote “Expression” on campus.
• Edit submissions.
• Design and update the webpage.

Augustana Writer’s Guild (2007-2008), Member

Augustana Choir (2004-2008), Member

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PUBLICATIONS

Augustana Mirror: guest writer; November 10, 2006 issue, Vol. XCV, No. 7.

Albion Review, Albion College: featured poet; 2008 issue

Venture Magazine, Augustana College: featured poet, short story author, photographer, and essayist

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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Augustana College Choir Tour (Summer 2008)
Italy and Sicily

Augustana College Study Abroad: Tracing Roots of Western Civilization (Spring (2007)
Greece and London

Augustana College Choir Tour (Summer 2006)
Tanzania and Switzerland

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Ghostwriter Jeremy Brown, Sioux Falls, SD (July 2009-September 2009)
Freelance Book Editor

• Edit manuscripts for grammar, punctuation, and organization to ensure top-quality, professional sounding prose.
• Rewrite portions of manuscript to ensure proper sentence flow and optimal information presentation.
• Edit and organize formatting to create an aesthetically pleasing document.

Brende, Schroeder, & Medders Law Office, Sioux Falls, SD (August 2009)
Temporary Receptionist

• Answer telephone lines
• File legal documents
• Type up occasional affidavits etc.
• Greet walk-in clients with professional courtesy
• Open and distribute mail

CSD Relay, Sioux Falls, SD (April-September 2008)
Communications Assistant

• Accept and place local and long distance relay calls for the deaf and hard of hearing.
• Translate electronic messages to voice messages and voice messages to electronic messages.
• Convey caller’s actual feelings and emotions.
• Maintain confidentiality on all call content.

Cool Beans! Coffee Company, Sioux Falls, SD (September 2003-July 2007)
Barista/Customer Service Associate

• Create food and beverages with enthusiastic customer service.
• Answer phones.
• Set up for scheduled events.
• Maintain a clean workspace.
• Manage the cash register.
• Train new employees.
• Close the store.

YMCA Leif Ericson Day Camp, Sioux Falls, SD (May 2002-August 2007)
Senior Counselor

• Positively influence children ages 4-13.
• Educate children about horse care and safety.
• Supervise equine activities during camp.
• Oversee care of horses.

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ENTHUSIASTIC REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST