June 25, 2007

Lewis, John D.

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Employment Goals

Professional Profile

Employment Background

Wildlife Illustrator And Graphic Designer

Holiday Cards

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Foodservice Manager/Proprietor

Education

Published Articles

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Introduction

Commitment, dependability and a strong desire to succeed has always been the key components of my personal work ethic. I believe, having grown up in a small Pennsylvania town,...

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Employment Goals

I am a dependable, highly organized, detail-oriented professional seeking a permanent, full-time position in customer support/clerical that may include some of the following job functions:

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Professional Profile


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Employment Background

Summary

I am a candidate who can offer experience from a fairly diverse background of career choices. After graduating college, I pursued my life-long dream of working as a freelance artist, specializing in wildlife illustration and graphic design. Then, I transitioned to a successful career as manager of two separate foodservice facilities. Presently, I am seeking employment or an independent business venture that will enable me to use the various skill sets I've acquired throughout the years.

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Wildlife Illustrator And Graphic Designer

While growing up, there was really no question about my career choice. I wanted to be an artist. Wildlife and the outdoors have always been an important aspect of my life. Therefore, animals in beautiful scenery have been the dominant subject matter for most of my artwork. By the time I reached my early twenties, I was creating many original, realistic, highly detailed paintings. By age 23, I produced my first cover for a small Pennsylvania fishing publication. Subsequent commissions followed for the creation of inside and cover art for several small outdoor publications, such as "Pennsylvania Angler" and "Northeast Huntin' & Fishin'."

Although my commercial success has been quite modest, investing hundreds of hours creating these fine pieces of art enhanced my development of self-discipline, patience, and an unrelenting desire to achieve perfection. It is these acquired virtues that have positively impacted my later employment ventures and continue to do so today.

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Holiday Cards

Published by Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)


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Foodservice Manager/Proprietor

After graduating from the Pennsylvania Business Enterprise training program in early 1988, I operated two separate foodservice locations. From September 1988 to July 1993, I managed a small facility within a clothing manufacturing company located in the small town of Taylor, just outside of Scranton, PA.

In June 1993, I was promoted to manage the foodservice facility within the Labor and Industry Building in Harrisburg, PA.

Within each of these two locations, I was responsible for every facet of management. I worked as a very hands-on manager involved with many of the physical aspects associated with running a foodservice operation (which included serving as main cashier, brewing/serving coffee, filling condiments, checking and stocking orders, supervising four employees and maintaining a rigorous cleaning schedule). I also coordinated all clerical aspects, such as maintaining daily reports and profit-loss statements, conducting monthly inventories, planning and publishing weekly menu specials and preparing/telephoning all merchandise and supply orders.

As in my career as an artist, I was able to apply my self-disciplined, labor-intense management style to assure strict sanitation; quality food; a diverse, creative menu; and excellent customer rapport. That resulted in increased monthly gross sales of 40 percent over any prior management.

After 13 years as a self-employed business person, in June 2001, I decided to change my career direction by combining my newly acquired customer service skills with technology and applying them to a slower-paced, more-defined area of interest.

The period between 2001 and the present has been one of much personal growth in terms of learning basic computer and adaptive technologies as well as uncovering my strengths for my further career development. As I embark on the exciting journey of discovering a new chapter in my career, I feel very empowered with this new, self-enriching knowledge that may be beneficial in other fields of interest, for which I believe I possess a natural aptitude (such as writer, braille, or medical transcriptionist. I am also contemplating an entrepreneurial venture that may involve launching a web-based art reproduction business.

Within the online environment, I will strive to distinguish myself as someone who is adaptable to vastly different professions, as proven in my commercial art and foodservice management careers, guided by an innately strong work ethic that demonstrates character, commitment, and reliability - and that yields, most critically, "positive results."

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Education


BBVS Business Enterprise Training Center, Harrisburg, PA.
September 1987 to February 1988
Certificate: Foodservice/Restaurant Management

Luzerne County Community College (LCCC), Nanticoke, PA.
1977 to 1979
Associate Degree: Commercial Art

Wyoming Valley West High School, Kingston, PA.
1977 Graduate
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