Founder Business Owner resume example

I started at Red House with little to no carpentry experience. I was amazed by how much knowledge is required and by all the different facets there are to carpentry. The tools, the language, the math, the types of wood, the accuracy etc etc. I learned a lot and enjoyed the manual labor. I did a lot of cleaning of the job sites and the grunt work but I did do a fair amount of carpentry as well. It was very fulfilling work. I was a part of Home Services at Red House and we focused on smaller, residential jobs (ie decks, bathroom remodels, exterior work).

• Safely operated power saws, planers, jointers, routers and pneumatic equipment
• Shaped materials to exact measurements for job requirements using hand tools and power equipment.
• Safely used band, circular, jig, reciprocating, chop and compound miter saws.

A lot of practice in customer service/relations. Long shifts up to 10 hrs on your feet. Prepared coffee and espresso drinks, smoothies, juices, and food for customers. My best quality here was my relationships with customers and always having a smile on my face. I was also very good at stocking and was given the responsibility to go to Costco every week to re-stock all food and drink items for the cafe.

• Maintained calm demeanor during high-volume periods and special events.
• Managed inventory by establishing and adjusting ordering parameters, accurate forecasting and monitoring waste.
• Enthusiastically engaged customers during busy periods to keep mood light and fun.
• Ordered, received and stocked supplies and retail products.
• Gave details on coffee blends and preparation descriptions to customers.

I worked the counter at On the Rise Bakery. I often opened the bakery in the morning, but also had experience running the bar at night and managing the dinner rush. Mostly counter service and running food to the cafe and handling transactions with customers. A lot of customer relations and some food prep.

• Stark Window Cleaning, Middlebury, Vermont Major Accountabilities: This job required a lot of manual labor, like carrying ladders and using lifts.
• Commercial and residential window cleaning.
• There is also a lot of hospitality and customer relations involved when doing someone's home or when billing and collecting money from an individual store.
• On paper it seems like I worked for Stark for a long time, which I did, but those dates are a bit misleading because I've worked for them periodically over the years, sometimes very part-time.

• I worked as an after school counselor for City Kids at Flynn Elementary in Burlington.
• I worked with 45 kids, K-6.
• Being the youngest counselor I tended to lead more of the bigger, sports active games and activities.

• The job consisted of a lot of customer relations/hospitality business.
• I would help maintain the harbor by cleaning, docking and moving boats and managing where people should go, as well as renting out bikes, boats, kayaks to guests.
• I operated a boat and took guests out on water-ski and tubing charters and I was also a kayak guide for kayak tours.