Jack Fleming
20148 6th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98155
206-361-2732
Summary of Experience
Wide ranging background in various pursuits. Experience including teaching English as a second language, substitute teaching, general office work, and advanced personal computer knowledge. Experience gained through extensive world-wide travel. Fanatical personal computer background.
Objective
To work in an interesting, stimulating, and challenging position where I can use my writing, organizational, and computer skills.
Employment History
January 1987 to Present
Swedish Medical Center 747 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122
Administrative Secretary. Secretarial tasks including wordprocessing (Word and Wordperfect), spreadsheets (1-2-3, Quattro Pro, Excel), and database (Access). Act as de facto "Help Desk" for 18 PC users in department. Tasks also included meeting scheduling, minute taking, transcription, 10-key by touch. Typing 60wpm.
1984 to 1987
Swedish Medical Center 747 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122
Inventory dispatcher in the Material Management department. General warehouse work. Physical work demanding both stamina and accuracy. Some inventory control and receiving experience.
1982 - 1984
Researching and writing novel.
Research included five months traveling the back roads of Mexico. Novel is still unpublished at present time.
1979 - 1982
Lake Washington Vocational Technical Institute Kirkland, Washington
Teacher of several adult English as a Second Language classes mainly for Indo-Chinese refugees. Students ranged from complete beginners to university trained English speakers. Planned all classwork, developed curriculum, organized field trips, and helped students adjust to life in America.
1977-1979
Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program Iowa City, Iowa
Processing specialist for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program. Duties included interpretation of government regulations concerning college grant money, phone contact with prospective recipients, and data entry.
1976-1977
Cedar Falls Public School System Cedar Falls, Iowa
Substitute teacher for junior high and high school English and History.
1973
Ressaikan Gakuin Osaka, Japan
English as a Foreign Language teacher. Planned and taught adult classes plus a weekly excursion to a junior high.
Education
University of Northern Iowa, three Bachelor of Arts degrees, English (teaching), History (teaching), and Teaching English as a Foreign Language, 1976. Graduated with Individual Honors.
Computer Experience
I have experience with several different computers starting with a Commodore 64, then a Commodore Amiga, and finally a PC. My telecommunications experience ranges from the primeval days of 300 baud modems to the present. I maintained a computer BBS for 2 years. My first involvement with the internet was approximately 10 years ago on eskimo.com. I am proficient in all of the standard internet tools (telnet, ftp, email, archie, gopher, majordomo, listproc, etc.) I maintain an anonymous ftp site on the internet (ftp.eskimo.com u/o/oolon) and administer 3 smartlist mailing lists. I have also installed homepages for myself and our amateur radio club (www.eskimo.com/~oolon/ and www.wwdxc.org). I am comfortable and proficient with HTML programming. I also am an experienced user of lynx, netscape, and mosaic.
Other Experience
Independent travel experience to approximate 30 countries around the globe.
Amateur radio license WA0RJY.
For the past 3 years I have been the editor of the monthly Western Washington DX Club's 10-page Totem Tabloid newsletter with circulation of approximately 200.
Served as chairman of the Swedish Medical Center's Forms Committee for approximately 5 years.
Chairman of the Swedish Employees Federal Credit Union's Credit Committee for 8 years.
References
Available on request