Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Check it Out: My Resume

600 San Benito Court
College Station, Tx
77845
Phone (979)-492-1686
E-mail evans.ryan.2001@gmail.com



Ryan Evans



Objective

If you are looking for an employee who is both dependable and positive, please choose me. If you are an employer who is tired of training an employee to perform a certain task continuously, then you don't need to worry about me. I am a self-starter, a quick learner, a true leader, I am healthy, always plan ahead, loyal, faithful, helpful, and always looking out for what needs to be accomplished. I am not saying that I am the complete package, but I am saying that I will give you, my future employer, my very best effort.



Employment

01/2006-Present ISC Building Materials College Station, Tx
   Operations Manager
       § At this construction supplyhouse I was in charge of opening and closing the warehouse, scheduling and dispatching deliveries, quality assurance of our products, ordering/receiving/tracking inventory, selling material to customers, quoting jobs for customers, employee discipline, scheduling shifts for employees and approving electronic timecards, corporate relations, inter-warehouse relations, customer service, keeping up with paperwork, and performed various other tasks.

       § Other experience: extensive computer network systems including various computer applications such as Progress Client, Delivery Client, Attendance Enterprise, Dossier-fleet maintenance, Scanner applications, Microsoft--Outlook, Excel, Word, and Streets & Trips.


10/2005-12/2005 Lawrence Marshall Hempstead, Tx
  Salesman
          There I worked at the Ford store selling Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge vehicles. The work involved in sales included product research and knowledge, improving sales tactics and techniques, customer service, cold calling, lot sales, self-promotion, company promotion, negotiating prices through our sales manager, completing sales contracts, and handling customer follow-ups.


06/2004-09/2005 Self-Employed College Station, Tx
   Construction Sub-Contractor
          The duties included: Painting on the residential level, minor repairs, remodeling, door installation, fence building, minor carpentry, client relations, ordering materials, and billing.



Education

08/2001-05/2004 University of Texas--El Paso El Paso, Tx
   Bachelor of Arts
      § Graduated with honors -- Cum Laude
         Training in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, and Frontpage


08/1997-05/2000 ColoradoState University Fort Collins, Co



References

Tommy Lee -- Former Branch Manager of ISC Building Materials -- (979) 412-2023

Ric Vega -- Former Branch Manager of ISC Building Materials -- (979) 412-2835

Caleb White -- Former Construction Contractor -- (903) 316-3083

Vacation

Do you ever find yourself sitting at your desk at your job thinking about a beach?
You are sitting out on a lawn chair or an out stretched towel way out on some pristine white sand beach
watching the tide pull in and push away, pull in, push away.  You find youself watching the
wet sand change shape as it errodes carefully and smoothly away into the sea.  I guess we should
blame all those Corona commercials for conditioning our brains to long for that restful, warm,
perfect climate where we throw our cell phones out into the blue and watch the waves crash in towards us.
I have recently found myself thinking about Cabo San Lucas' Club Cascadas beach on the Sea of Cortez
side of town.  When I was a boy I used to travel there with my family almost every summer, but I never could seem to just sit there and rest.  I was always doing something or going somewhere, or playing; I could
never just sit and relax.  And now I want nothing more than to go back to that same beach; maybe I'd sip a few cocktails, maybe read a book, you know, just take it easy.  I think that means that in this stage of my life I need to have a nice, calm, and relaxing vacation.  I tell you what, I don't even need to go to a beach; I will take a nice calm river camping trip instead.  I think the stress of the job is finally getting to me. I don't know,
what do you think?

Monday, May 17, 2010

a night it rained

I love the rain
lost focus and baby cries,
the scream of a tree
scrape lost above crackle of tight
rolled thunderous roar
"Honey it sounds like,
the roar of a lion,"
the deep grumbling bass, and
roll and bounce off dropplets
dropped off of rumbling bouncing
carports and rooftops
tick-tacking the sky with ease
and melody. I love the rain!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Disclaimer

I just wanted to take the time in order to warn you that I haven't been writing much since I got out of College six years ago, so it will take me a while to regain my flow and figure out what is worth writing about.  Therefore, this blog will be more like a journal of splatter-thoughts. If you find yourself reading this and it sucks, then just click away somewhere else, but try not to stay gone for too long because if I do find my way thru this maze of creative junglousity mist you just might miss out on the early stages of my career. Thanks and enjoy!