Email: cassliving@gmail.com Portfolio: https://uicassidy.weebly.com/ LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassidy-livingston/ Objective My personal goals with this position are to acquire valuable work experiences; provide exemplary support to the team; gain invaluable skills while on the job; expand on my existing skills; and cultivate meaningful, professional connections with team members from all walks of life. Experience CREW MEMBER | MCDONALD’S CORPORATION | JULY 2022- PRESENT · Accomplishments: ○ Employee of the Month- February 2023 ○ Obtained exceptional skills in multitasking, customer service, self-management, and teamwork ○ Successfully trained multiple new coworkers who had little to no experience in food service ○ Progressively reached a higher level of self-confidence and surety in my work ·Duties: ○ Take customers’ orders accurately and in a timely manner ○ Assemble food up to McDonald’s standards and use the correct protective gear (gloves, aprons, masks, etc.) ○ Maintain cleanliness and swiftness at all times ·Responsibilities: ○ Ensure customers have the best experience possible while at the establishment by attending to customers’ needs and concerns, as well as quick and accurate service ○ Take direction and feedback well and apply it in a prompt manner IN-HOME CAREGIVER | FIRST LIGHT HOME CARE OF SPOKANE & COEUR D’ALENE | MAY 2021- AUG. 2021 · Accomplishments: ○ Furthered knowledge and skills on how to care for others with specific needs and goals ○ Formed close, lasting professional relationships with clients and their partners/ family members ·Duties: ○ Helped in every aspect of daily life, i.e. completed daily housework, prepared meals/ snacks, went grocery shopping, drove clients to destinations/ appointments, etc. ○ Met and exceeded the client’s expectations every visit while being a compassionate, diligent companion for the client and their family INTERNSHIP | FUGUE LITERARY MAGAZINE- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | AUG. 2020- DEC. 2020 o First Reader for nonfiction and fiction genres o Read and analyzed numerous submissions throughout the semester o Forwarded potential pieces for publishing to genre editors o Attended monthly genre Zoom meetings to present our picks to the group and discuss publication BUSINESS ADVISOR & CONTENT WRITER | BLUE FISH WEB DESIGN | JAN. 2019- MAY 2019 · Accomplishments: o WordPress- created articles and blogs for multiple clients’ websites o Wrote original business pieces for the company and for clients o Created and published blog articles to company’s personal blog o Canva- created a variety of graphics for the company's blog, client websites, client products, etc. o Learned basics in web design, as well as novice tools in Photoshop · Duties: o Collaborated with clients on desired website content (in-person and email) o Assisted in-person clients with web development or writing content o Accountable for front desk and work area o Neatly filed business papers, receipts, and mail o Took phone calls, messages, and emails on behalf of the company
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o Kept workstations and office tidy MACHINE OPERATOR | HEPPNER MOLDS, INC. | JUNE 2015-AUG. 2018 · Temporary fill-in during summers and winters · Accomplishments: o Honed my skills in accuracy, efficiency, and speed while multitasking o Gained proficiency using the required tools and routines · Duties: o Operated plastic injection molding machines o Inspected, clipped, sorted, and bagged plastic parts before being shipped FRONT DESK RECEPTIONIST | COEUR D’ALENE PEDIATRICS | JUNE 2017-JULY 2017 · Temporary summer work · Attended the front desk in all three company locations · Accomplishments: ○ Gained extensive hands-on customer service under quick pace and pressure ○ Learned how to multitask multiple projects/ secondary tasks while attending to regular duties ○ Understood the importance of front-staff workers and their roles in helping a company succeed · Duties: o Adhered strictly to HIPPA guidelines while handling patient information o Scheduled patient appointments, accommodating the caller’s needs as often as possible o Answered patient phone calls and various other calls o Handled and scanned paperwork with a wide variety of information o Faxed a variety of information to other companies when requested Education UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | AUG. 2018- DEC. 2020 | BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE · Major: English- Professional Writing emphasis · Related Coursework: o 4 semesters of 200-500 level English courses o 2 semesters of 300 level Communications courses · Projects: o Business Writing Capstone Project- Grant Writing ▪ Participated in a semester-long 4 person team in which we researched and constructed a grant proposal for new playground equipment for Lena Whitmore Elementary School (LWES), located in Moscow, ID ▪ Created white papers, memo reports, progress reports, and letter of transmittals as a team ▪ Extensive research into grants, state laws and data, LWES and other surrounding elementary schools required for data comparisons ▪ Frequent communication between team members, our professor, and LWES’s Parent Advisory Team (PAT) members required ▪ Accurate data input required · Accomplishments: o Presented at the 2018 Northwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities, hosted by North Idaho College (NIC) o 1 semester of consistent involvement with NIC English Club NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE | AUG. 2015- MAY 2018 | ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE · Major: English- Professional Writing emphasis · Related coursework: o 10 English courses, 1 marketing course, 1 communications course · Projects: o Marketing Strategies Capstone Project- Collaborated for 16 weeks with 4 classmates designing and creating numerous marketing projects as an assigned team
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▪ Participated as the group’s copy writer/ editor o Trestle Creek Review Literary Magazine- Collaborated with numerous classmates to create the upcoming 2018 annual issue ▪ Participated on the editorial board as a First Reader of submissions from local writers and artists ▪ Decided which submissions would make the issue and provided minor edits for consideration · Accomplishments: o Nominated for the 2018 Distinguished Writer Awards by NIC faculty in the Department of English o 1 year consistent involvement with NIC English Club Achievements & Skills LEADERSHIP/ VOLUNTEERING · Girl Scouts Gold Award Project (6 mos.): o Microsoft Excel- Worked with the Post Falls Food Bank to create a volunteer database to replace less effective methods and boost the business’ production exponentially o Required overseeing others while they worked on the database and providing guidance · LINK Leader program (1 school year): o As a high school senior, mentored and guided a group of freshmen students throughout their first year o 7-8 freshmen students to each pair of LINK Leaders o Full school-year commitment of leadership and interaction with freshmen o Required good grades and great school conduct to remain a LINK Leader · Volunteering at the Post Falls Food Bank (5 yrs.): o Put together lunches for children in need o Harvested fruit trees to donate on behalf of elderly citizens o Bagged food and restocked shelves · Holidays and Heroes (2 yrs.): o Local annual Christmas charity event in which children in need choose from donated items and clothes provided by Girl Scouts and other local groups o Ran a station helping children pick out presents and clothes for family members AWARDS · 2018 Distinguished Writer Awards Event: Received honorable mention award for the George Ives’ Outstanding Second-Year Writer Award o Nominated by NIC’s English and Humanities Division · Received the Girl Scouts Gold Award in 2015 SALES · Cashier/ Crew Member at McDonald’s ● Sold Girl Scout cookies and candies for 11 years · Coeur d’Alene Pediatrics: Handled in-person and over-the-phone patient payments COMMUNICATION · Presented in speech classes during high school and college · Presented 3 speeches to large groups about Gold Award Project, one of which was at a Scouting event held in Tri-Cities, WA