SAMPLE RESUME
Animal Shelter Worker

Objective
Community service position working with canines in an animal shelter or rescue

Profile
A devoted slave to my dog, I am passionate about canine health and hope to improve my community by educating other prospective canine slaves about responsible pet care. In addition to my rich background as an animal behavior and youth services volunteer, I can offer these skills and abilities:

• Outgoing, positive person who excels at communicating with the public
• Compassionate “problem dog” caregiver familiar with health, reproductive and training issues
• Experienced temperament tester, socializer, trainer and public speaker
• Unafraid of the “dirty work”: intake, cage cleaning, feeding and grooming animals
• Intuitive, detail-oriented creative thinker with excellent problem-solving skills

Volunteer Experience

• Berkeley Animal Shelter (Berkeley, CA): Volunteer
• Wesleyan ESL Program (Middletown, CT): Tutor
• New Haven Animal Shelter (New Haven, CT): Volunteer
• Long Lane School Juvenile Facility (Middletown, CT): Tutor

Employment Experience

XXXX (Fremont, CA)
Store Manager, 2003–Present
Coordinate mobile-adoption, animal communication and other events for this specialty pet boutique. Manage accounting, purchasing and inventory. Educate customers about animal behavior and nutrition.

Amigos de las Americas (Oaxaca, Mexico)
Family Health Promotion, Summer 2002
Developed a community-based health program with local doctors and nurses. Taught stove-building techniques and amaranth planting to community members.

Wesleyan University Press (Middletown, CT)
Editorial Assistant, Spring 2002
Corresponded with authors, processed requests for books and provided administrative support at this University press that publishes scholarly books.

Casa de Salud, Malitzin (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
Intern, Fall 2001
Attended consultations at alternative feminist health clinic in low-income community. Created and co-facilitated Spanish-language sexuality workshops for middle-aged women.

University of California Press (Berkeley, CA)
Intern, Summer 2001
As Acquisitions & Development intern, coordinated and updated donor library, participated in development, assisted with book launches, building readership and preparing art for production.

ACCESS/Reproductive Health Hotline (Oakland, CA)
Intern, Summer 2001
Updated and managed insurance-status research project database. Created fact-sheets and gathered health information about reproductive health.

Education

• Wesleyan University (CT): Double Major in Religion and Women’s Studies, Honors 2003
• Center for Global Exchange (Cuernavaca): Crossing Borders: Gender & Social Change 2001

Skills
Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Macintosh, HTML, Photoshop, Quickbooks POS and PRO; fluent in Spanish

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