Nathan Taube

Experience

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  Cornerstone Medical Associates

  May 2001 - Nov 2006

  Administrative Assistant

  Filing, answering phones, calling patients to remind of appointments, checking patients vitals. Worked summer and winter breaks, as well as university vacation days. Doubled filing efficiency after creating system to locate specific files and communicate their locations.

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  Self-employed

  Sept 2005 - Aug 2021

  Private Tutor

  Tutored university students and professionals in English. Garnered sufficient respect as a teacher to double both tutoring rates as well as increasing class size, over tutoring period.

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  Wenjiang No. 2 Primary School

  Sept 2005 - May 2006

  Foreign English Teacher

  Taught English conversation to Chinese primary school students.

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  Sam's Club

  Nov 2006 - May 2007

  Customer Service Representative

  Slicing deli meat, making sandwiches, setting up party platters, creating displays, packing meat, stocking shelves, tracking expiration dates, and assisting customers. Created system for tracking expiration dates more efficiently within the department. Created and implemented system to track product expiration dates. Promoted from temporary to permanent employment.

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  Joy English

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2009

  English Teacher

  Teaching English to primary and high school students, creating lesson plans, preparing students for GEPT exams, coaching students for English teaching competitions. Developed new methods for drilling students in alliteration and pronunciation, greatly improving student performance. Created dozens of teaching exercises to hold students attention across a variety of learning styles. Trained coworkers in teaching methods at manager’s request.

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  Self Employed

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2022

  Independent Consultant

  Consulted managers/owners on marketing, sales, and retail strategies. Sourced new equipment and advised on possible new ventures. Handled accounting, advertising, and operations management for the SMEs. Trained staff in marketing and retail strategies. Improved marketing and online presence promoting a Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight campaign, exceeding funding goals by more than double, and receiving the greenlight on Steam. Increased repeat customers by 25% after creating clear, targeted advertising.  Developed and implemented method to track sales trends at point of sale that influenced future business decisions. Streamlined accounting procedures by computerizing them to save time, removing need for hiring additional staff.  Sourced alternative suppliers of medical diagnostics equipment, saving 85% on the cost of an investment, and effectively doubling profits on relevant procedures. Increased repeat guests in hostel to the point of achieving more than 95% capacity for 6 months in a row. Show less

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  Sichuan University

  Sept 2009 - Jul 2011

  University Lecturer in English (Foreign Expert)

  Teaching English to masters and PHD students. Created lesson plans and helped design the curriculum for a new class at the university. Promoted the university through a public lecture series. Promoted English program through public lecture series, generating the highest turnout of any of the participating faculty. Trained 40 Chinese science-technology faculty and researchers in English in preparation for academic-research exchange. Assisted curriculum development and served as guest lecturer in the class “History of Immigration to the United States.” Show less

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  Houston County Board of Education

  Nov 2011 - May 2012

  Substitute Teacher

  Substitute teacher for primary and secondary schools throughout the Houston County area.

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  Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd.

  Mar 2014 - May 2014

  International Sales and Marketing Intern

  Researched and formulated sales strategies for markets in Malaysia and Indonesia. Created training materials for staff in how to approach these markets. Expanded range of products sold in Malaysia to include previously untapped markets in cosmetics.  Developed and implemented strategies to open up new markets for food chemicals in Malaysia and Indonesia. Created training materials on sales strategy in Malaysia and Indonesia for future employee training.

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  Internship and Research Project (Self-Guided)

  Jun 2014 - May 2015

  Tourism/Hospitality Market Research

  Researched costs and benefits of various budget travel markets throughout Southeast Asia, including favored travel routes and amenities, start-up costs, expenses, competitive rates, variations on business models, and industry shifts for a future start-up.

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  Disney English

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

  Foreign Trainer

  Taught English to Chinese children, participated in sales through demos and renewal PTCs with parents, contributed to curriculum, helped train new teachers.-Mushu (guide) for new teachers-Joined VoluntEARS event

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  Joy English

  Mar 2017 - Aug 2018

  Foreign Teacher

  Teaching English to Taiwanese students.

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  School of International Education, Wuxi South Ocean College

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2020

  Business Lecturer

  Teaching marketing to Chinese students in preparation for studies abroad in English speaking countries.

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  Genius English School

  Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  Foreign Teacher

  Teaching English to Taiwanese students.

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  Kiawah Island Golf Resort

  Apr 2022 - now

  Leading front desk team, troubleshooting billing issues, resolving guest relations failures, documenting, compiling, and submitting reports, maintaining communication channels between staff of different departments, preempting potential guest issues. Checking-in and checking-out guests, answering guest questions, processing payments, combining rooms to ensure guest's have their desired accommodation, coordinating with other hotel departments, maintaining Forbes 5 Star standards.-achieved more than $10,000 in upsells-created and edited documents in Standard Operating Procedures and training other Front Desk agents in said procedures-training both front desk agents amd assistant managers in front desk tasks and procedures

  • Assistant Reservations Manager

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Assistant Front Office Manager

    Apr 2023 - Jul 2024

  • Front Desk Agent

    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023