Jay Willis

Experience

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  Spherion

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Junior Database Programmer - Contractor

  Earned a three-figure cash bonus, from the client, for a simple, division-wide time-saving database application.

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  Grubb & Ellis Management Services, Inc (Northbrook, IL)

  Apr 2001 - Dec 2002

  Database Program Manager
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  Kennesaw State University

  Oct 2004 - Feb 2005

  Research Assistant

  Work/Study Assignment - Cross-referenced addresses across three decades of U.S. Census data. Recommended, designed, built and loaded a sample listing into Oracle. Checked for matching records using RDBMS. Documented fiche contents from copies of original hand-written U.S. Census sheets. Work Environment: MSOffice, Oracle, Microfiche of U.S. Census Archives.

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  Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  Nov 2007 - Jan 2009

  Newspaper Delivery

  Lead driver covering three assigned routes (one was the average), no tickets and no points throughout. Top Commission equaled $500+ in one week with low missed deliveries.

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  Unknown

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2014

  Great Recession of 2007-2009
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  Anglins Foundation Masonry Repair

  Apr 2013 - Apr 2017

  General Laborer

  Animal Control, trapping and taking stray cats, possums and raccoons to the county pound. Undergrowth and tree removal. Sawing. Pruning. Mowing. Edging. Interior painting and exterior painting. Hauling. Taking old tires to the dump. Serving as public relations liaison between city and property.

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  MUST Ministries

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2014

  Donor Specialist

  Direct F2F Customer Service, with 24+ donors per shift personal and Face-to-Face, Volunteering. Off-Loading goods from donors.

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  Altruistic Staffing

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2014

  Temporary Associate

  -----One week ahead, on first three weeks of contract. Sales were up, on displays we remodeled.-----Advising workers on marketing practices. Advising Altruistic staff and Walmart client on best practices of graveyard shifts. -----Merchandising (the practice of making products in retail outlets available to consumers, primarily by stocking shelves and displays, pricing, labeling, product categories), stocking shelves, demolition of retail displays, assembly of retail displays, crew lead twice, removal of modular shelving, endcaps and peg hooks. Assembly of modular shelving, endcaps and peg hooks. -----Familiarity with tools: pallet jack, socket wrench 7 / 16 inch, 5 / 16 inch. 3 Wheel Dolly Caster Mover and lever, screwdrivers, crescent wrench, vise grips, cardboard baler, barcode scanner (Gemini), tall ladder, step ladder. Operations on ISO 9000 standard.-----Lifting of 25-50 pounds routinely. Handing and receiving tools up and down tall ladder. Kneeling, crouching, stretching, lifting, climbing, sitting up, lunges, working laying down, getting up repeatedly. -----Worked with diverse crew on race, age, religion and disability. -----Paid duties as assigned, as a paid temporary worker. It's an actual promotion, into being a paid economic contributor, from previously being a free volunteer at non-profits. Show less

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  Walmart

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Cashier

  Among top 5 cashiers, in super department store, for Customers-Per-Day and Daily-Sales. $2,000-$2,500 per hour top sales as retail cashier on 8 hour shift in 32 hour weeks. ----- Seasonal cashier, part-time direct for the holidays. Includes the ultra-heavy retail traffic for Thanksgiving, Black Friday Sales, Christmas drive and sales, and the after-Christmas sales. (11/3/2014-12/24/2014). Worked retail cashier on Black Friday, an accounting term, and on worked retail cashier on Christmas Eve Day. Show less

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  Walmart

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

  Cashier
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  Advance Auto Parts

  Oct 2016 - Sept 2017

  Driver

  --- Earned $500 bonus. Rang up customers, cash, credit, and commercial accounts. Shelve batteries. Put up oil, antifreeze and wiper fluid. Tested customer batteries, for sales area. Completed the (1) AAP Automotive Systems Training certificate and (2) ASE Intro to Automotive Systems. Practiced at two gyms throughout; involving light weight-lifting, yoga, stretching, and light cardio. Located parts through computer library. Shelved the weekly truck; involving rotors, starters, alternators, CV axles. Shelved and organized: air filters, cabin filters, strut mounts, alternators, starters, belts, control arms, o2 sensors, oil seals and bearings, brake hardware kits, and brake pads and rotors --- Did so well that Commercial Manager got an additional second working car. And business raised to such a level that the store manager approved the Commercial Manager to have a back-up. Several existing drivers promoted themselves up and out to exciting new companies. Several parts-pros and sales staff promoted themselves up and out to exciting new companies. If you like over-performers, in systems of limited resources, you will appreciate me on your sales team. Show less

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  Pep Boys

  Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

  Tire room. They gave me a raise, and more hours, and less supervision. Worked in the automotive service department.

  • General Service Technician

    Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Customer Service Advisor

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
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  Chattahoochee Technical College

  Mar 2018 - May 2018

  Truck Driver

  I attended a CDL-A school. I graduated the two month trucker's curriculum, after entering with my CLP.

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  Midwest Coast Transport, Inc.

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  Truck Driver

  Trucker OTR Over- the- Road. N-S-N-S. Texas to the Dakotas. I drove 20,000 miles in a refrigerated reefer tractor- trailer.

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  C.R. England

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2020

  Truck Driver

  Trainer and OTR over- the- road trucker. I drive 170,000 miles using a refrigerated reefer tractor-trailer. E-W-E-W. I did not have a HAZMAT endorsement. I graduated from the one- year Journeyman Truckers apprentice program.

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  Western Express

  Oct 2020 - now

  Truck Driver

  over the road truck driver. 3 weeks on one week off. east of the Mississippi