Dear Epiphany School Supporters:


We are thrilled that you are considering an Epiphany graduate for employment. The students below have all completed an Epiphany "resume template," and they are all outstanding young men and women. These templates were designed to give you a good sense of who they are and what they are looking for in an employment experience.


Epiphany's graduate support office wants to help facilitate all aspects of the connecting our graduates with potential opportunities. If you would like to connect with any of the students below, or if you would like to learn more about them, please call Will Brown at 617-326-0426, extension 204.


Many thanks!







These are the questions that our profiled graduates have answered:

1. Objective: What do you want to get from a summer employment experience?

2. Personal description: Please write something about yourself, your interests and abilities, in addition to your extracurricular activities:

3. Previous Employment Experience. Please list former employers and employment dates:

4. Please specify your employment interests (e.g. business, education, technology, working with children, etc.). If you have multiple areas, be sure to list them all. Why are you interested in this area?

5. What skills and qualifications have you gained from previous employment?






Name: Jackie Brice
Epiphany Class (e.g. 2003): 2005
Age: 19
Current School: University of Rhode Island


1. Objective: What do you want to get from a summer employment experience?

I would like to participate in a summer job that isn’t just a job, but also a learning opportunity. I would also like to participate in a summer job that is involved in some sort of community service. I want to leave that job at the end of the summer knowing that not only did I make money, but I learned, and helped make a difference in some way.


2. Personal description: Please write something about yourself, your interests and abilities, in addition to your extracurricular activities:

I am a freshman at the University of Rhode Island. My major is textile marketing. I am very creative and I like to use my creativity to help others. I also love to work with children. I am interested in anything that has to do with the retail industry. I am involved with a club called Uhuru Sasa, which is a cultural club at URI. I was nominated for and participated in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington D.C. I was also involved in a student leaderships club called Student Leaders Across Milton and The 3 C’s Club, another cultural club, in high school. I love to participate in community service.


3. Previous Employment Experience. Please list former employers and employment dates:

New England Aquarium: July-August: summer 2007 and summer 2008
Cancer Prevention Research Center: September-December 2009


4. Please specify your employment interests (e.g. business, education, technology, working with children, etc.). If you have multiple areas, be sure to list them all. Why are you interested in this area?

I am interested in a position in the retail industry, but I wouldn’t mind working with children, education, or secretarial work.


5. What skills and qualifications have you gained from previous employment?

My previous employment experiences have made me more of a leader. For example, while working at the New England Aquarium, I was put into positions where I had to run live animal presentations for dozens of guests. I had to learn to control a crowd and I also got to practice my public speaking skills. While working at the Cancer Prevention Research Center I learned to be patient. My job was to call people from all over the US and offered them the chance to participate in a survey about smoking. People were often very rude and difficult, but through training and practice I learned to be more patient with them.




Epiphany Graduate: Fatima

Epiphany Class: 2004 

Age: 20 

Current School: Pine Manor College



  1. There are many experiences that I would love to get from a summer employment; one of them would be professional growth. I want to learn resources that will help me be my best professionally, so that I can take it on this life long journey with me.

 

  1.  I am a very ambitious person, very hard working. I am someone that takes orders and makes sure that they are done. I am very good with people and always polite, my main goal is to get the work done and do a great job at it.  I am interested in helping others, especially people that have gone through a lot. For extracurricular activities I teach dance at a dance school, take ballet and modern at school and is the choreographer for the dance team at my church.

 
 

      Previous Employment Experience.

WORK HISTORY:   Wang Theatre, Boston, MA

2006, 2007   Teachers Assistant / Receptionist

 

4/07 to present   The School of Prophetic Arts, Boston, MA

                        Liturgical Dancer/ Teachers Assistant

 

5/04 to 11/06   Heavenly Hands Cleaning Company, Malden, MA

                        House keeping

 

9/08 to 1/09   Health and wellness center, Brookline, Ma

                        Administrative Assistant

          


           4. I am interested in working with less fortunate children, or any business that has an internship for people that want to pursue a career in child                         psychology.

 


5.   From previous employment I learned how to be a hard worker. I learned how to work great with others and listen to others and take their opinions, not only to take their opinions but to know they matter also.

 



Epiphany Graduate name: Alan

Epiphany Class (e.g.2006)

Age: 17

Current School: Belmont Hill School



1.The most important thing I want to acquire in a summer job is experience. The chance to work in a field that I want to pursue in the future is so important. I want to learn from individuals in the marketing and advertising world.



2.My greatest accomplishment is being a successful student at The Belmont Hill school. My college counselor told me that I had acquired honor roll status for my junior year and high honors for my first semester of my senior year. I feel my greatest accomplishment this year was truly finding my identity at my school. Freshman year, I had a great passion for my drawing class. In this class I could let go of all my frustration and just experiment. I feel I could use these drawing skills to help get my ideas across in the advertising world. After this class ended, it was not until junior year where I found a class where I was equally passionate. In my non-fiction writing course, I could reflect on all my past experiences in my life. In this class I really got in tune with my comedic talent.  I really enjoyed captivating my eccentric teacher Mr.Zamore and my fellow classmates. In this class I wrote every other day and by the end of the semester, I had created a portfolio with stories I could cherish for the rest of my life. One of my dreams is to pursue a career in script writing. A great part of marketing and advertising would be to write for commercials for a specific product. In my club, the Students Actively Fostering Equality club, I opened up and graced my peers with my perspective on how I viewed diversity. I had the confidence to speak in front of my school and get my point across. In the end I feel did not just take classes here but instead I left a lasting influence.

 

3. Employer- St. Stephen's Church--B-Safe summer program counselor. Approximate dates- (06/2008)-(08/2008)

    Employer- St. Stephen's Church--B-Safe summer program counselor. (06/2009)-(08/2009)

 

4. My future employment interests lie in the business and the communications field. Specifically, I want to pursue marketing and advertising. I want to explore different aspects of marketing and advertising. I want to acquire some experience in these fields so I can head into college with great confidence. I’m interested in this type of profession because all throughout my life I never focused on being in the spotlight but how I attained that attention. Marketing and advertising is all about learning how to attain that attention for your company with creativity.

 

5. At my previous job, I worked with first through eighth graders at a church in my neighborhood during the summer. The purpose of the B-Safe program is to keep the kids of the inner city busy and energized during the summer. These children come from low-income families and this program offered daily field trips and a quality education at a low price. This previous employment experience taught me patience and cooperation. I was the counselor for the oldest group at the camp but their argumentative tendencies created many problems. The most difficult part of the job was maintaining balance with the kids. I fostered friendships but I made sure that they respected me. I also learned how to set boundaries with my co-workers in order to create a solid foundation for respect in the workplace.

 

 

 


Epiphany Graduate name: Nicole

Epiphany Class: 2005

Age: 18

Current School: Tufts University




 1. OBJECTIVE:

  • A summer internship working with young children, observing the development of children in a community.
  • A summer internship working in a business office to gain professional office skills.

 



2.


     I am an 18-year-old freshman at Tufts University. Throughout High School, I gained much appreciation for children, and understanding their different perspectives. I enjoy spending quality time with my family and friends. During my free time, I enjoy hip-hop dancing and stepping. I also enjoy learning any type of dance offered. In addition to dancing, I also enjoy helping my parents run the family convenience store.  





3. PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

    Epiphany School, Assistant. June 2007 – July 2007.

    • Assisted teacher in organizing files.

    Beacon Services, Inc., Office Assistant. June 2008 – August 2009.

    • Compiled documents, stuffed envelopes, answered phones.

    Tufts Literacy Corps, Math Tutor. October 2009 – present.

    • Tutor 4th and 5th graders in math.
 

4. EMPLOYMENT INTERESTS:

 

      My main focus is children. The trip that I took to Brazil with Global Leadership Adventures allowed me to gain much more appreciation for children. Growing up in a family of 6 kids, I enjoy having the presence of young kids around me. I am interested in observing the way children communicate, behave, and develop in such complex communities. Not only am I interested in working with children; I am also interested in working in a professional environment. After having worked at Beacon Services for about a year as an office assistant, this summer, I am interested in further developing my office skills. 



5. SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:


      At Beacon Services, I learned how to compile documents and files on a computer, I learned how to use Quickbooks Pro, scan files, print papers, stuff envelopes, and mail packages. I also assisted a property manager in trips to various buildings. As a tutor, I have learned how to be patient with children. I have helped a child develop in his or her areas of difficulty. I used my organization skills to create a schedule to follow during our tutor session so that we can accomplish many things during our session.





Epiphany Graduate name: Claudine

Epiphany Class: 2008

Age: 17

Current School: Boston Day and Evening Academy




1. Objective: What do you want to get from a summer employment experience?


I want more job experience to be on my resume and I want to try different jobs to see what kind of work I am interested in.


2. Personal description: Please write something about yourself, your interests and abilities, in addition to your extracurricular activities:


I am seventeen years old and I was born in Haiti. I am a nice person, sometimes quiet, patient, and hard working. I also have the ability to speak a different language, which is Haitian Creole.  I am interested in modeling, cooking, children, knitting and more. The extracurricular activity that I participate in is student government.




3. Previous Employment Experience. Please list former employers and employment dates:


Mildred Community Center   July 2009 - August 2009
Jr. Councilor




4. Please specify your employment interests (e.g. business, education, technology, working with children, etc.). If you have multiple areas, be sure to list them all. Why are you interested in this area?


Children, Retail, and Cooking


I like these areas because I had experience working at a camp and it was nice and I have also been around little kids and I like it. I like retail too because I always wanted to work at a store (food store clothing store or fast food).I also enjoy cooking



5. What skills and qualifications have you gained from previous employment?

 

I learned to be patient with the people that I was working with, to work hard and call in if you can’t make it in for that day.





Epiphany Graduate name: Jermal

Epiphany Class: 2004

Age: 20

Current School: Newberry College

 
 
1. Objective: What do you want to get from a summer employment experience?    


    During a summer employment experience, I would like to have an opportunity in which I will be able to work with children. I feel summer programs and camps are the best way to keep our young children occupied and safe from all the dangers and misleadings of the world during the summer. I would love to work in a place that pertains to these needs. 
 
 
2. Personal description: Please write something about yourself, your interests and abilities, in addition to your extracurricular activities: 
 

      I am a very outgoing person who carries himself with the utmost respect, who is very big on being punctual and getting the job done when it needs to get done. I am a very respectable person whom others can work well with and get along with. I have a high tolerance level which will allows me to work with kids and understand it can be a hard task when they are under my care. 
 
3. Previous Employment Experience. Please list former employers and employment dates:

  Place of Promise Summer Camp: 06/2007-09/2007

  Stop and Shop: 02/2008-12/2008

  Bed Bath and Beyond: 10/2009-present 
 
 
4. Please specify your employment interests (e.g. business, education, technology, working with children, etc.). If you have multiple areas, be sure to list them all. Why are you interested in this area? My interest areas are education, psychology, and working with children.  

      

    Ever since I was young, I always felt the way we live, act and do things begins when we are younger, and as we get older it is hard to get out of these trends. As a result of that, I have always wanted to help shape and form kids younger than me because they are ultimately the controllers of the future. Keeping that in mind, if we want a brighter future, we must show our children not all is bad; bad things will happen, but we have to work to see what's positive in the world.
 

 
5. What skills and qualifications have you gained from previous employment?

      My previous employments have given a vast knowledge on different aspects of life ranging from people skills, to self sufficiency, to doing everything necessary to get the job done. My previous employments have given the ability to work in various different jobs pertaining to several skills and still excel regardless of the situation.





Epiphany Graduate name: Jeffrey

Epiphany Class: 2004

Age: 19

Current School: Suffolk University (graduated from St. Sebastian's High School)

1. I would like to gain experience and learn new skills from summer employment, and hopefully a long-term job.

2. Being active and productive is something very important to me. I hate being lazy and just sitting around not doing anything. I like to play basketball or go to the gym whenever I am free. I am outgoing and like to have fun and joke around with family and friends. I am good with computers.

3. My previous employments include:

5th Grade Orientation Intern, Epiphany School, April- June 2008
• Organized and prepared materials needed for orientation activities.
• Planned games and passed out snacks for kids.
• Coordinated the tutoring program.

Sales Associate, Toy’s R Us, Sept. 2008 - Jan. 2009

• Helped and interacted with costumers to satisfy their needs.
• Sold products to customers on the selling floor, stocked shelves, maintained backroom areas, processed customer pick-ups and operated cash registers.

4. I am interested in and open to anything that has to do with business, marketing, law, technology, and, or even working with children. I am currently majoring in business management at Suffolk University and I have taken classes in marketing, law, and technology, and they are all things in which I feel confident and have a serious interest. In dealing with my younger siblings and cousins, I feel like I am able to manage working with children.

5. I believe I am the type of employee who loves to work and doesn’t need to be told to do things twice. I am an over-achiever who loves a challenge. In my previous employments, I have learned to keep calm and cool under pressure, make quick decisions based on good judgment, and to always keep a professional attitude when working.