Jacob Patterson's Resume

1. Personal Information
   • Jacob Patterson
   • 5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
     Chicago, IL 60625
   • (773)442-6100
2. E-mail
   • [email protected]
3. Educational Background

   School Attended	Years Attended	Major/Degree Acquired
   Grant Community High School	1999-2002	High School Diploma
   College of Lake County	2012-2014	Associate in Arts
   Northeastern Illinois University	2015-Present	Accounting

4. Background Information
   I started playing video games at 4 years old, piano at 5, and guitar at 10. Ever since I've been involved with music and video games. This expanded into all things nerdy. Star Wars, Star Trek, comics, reading...I unapolagetically enjoy it all. While taking speech in college I joined the forensics team and gained an interest in public speaking which helped lead to my stand-up comedy debut. I've always enjoyed comedy and was exctatic as well as extremely nervous to get to live out one of my dreams of performing stand-up comedy in front of a crowd of strangers.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Job Experience

   Employer	Years Employed	Job Title	Job Description/Tasks
   Jewel-Osco	2001-Present	Third Person/Bookkeeper	Customer Service, daily cash auditing, supervising, schedule writing, payroll, labor cost analysis, training, coaching, information/probem resolution center for coworkers and customers, operating point of sale
   H&R Block	2010-2011	Receptionist	Customer service, answering phones, scheduling appointments, preparing customer information for tax preparers, skillful organization
   Gamestop	2011-2015	Game Advisor	Customer service, vast video game knowledge, operating point of sale, identify individual customer needs

6. Goals/Objectives
   I like to set a few goals or objectives each day that are easy to achieve. In the short term I would like to set more of these for myself. These can be as simple as spend 10 minutes thinking about positive things that have happened throughout the day but I find myself feeling more accomplished at the end of the day. Beyond this I try to set goals and objectives that I believe will help with study habits and work motivation. Long term, I hope to graduate with my bachelor's degree in a timely fashion without being buried in debt. This would be followed by another long term goal of getting my master's degree and CPA. I hope to have a job in accounting for a small business or small businesses and eventually CFO of a company and I hope to continue pursuing stand-up comedy.
7. Personal Interests/Hobbies
   I enjoy spending time with friends playing games, sharing interests, and trying new things. I've traveled many places including Japan, Canada, Mexico, Alaska, and many other places in the United States. My sister and I are very close and has inspired me to try many new things and challenges the way I think. I am a feminist and a humanist and helped found the Lake County chapter of the American Humanist Association where I currently preside as a board member and Treasurer. Some of my interests include but are not limited to:
   • Music
   • Comedy
   • Video Games
   • Reading
   • Sci-fi/Superheroes
   • Board Games
   • Accounting
   • Travel
   • Friends
8. Language Proficiencies
   My Primary language is English and I have a very limited and basic understanding of Spanish.
9. Software/Programming Proficiencies

   Operating Systems

   Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Mac OSX, iOS

   Software

   Microsoft Office, MS Excel, MS Word, MS FrontPage, MS Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer

   Languages

   C, C++, Visual Basic, HTML

   Social Media

   Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Plus

   Cloud Computing

   Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox