Joanne Grant has been a librarian for a while, but now she wants to change careers. She has decided to become an event coordinator. Her skills in that area were acquired during her tenure as a librarian. To demonstrate those skills, she has chosen to write a combination resume.

Joanne Grant

46 Brown Street

Riverhead, NY 11901

(631) 555-1290

E-mail: joanne.grant@hotmail.com

Objective: Event Coordinator

Highlights

• Experience in planning events for local nonprofit group

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Highly skilled in publicity

Relevant Skills

Event Planning

• Planned open house to demonstrate new library online catalog to librarians from local branches

• Coordinated annual staff picnic for 25 employees

• Arranged hotel accommodations for those attending a professional association conference

Problem-Solving

• Implemented an alternate plan when a staff event had to be cancelled due to bad weather

• Successfully disputed a caterer's bill that included a $1,500 error

• Hired a new caterer, on a day's notice, to provide lunch for an open house when the one originally hired did not show

Publicity

• Coordinated an outreach campaign to encourage local students to use library services

• Wrote monthly newsletter promoting library programs

Related Experience

• 1998–Present: Librarian, Riverhead Free Public Library, Riverhead, NY

• 2004–2005: Chairperson, Annual Conference of the Librarian Association

Education

• M.L.S., Library and Information Studies, Queen's College, 1998

• B.B.A., Marketing, Brooklyn College, 1995