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APPLICATION
FORM - VBCC INTERNATIONAL |
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| Preferred Job Function(s): | 1. Software Engineer 2. Analyst Programmer | |||
| Surname | Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other) | |||
| Johnson | Mr | |||
| Forename | Name by which you prefer to be known | |||
| Mark Andrew | Mark | |||
| Home Address | Term Address | |||
| 78 Byron Street London NW9 3ZZ |
2 Fawley Road Canterbury Kent , CT2 1BY |
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| Date of Birth | Nationality | |||
| 6th December 1984 | British | |||
| Date you are available to join us | Geographic Location (Please give any preferences here) | |||
| September 2007 | I am free to work anywhere in the country, although I would prefer to be based in the London area. | |||
| Do you have a current Driver's Licence? | YES | Do you need a work permit | NO | |||
EDUCATION Examinations taken |
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| Before University | ||||||
A-Levels, taken 2002: 2000 GCSEs |
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| University/College | Dates | Main Subjects | Results | |||
University of Kent
University of Wessex |
2006-2007
2002-2005 |
MSc. (Conversion)
Computer Science BSc. (Hons) Physics |
To be confirmed
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| EMPLOYMENT HISTORY | |||||
| Dates | Employer | Position Held/Duties | Achievements | ||
| 9/2005- 4/2006 | TESSA ( Teaching English in sub-Saharan Africa) |
Teaching science and English
to upper primary school children in Tanzania |
Developed independence, initiative and communication skills | ||
| 6/2005 - 8/2005 |
Parvin Plastics |
Factory Worker | |||
| 6/2004 to 9/2004 | Milodom Pharmaceuticals |
Computer Operator | Responsibility
for an application running on AS/400 and for presenting the information from this on Excel spreadsheets.. |
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| 11/2000 to 9/2001 | Mammoth Supermarkets |
Checkout work and shelf-filling - part-time while at school and full-time during University vacations from 2000-2001 | Working under pressure; teamwork; customer service. | ||
| Explain how you managed to resolve a difficult problem. What solution did you reach? | |||||
| For my MSc. project I am working with a local building company to design a computer system that will keep track of projects, clients and accounts. Before I could begin to set this up it was necessary for me to develop an understanding of the company and its existing procedures but, although the managing director was keen for the project to be carried out, he always seemed too busy to meet me and discuss the company and the project and three appointments were cancelled at short notice. At this stage, I could have abandoned the project altogether, or asked my superviser to intervene, but I tried another tactic and suggested to the MD that I should work-shadow him for a few days. This allowed me to form an idea of the company and its work, as questions as they arose and hold numerous discussions in the car on the way to sites and clients. This gave me the background I needed to begin the project and also allowed me to form a good working relationship with the MD who was able to see that I was not just a "techie" computer student but somebody who was interested in all aspects of the business. | |||||
| How have you used your communication skills to persuade others to follow your lead? | |||||
| During the
final year of my physics degree, we were grouped into teams to work
on projects. The groups were assigned at random so that we found ourselves
working with people who we did not know particularly well and needed
to assess one another's strengths and weaknesses quite quickly to
divide up the work of the project. Our project involved designing and building a power meter to measure the output from a high-power pulsed infra-red laser.Each member of the group was assigned responsibility for a specific part of the work and we met weekly to discuss and assess our progress. One member of the group was often absent from these meetings or had failed to produce any work when he did show up. I tried to show him that this was adversely affecting the work - and the degree assessments - of the whole group, not just himself, and this did improve the situation. |
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| Specific Evidence When have you risen to a challenge? Describe your role and any outcomes. |
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| The greatest challenge I have undertaken was my year out teaching and travelling in Africa. I knew that I wanted a year out but that I did not just want to travel but to share in the life of a country and its people. Teaching gave me such an opportunity to put down roots in a community but, as this was a voluntary programme, I needed to raise £_500 in order to take part in this project. I did this by working very long hours in a factory over the summer in order to pay off my student debts and to raise the funds that I needed. I planned my year by reading a great deal about Africa and Tanzania, using websites to research the country and speaking to Tanzanian students at the university. I also asked TESSA, the organisation that arranged the placement, to put me in touch with previous volunteers so that I could pick up tips from them as to the life in Tanzania, the schools and what I should take with me. Despite all this planning I still found that I needed to be very flexible and to adapt to teaching a class of 60 lively ten-year old boys with few text books and even less in the way of scientific equipment. I had to adapt to this lack of resources and to bear in mind that the pupils were learning English at the same time as they were learning science. This experience was the most satisfying of my life. | ||
| Extra-Curricular Activities and Interests Give any evidence of organising, leading, and initiative |
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| I have assisted with lighting for a number of
events at the University, from discos to dramatic productions.
I enjoy computer games, programming and designing websites. At Wessex University I was a member of the Physics Society, the
Astronomy Society and the Afro-Caribbean Society. I have had less
time to get actively involved in student societies at Wiltshire,
as the M.Sc.course is very demanding, but I train regularly with
the Karate Club and enjoy going to films on campus. |
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