Student at San Diego State University
Greater San Diego Area
- Current
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- #2 Supervisor at Personal Touch Dining
- Student at San Diego State University
- Past
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- Sales Associate at Eddie Bauer
- Web Designer / Office Aide at San Diego Scientific Instruments (Sole Proprietorship)
- Web Designer / Property Manager's Aide at Jack Carter Realty Incorporated (Sole Proprietorship)
- Education
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- San Diego State University-California State University
- Grossmont College
- Santa Barbara City College
- Palomar College
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Kevin Grayson’s Summary
I am currently a student at San Diego State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in business administration. As for my plans for the future, I intend on moving towards real estate in the coming semesters. I also have found I have a strong interest in international business so that may be a goal as well.
I have spent a significant portion of my life abroad in Tokyo, Japan, which has allowed me to grow in to a very cultured individual. The jobs that I have had have each taught me a special skill that, combined with my open-minded point of view, motivate me to not only be successful but to also learn how to enjoy and excel in the difficult tasks success requires.
Goals
- To achieve the knowledge and understanding necessary to start my own business, based on an original idea of my own.
- To improve and use my skills as a personable individual with a passion for sales to maintain said business in hopes of corporate and financial success.
- To continue learning, both from my achievements and my mistakes.
Experience
- Assisted engineers in building products for San Diego Scientific Instruments Inc.
-Maintained web site including design, listings, product photos, etc.
- Assisted property managers for Jack Carter Realty Inc.
-Maintained property listings, design and other aspects of their web site.
- Have continued to be a valued sales representative at Eddie Bauer retail stores.
-Top volume of sales for my first six weeks ever working in the retail industry.
Kevin Grayson’s Specialties:
Technical Skills
- Sufficient understanding of web design, related problems and solutions.
- Excellent knowledge of computers beyond basic word processing.
- Proficient in multiple styles of writing.
Personal Skills
- Extremely personable
- Compromising yet firm when necessary
- Emotionally intelligent
- Sincere and genuine
- Uneasily intimidated
Kevin Grayson’s Experience
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#2 Supervisor
Personal Touch Dining
(Events Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Currently managing 5-20 employees for catered events such as corporate luncheons, holiday parties, weddings, etc.
Position directly beneath the lead supervisor that is required to make sure everything from start to finish goes smoothly at said events, including the delegation of tasks for servers and all other employees. -
Student
San Diego State University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
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Sales Associate
Eddie Bauer
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; EBHI; Retail industry)
July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)
Sales associates spend a decent amount of time detailing the store and stocking the shelves. However the most important job of the associate is to be personable and create a relationship with each and every customer, ultimately building trust which allows the associate to make product suggestions that have an impact. The degree of this impact is reflected by the associates sales.
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Web Designer / Office Aide
San Diego Scientific Instruments (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Machinery industry)
June 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 5 months)
A young, talented web designer who entered the job with the sole task of updating the information on the site, while also improving the effectiveness, accessibility and design.
Being a small company, I was asked to assist with office work as well. At the end of my time with this company, I was the web designer, office aide and assistant engineer (helping our head engineer actually build the products). -
Web Designer / Property Manager's Aide
Jack Carter Realty Incorporated (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
February 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 5 months)
Beginning web designer with tasks such as designing, updating, maintaining and improving the all around nature of the site. Advanced to the 'assistant' property manager in regards to duties (although not legally old enough to be property manager).
Aside from web duties, the job included showing properties, taking appealing pictures of those properties, ensuring tenant and owner requests were directed to the proper specialist and more. Office work included that of most secretaries: filing, customer service both in person and over the phone and scheduling.
Kevin Grayson’s Education
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San Diego State University-California State University
In Progress , Business Administration, Real Estate and Psychology , 2007 — 2009
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Grossmont College
Transferred to San Diego State University , Business Administration , 2006 — 2007
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Santa Barbara City College
Psychology 2005 — 2006
On the President's Honor Roll both semesters I attended.
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Palomar College
N/A , Intermediate and Advanced Japanese , 2003 — 2004
These Japanese courses were taken in place of high school language requirements as well as to jump start my college education.
Additional Information
Kevin Grayson’s Interests:
Technology, snowboarding, wakeboarding, real estate reading material, investing, movies, music,
Kevin Grayson’s Groups:
Currently in the process of pledging Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi - Professional Co-ed Business Fraternity
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Alpha Kappa Psi
Kevin Grayson’s Honors:
Top volume sales associate for the first six weeks in retail at Eddie Bauer (total of two months employed; no prior retail experience) - 2007
President's Honor Roll at Santa Barbara City College for each semester I attended. - 2005-2006
Kevin Grayson’s Contact Settings
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