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Employment History

Dates & Employer Position & Responsibilities Achievements
Jun 2006 -Apr 2007 (Brochure) Distributor Transferred business back to Chippenham, with new office & warehouse.
Betterware
Chippenham
(Distribution, Sales)
Nov 2004 -May 2006 Crimefighting, Jobhunting Learned Perl & php.
(Gap)
Aug 2004 -Oct 2004 Picker
Selecting pickface items for orders
Travelled the furthest to work. Positive impact in smoothing line bottlenecks, and trained-up new workers.
Royal Mail
Dorcan, Swindon
(Logistics)
Jun 2004 -Jun 2004 Storeman
Packing orders of spares
Improved lifting fitness, Enjoyed completing batches within schedules.
CMS (Stentorfield)
Chippenham
(Vending)
Autumn 2003 -Easter 2004 (Brochure) Distributor Transferred business to another town, sourcing new depot. Ambitious coverage of territory and website enabled self-sufficient income.
Betterware
Chippenham & ’Bassett
(Distribution, Sales)
Mar 2003 -May 2003 Doorstep Canvasser
Knocking on doors, annoying people
Improved walking fitness. Learned difficult people skills, not to mention dog skills.
Coldseal
Old Town, Swindon
(Sales)
Dec 2000 -Feb 2003 Moving attempts, successful legal battles, Jobhunting. Formed Civil Liberties Campaign group, Cooperation with groups in New York, Canterbury, Dublin, Brighton, London, Edinburgh.
(Gap)
Sep 2000 -Oct 2000 Data Entry Clerk Cycled every day from Chippenham. Found Terminal function employer unaware of. Developed as a team player.
Parcelforce Logistics

Dorcan, Swindon
(Courier)
Mar 1999 -Aug 2000 Moving attempt Published personal website.
(Gap)
Nov 1998 -Feb 1999 “Cleaner”
Security, Historical research, buildings maintenance.
Uncovered odd history, house and mobile advertising. Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning.
The Bear Hotel
Chippenham
(Hospitality)
Jan 1998 -Nov 1998 (Brochure) Distributor
Collecting & processing Orders
Automated printing of forms, database-type use.
Betterware™
Chippenham
(Distribution, Sales)

Employment Background

My background before 1998 is in IT and electronics.

Between 1988 and 1994, I worked at both Hardenhuish ICT Dept and Software Style Ltd, doing Network Management and Software & Electronic Engineering.
I wrote the screensaver (displayed local news) and many utilities, edited web-similar Teletext systems, and rewrote commercial software. Also user support & training and wrote an operating system.

At Software Style, I designed software to formal standards, my main achievements being rendering a logo for British Telecom which exceeded their specifications, and an animated one for an in-house EDIstart project.

During the Recession between 1994-1997, I developed as an individual through my social networking skills, and built a parallel processor.

Education

Secondary
Hardenhuish Comprehensive, Chippenham, 1982 - 1988.
TVEI O-Levels, all Grade C: Maths, Physics, Robotics, Technology.
CPVE Modules inc. PCB, and Metalwork. (Built ’heatsink.)
Trinary
Chippenham Technical College, 1988 - 1989.
BTEC Nat Dip Computer Studies (F), GCSE Eng Lang (X).

Work Related Training & Skills

Positioning abilities reliable unaided down to 50µm.
Typing speeds - 8000KDPH (30WPM) sustained under stress.
Reading speed - 1200WPM.
Differential Aptitude Test in Spacial Relations, off the scale. Evidence of this is my mastery of 3D art.
IQ143, Mensa test at Bath University.
Work Experience of Apple DTP at Westinghouse Systems.

My interests outside work are looking for peace and quiet, confusing cats, Socialising, and Civil Liberties.

Anchorage

Name Robin E. Hodson
Address 8, Westbrook Close,
Frogwell Lane,
CHIPPENHAM,
Wilts

SN14 0DL
DOB Sunday 17th January 1971AD
(Age 
Telecomms +44 (0)7811 550086 (24Hr Mobile)
Internet
Presences
Miracle.s5.com
freedom.is
me@
Miracle.
s5.com

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Career Profile

Highly computer literate, with

33 years experience in Digital Electronics, Looking for basic assembly, data entry or packing work, to build up capital for freelance IT work.

I pride myself on accuracy and thoroughness in my work, which in computing couldn’t really be any other way. Walking everywhere keep’s me fit and healthy.

Fully conversant with all common software and machines, inc. Ms Office® & Photoshop, and particularly skilled in Text Processing, such as POV, HTML, CSS, javascript, Perl, php. Proactively utilising new techniques means I run the most popular reference of UK prisons, and the only UK Civ Lib Webring.