Master Directory for Keith Gormèzano's Business Résumé and Web Page

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and print production specialist for his help. 		Copyright © 1997 by Keith Gormezano. All Rights Reserved. Created August 11, 1996. Revised June 15, 1998.
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Summary of Qualifications


Three plus years experience as an organized, multi-task, project-oriented
administrative, executive, and project management assistant and office manager
with marketing, persuasive letter writing, and technical writing abilities and
advanced computer skills (tutored others) in (DOS 5.0/6.2, Macintosh, or Windows 3.1/95) including Office 97.




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Computer Skills


Platforms: Windows 95/3.11 Macintosh DOS 5.0/6.2
Desktop Publishing: Word 97 PageMaker
Word Processing: Word WordPerfect Works
Spreadsheets: Excel Lotus Works
Presentation: PowerPoint
Database: Access Works
Project Management: Project Visio
Flow Charts: Visio
Scheduling: Schedule+ Outlook Express Project
Accounting: QuickBooks Pro Peachtree First
Internet: Internet Explorer 4.0 Netscape Communicator 4.03
Electronic Mail: Eudora Outlook
HTML Editing: Hot Dog Pro Word




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Work Experience


Freelance Administrative, Executive, and Project Management Assistant,
various Fortune® 500 and temporary service companies, Seattle, WA. 1993-present.

Companies included:

    • Organization: Reorganized 6400 files. Thanked by clients for willingness to learn new software and office procedures.

    • Computers: Used advanced skills in:

      • word processing (mail merge, macros)
      • spreadsheets (link budget sheets, formulas)
      • presentation (linked to other programs)
      • database (custom reports and queries)
      • project management (created 120 task list with resource allocation)
      • scheduling (maintained department payroll, vacation, and training schedules,
        managed 2 managers schedules) software.
      • Held positions requiring 50-60 WPM typing speed.

    • Training/Supervision: Taught courses in or tutored staff in computer software.
      Wrote or rewrote training or technical (office procedures) manual.
      Chaired meetings which ended on time.

    • Meetings: Coordinated conference, catering, and room arrangements for 45 attendee seminar.

    • Marketing: Wrote flyers and news releases for mailings to 850 clients and media with 24% response rate.

    • Travel: Made travel arrangements.




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Administrative Support, Harborview and UW Medical Centers, Seattle, WA. 1990-1993.




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Property Manager, Real Estate Agent, and VISTA volunteer, Seattle, WA. 1980-1989.




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Education

  • North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA. Spring 1991 and Spring 1990. Completed course in Medical Terminology in former quarter. In latter quarter, helped other students in the computer labs use DOS or learn Wordperfect, Word, Lotus, and dBASE while learning them myself. Wrote macros and/or programs for each. GPA was 3.78 (A=4.0).

  • Completed 2 years at the University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law, Tacoma (now Seattle), WA. 1984-1986. First year courses included year-long Legal (Technical Documentation) Writing course and Contracts. Second year courses included Constitutional Law, Admiralty, Evidence, UCC (all articles including international trade), Immigration, Family and Domestic Relations, Professional Responsibility, Corporations (including export control and basic securities rules), and Intellectual Properties (Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks).

  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Graduate work in Public Affairs, 1979-1980. Earned Bachelor's degree (12/77) with concentrations in English, Economics, and Classics. Completed academic portion of 4 year Army ROTC program. On Dean's List. Served on university committees for security, student senate, board of trustees for daily student newspaper, and community boards.

  • West High School, Class of 1973, Iowa City, Iowa. Told by many teachers that I didn't have what was needed mentally to go to college. Went anyway. Told by one teacher, Ben Van Zante that it would be difficult if not impossible to publish a high school newspaper on my own like the school newspaper, the West Side Story which only relied on advertising dollars to pay for itself. Published one (31 Flavours {spelled correctly})anyway, made a profit from the advertising, won 5 Sigma Delta Chi (Now The Society of Professional Journalists) awards, and established new school and school district standard for self-sufficiently (i.e. publications expected to fund at least 50% of expenses from advertising) which is being followed to this day.




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Marketing Writing Sample


From posting to various newsgroups: *.personal
for A Mutual FriendTM of Seattle, a unique introductions service.


Do you want to ask out
a specific co-worker (for a date)
but your company has
an anti-fraternization or anti-nepotism policy?

Are you basically a shy person,
from a more traditional background,
unskilled at flirting,
at your first job (and don't want to lose it if you make a wrong guess),
or new at being single
after a long time involved with someone else
(and your self-esteem needs a little time to repair)?

Feel that because of your of your busy
personal life, family, and/or work requirements or commitments,
that you can't meet potential mates
outside of the work world?

Afraid of losing face
if your interest says "no" to your request,
have them make a charge of sexual harassment
(most men's worst fears) and derailing your career, or
having everyone at your company
know about your "personal" business.

Or what if your interest is the same gender and
you don't want to be "out", yet?

Don't want to go to a local singles group,
(stand around like bleating sheep
while eyeing each other waringly,
wondering who's really the wolf/wolverine),
or
pay Gross Expectations (Great Expectations), or
your local MisMatchMaker (Matchmaker in your city name)
a huge fee to meet someone you might already know?
(One of our employees got his lovely ex-wife on a list once).

We can improve your odds.

"The Possible Story of You and A Mutual FriendTM

Life would be pretty cool if it was like the movies:
a hero/heroine, a romantic interest, some car chases
and a lot of hot-and-heavy love scenes.

However in the real world,
it's not always that easy to connect
with your leading man or lady.

That's where we come in.

A Mutual FriendTM provides two different ways
for you to approach the person you've been admiring
with the level of confidentiality you want.

Two ways to ride off into the sunset:

A Mutual FriendTM Secret Admirer

We'll send a letter letting him/her know
SOMEONE is interested (your identity is safe).

If he/she responds saying that they are also interested
(in you, of course),
then we'll let you both know.

(Your love interest, of course, responds free of charge.)
Cost: $9.95 or the price of a decent lunch for two
on a Entertainment coupon >;-{)

A Mutual FriendTM Classic

You register an Expression of Interest with them,
(think of it as practicing to register for the real thing at The Bon Marché)
and they won't tell anyone,
including the object of your desire.

Hint: leave them a copy of this posting
or call or e-mail us for one of their brochures.

And if that object of your desire contacts them to tell them
about the same feelings for you,
we will tell you both.

Cost: $4.95 or the price of breakfast at McDonalds.

Make it Happen.

Why be a supporting character
(and never get an Oscar/Oscarette to hold)
when you can star in your own romantic feature?

Throw out the old script now and
chose the option above that suits you.

Or you can do nothing and
sit at home with your companion animal,
read a boring newspaper,
talk to yourself (or your biological creator(s) or offspring),
eat an unsatisfying TV dinner,
play on the computer,
and wonder why your life
doesn't happen they way you want it to happen
just like in the movies.

Either way, it's your life.
Choose.

Their web site uses secure connections
to protect your information and
is best experienced with recent browsers (3.0 and above)
from Netscape or Microsoft.

Or if you're old-fashioned or kinky and
want to receive a freshly-killed made-from-a-tree brochure,
write to:

Puget Sound Information Services, Inc.
d.b.a. A Mutual FriendTM
600 First Avenue, Suite 206
Seattle, WA 98104

Or call (206) 623-6745 (PST: mornings are best)
or toll-free 1-888-MFRIEND (637-4363)
if you want to speak to a real, live human being.





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Sample of Meeting Agenda

                            		     AGENDA
                    		Seattle Animal Control Commission

1.	Call to order	                                   (Chairperson Gormezano)      7:30 p.m.
2.	Roll Call (sign-up sheet)	                   (Secretary Kanouff)	        7:31 p.m.
3.	Adoption of Agenda	                           (Kanouff)	                7:32 p.m.
4.	Presentation of Awards to former Commissioners     (Gormezano)	                7:34 p.m.
5.	Report from Division of Animal Control		   (Dave Hewitt)		7:40 p.m.
	a. Statistics Report on Spay and Neuter Clinic
	b. Scoop Law enforcement
	c. Number of new licenses
	d. Number of citations issued
	e. Animal noise violation reports from Seattle Police Department
	f. Summer Canvass Program
	g. Division of Animal Control Budget
	h. Save the Animal Fund
	i. Productivity Report on individual field Animal Control Officers
	j. Other
6.	Adoption of Prior Month's Minutes (enclosed with agenda)			8:00 p.m.
7.	Report from Commission Officers and action taken on items			8:01 p.m.
	a. Chairperson Gormezano
		1. Resignation of Doreen King
		2. Letter to Ned Dunn (Mayor's Office) on (filling) vacancies
		   (3 pet owners and 2 non-pet owners)
		3. Letter to Seattle Aquarium on proposed capture of cetaceans
		4. Seattle Weekly advertisement
		5. News releases for 5 new ethnic minority/elderly/West Seattle,
		   Central District, Southeast, or Ballard area Commissioners
		6. Other
	b. Vice-Chair Dr. John Kelly, DVM						8:08 p.m.
		1. Carnation Company
		2. Other
	c. Secretary Kanouff								8:10 p.m.
		1. Other
8.	OLD BUSINESS
	a. Lease law conflict (8' city-wide vs. 4' in parks)	    (Kanouff)		8:11 p.m.
	b. Ordinance Amendments (finish)			    (Kanouff)		8:13 p.m.
	c. Parks sign language and design (9/9 meeting)		    (Jan Silver)	8:25 p.m.
	d. Responsible Pet Ownership Week (shall we do it again?)   (?)			8:27 p.m.
	e. Change in by-laws regarding election of officers	    (Gormezano)		8:35 p.m.
	f. Video production (marketing) report			    (Kelly)		8:45 p.m.
	g. Speaker's Bureau status report			    (Rosemary Weise)	8:55 p.m.
	h. Flyers for insertion into license renewals		    (Gormezano)		9:10 p.m.
	i. Other
9.	NEW BUSINESS									9:14 p.m.
	a. Ron Honsinger (closed session)			    (Gormezano)		
	b. Collective Bargining Agreement			    (Gormezano)		
10.	Announcements									9:28 p.m.
11.	Adjournment									9:30 p.m.
			    (Meeting was actually adjourned at 9:35 p.m.)




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Letter Writing:
 Letter to Unsuccessful Applicants Telling Them Why They Were Turned Down
and Suggesting Alternatives While Marketing the Company's Products



November 2, 1997

Jenny Wango (not a real person)
3956 Tenth Ave. NE., #204
Seattle, WA 98105

Dear Ms.Wango:

Thank you for applying for our half-time administrative assistant position with general office skills including MS Office, Access, and Internet located in the Pioneer Square area of Seattle. The position was advertised in the Seattle Times and Seattle Weekly/Eastside Week.

While we were impressed with your knowledge of PageMaker and advertising copy background, Ms. Wango, we regret that the position has been filled by someone who provided both an e-mail* and a personal web page address** on their cover letter and resume along with demonstrated advanced skills in Windows 95 (created shortcuts), Word and Access (linked files together for mail merge and managed a previous database), and was familiar with Eudora, our e-mail program. The rate of compensation will be a contract for 120 days at $12.00 an hour for five days a week with the workday being 4 hours a day. An additional up to $100 will be paid for actual medical insurance expenses and one day each a month will be provided for vacation and sick leave.

A Mutual FriendTM is a Seattle-based nationwide service that makes it easy to find out if there is a mutual attraction between two people. Unlike introduction services, which match strangers according to outside factors, A Mutual FriendTM helps you determine if someone you already know is interested in you at work, school, your religious or social environments, or elsewhere. It is excellent for shy folks, persons for whom directly asking someone out for a date is foreign to them due to their age, generation, gender, or family upbringing or culture, and newly single persons (after a long-term relationship has ended). We enclose two copies of our brochure for your use.

Sincerely yours,

Keith Gormèzano
Office Manager

KG:kg
Enclosures (2)

* Free e-mail is available through the Seattle Community Network (SCN) and both the Seattle and King County Libraries. Their brochure and registration form can be found at branches of the above libraries.
** Free web pages may be available through GeoCities, Angelfire, Town Square 2000, Tripod, Webspawner and other companies. Home Office Computing (November 1997) had an article on how to build and obtain a free web site.





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Interests Outside of Work

  • Landscape and Nature Photography.

  • Gold Mining in the Cascades.

  • Restoring Ravenna Creek to a natural waterway.

  • Hiking without the ten essentials.

  • Garage Sailing.

  • Cat juggling (with thick leather gloves).

  • Meeting potential rabbit-killers (remember Fatal Attraction?) by placing personal ads.

  • Cross-dressing my Venus (Miss Goddess of Love) and David refrigerator magnets.

  • Reading the obituaries in the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to see if an ex-relative (e.g. my former mother-in-law) has died (so I can cheer and dance the hora, smile).

  • Visiting Scenic Hot Springs in the West Cascades and Olympic Hot Springs on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State and Cougar/Terwiller Hot Springs with Seven Cascading Pools just East of Eugene, Oregon.

  • Living simply by using coupons, taking the bus, going out on picnic/potluck dates, living in less space, going to garage sales, etc.

  • Trying to figure out my managed (I call it mangled) care health plan;
    New York Life (NYLCARE) Care Health Plans Northwest.

  • Listening to the Mazeltones in concert.

  • Visiting the Frye Art Museum and seeing their European Landscape Collection.




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Personal Achievements


  • Traced my family genealogy back to Spain in the 1300's.

  • Lived abroad and visited relatives in Spain and France for six months, 1977.

  • Traveled around the perimeter of the U.S. and Canada (Quebec) for six months, 1993.

  • Lived out of my Volkswagen Camper for two months while returning to Seattle from
    contract position in San Diego, 1995.

  • Made goal weight at Weight Watchers in 1988 and have kept my weight stable since then.

  • Making a decision in 1986 to live simply and at less cost to my health.

  • Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (and back, of course).




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About the Design of This Site


All my web pages have the following in common:
  • A master style sheet is used for all pages. The title on each page begins with a description of what each page is about (About the Design of This Site). Meta names (content and description, content and keywords) are used on the home page and selected pages to facilitate indexing by search engines.

  • The first line of the header or title usually begins with my name and a more complete description of the page contents. Font size of this first line is +2 greater than that of the base font (3, normal, 12 point). The next line is only increased +1. Tables with a specified width and alignment are used on most pages.

  • The amount of time spent waiting for a page to load is minimalized. All files are designed to load using a 14.4 modem in under 30 seconds.

  • I use <H4>, <font size=4>, or <font size=+1> (the base font is 3) in a serif type face (a type face with little feet and extensions) such as Times New Roman or Times (the words "About the Design of This Site" in the title above are an example of this typeface :

    1. For visually impaired and older persons;
    2. Be easier on the eyes for people who sit at a terminal much of the day; and
    3. Allow more than one person to read it at a terminal.

  • Use tables (with width set for 75-80%, alignment=center, and cellpadding set for 25) rather than frames to allow for users of America Off Line, Lynx (a free text only browser), and visually impaired users of OCR software to easily "read" the text.

  • All images (see photos) are described in complete detail, not just a brief description for the same reason. Graphics are also minimalized by limiting them to less than 3 per page and under 50K per image by using small gif or compressed jpeg files as a a background.

  • Pages are colored differently depending on where you are located in the directory.

    1. First level pages (home and all pages listed on the main or home page) use a marbled or rough texture or some unique format such as the spiral bound notebook paper in the this list.

    2. Second level pages use a light colored background.
      If I change the color of the text, I try to make it a higher contrast than black text on white background to facilitate reading.

    3. Third level and beyond pages use a combination background. This makes it easier for the reader to gauge where they are (located) in the (table of contents, so to speak) of the web page.

  • I deliberately insert extra paragraphs (e.g <P>)

    1. Anytime a paragraph is more than 5 lines;
    2. To make the text more readible; and
    3. Create more white space for better design.

  • Include a border around images of at least a 1/4" or 36 pixels (144 pixels to an inch, 72 to a half inch, 36 to a quarter inch).

  • Try not to go more than 3 levels of navigation (movement up or down) within the web site.

  • Include a text only navigation area at the bottom of each page so users can jump to any of the sub main documents listed on the home page.

For those of you who want further information about web page design, I recommend the following:

  • Hot Monkey: Great Place to Learn About Basic Web Design as I also share their philosophy.
  • Laura Lemay Web Design
  • Dave Siegel Home Page
  • Creating Killer Web Sites, book, David Siegel
  • Web Site Design, Linda Wyman
  • Creating Your Own Web Page, Shafran
  • Interactive Web Sites, Sather
  • Web Design Templates, Schmeiser
  • HTML and CGI Unleashed, Decembre
  • HTML 3.0 How To
  • Creating Cool Web Pages With HTML
  • Hot Dog Professional Program, Release 4.5, Sausage Software(6 MB, takes several hours to load, 30 day trial period to evaluate).Still has a few bugs in it. Front Page Express and PageMill are also two good software programs.




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501 N. 36th St., #330
Seattle, WA 98103-8653

(206) 789-8328 with voicemail
From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. PST