This morning I’d like to use my blog to recommend a good friend of mine, an 11-year veteran of the printing industry, who was recently affected by a small company’s economic hard times and got laid off. Here is a quick summary of his skills and qualifications:
- Worked his way up from plant worker to prepress specialist
- Has worked for printing companies, greeting card manufacturers and sign shops
- Specializes in prepress production and preflighting
- Has worked with all types of printers, from inkjets to wide-format thermal printers
- Assumed managerial duties at last company when owner was away
- Also designed layouts for brochures, business cards, and other documents needed by clients
- Familiar with industry standard software including Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW, MS Publisher
This candidate has been a friend of mine for the past 4 years. I greatly respect the fact that he is going back to college as an adult; he didn’t get to attend a university in his teens and 20s because he was busy serving our country for 9 years in the Air Force, earning an honorable discharge at the rank of sergeant (E-4). He’s now a senior at the University of Memphis majoring in Marketing Management. Last semester he balanced a full-time job and a full course load of 5 classes.
This is someone I respect and recommend highly. If you are interested in talking with him, shoot me an e-mail (paul@paulryburn.com) and I’ll be happy to forward you his resume and make introductions.