Psychology/ Law/ Design/ Buisness Management Resume

Desired Industry: Miscellaneous	SpiderID: 9805
Desired Job Location: chicago, Illinois	Date Posted: 11/20/2006
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: asap
Desired Wage: negotiable
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Management (Manager, Director)	Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50%
Highest Degree Attained: Masters	Willing to Relocate: Undecided

Objective:
MEGHAN DANIELLE ROWLAND

6737 West Higgins Avenue Apt 2 Chicago Illinois 60656 • MRowland@thechicagoschool.edu

OBJECTIVE

I am a dedicated and goal driven individual. I have various career aspirations including working in the field of forensic psychology as an investigator or intervention counselor for at risk youth and adult criminal offenders, or within a Government agency working for intelligence, analysis, or investigations. I would also be interested in pursuing a business minded career due to my experience and training in this field if the correct opportunity is provided, or an artistic and design minded field. I possess an extensive background training in leadership and responsibility driven positions, business management, psychology, criminal justice, art, and a background in working with at risk adolescents. With this experience I would like to challenge myself in new positions of work that will utilize my passion and experience that I have obtained while working in retail management and as an instructor and facilitator, as well as the interviewing, diagnostic and intervention skills I have learned through my advanced education opportunities in the psychology and criminal justice fields.

EDUCATION

CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS A MASTERS DEGREE IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY AT THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.
GPA 3.93

(ANTICIPATED GRADUATION DATE OF MAY 2007)

BACHELOR’S DEGREE OF ARTS IN GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (AUGUST 2003-JUNE 2005)
Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE OF ARTS IN GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (AUGUST 2000-MAY 2003)
Lansing Community College Lansing, Michigan

HONORS
*Dean’s List for grade point average 2001-2002
*President’s List for grade point average 2002-2003
*Attendance Recognition

EMPLOYMENT

FULL TIME ASSISTANT MANAGER YEARS EMPLOYED (APRIL 2002- PRESENT)
Hot Topic Retailers Chicago, Illinois

As a manager of a retail clothing store I am in charge of business paperwork, effective scheduling, revenue, training and effective hiring of associates, job coaching, planning effective business goals and executing them, merchandise presentation, internal and external communication, staying connected with the trends of adolescent teens, making our store financially competitive to other large name retailers as well as successful, creating a high energy and effective team atmosphere, and working with customers to assure that they are completely satisfied with their experience within our store and with our staff and that we use societal fashion trends in order to stay competitive within the adolescent retail market.

WAIT STAFF YEARS EMPLOYED (SEPTEMBER 2001- APRIL2002)
Cheddar’s Restaurant Lansing, Michigan

My responsibilities as a waitress were to train new employees about job expectations and responsibilities, help prepare food and run meals to the customers, help to run the front of the house and the wait staff in scheduling and revenue, as well as provide exemplarily customer service.

VOCATIONAL TRAINER YEARS EMPLOYED (OCTOBER 2001-APRIL 2002)
Peckham Industries Lansing, Michigan

As a vocational trainer I was intensively trained on several types of behavioral and cognitive disabilities and how to effectively introduce clients who displayed these behaviors into work settings. I would work completely one on one with clients at their places of work to create inventive ways to teach them their desired job responsibilities and inputs, as well as help them to assimilate with the work staff and management. I was also responsible to communicating the clients daily progress to an assigned case worker and create observation logs and reports about the improvement of the client, or if the client needed to be relocated to a different, more beneficial area of work.

BENDENWOOD DAY CAMP COUNCILOR/COUNSELOR
FOR CONRAD WEISER TRAILBLAZERS YEARS EMPLOYED (MAY 2000-AUG. 2000)
(MAY 2001-AUG 2001)
South Mountain YMCA Camp Wernersville, Pennsylvania

As a counselor for the Bendenwood day camp I would work with a group of fifteen adolescent males and females that were referred to the camp as at risk youth by the Redding area DARE police program and the local YMCA facility or they were afflicted with mental or behavioral disabilities. I would work with a group of adolescents for a period of three months on teamwork exercises; trust exercises, self-image strengthening techniques, as well as confidence building activities. I was able to introduce them to a more healthy and accepting environment and was able to break through to several of the adolescents and talk to them about traumas in their lives and help facilitate discussions on experiences.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Spring/Summer 2005)

While attending Michigan State University I worked as a research assistant on a dissertation project that was looking for the effects of perceived racial bias by African American students on the decision of whether that student decided to go further with their graduate training, or stop once they had obtained their Bachelors degree(s). In this study I helped to collect data through survey and interviews as well as compile data into the SPSS program and provide several transcriptions of interviews that were conducted for data compilation and review.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

*American Psychological Association, Student Affiliate (2006-present)
*Illinois Psychological Association, Student Affiliate, IPAGS (2006-present)

EXPERIENCE IN THERAPY

Therapy Internship at Indian Oaks Academy

I am currently participating in an internship experience to full fill requirements for my M.A. in Forensic Psychology at Indian Oaks Academy, IL. During this internship I am providing cognitive behavioral theoretical techniques to implement and serve as an adjunct therapist to maintain interventions for sexual juvenile offenders and juvenile delinquents. I currently hold a number of responsibilities such as managing a six client case load, extensive research, conducting group processes, research and documentation, and helping to create and implement a treatment and behavioral intervention after assessment of the clients.

Training and Leadership Skills

Through my various work experiences, I have had the opportunity to attend several leadership training programs and have been able to utilize this training in several of my places of employment. I have also had the opportunity to conduct and attend several training sessions and classes on effective managing, creating an effective work environment, merchandising, loss prevention issues, perfecting verbal and written communication, observing trends, marketing plans, and providing customer service.

SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS

I am proficient at Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Office applications, Excel Spreadsheet, and SPSS.

* REFERENCES OR CIRICULUM VIATE WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Meghan Rowland
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City: Chicago	Fax: -
State: Illinois
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