“So Nathan, tell me all about yourself …”

After graduating from Lee High School in Huntsville Alabama, I joined the Marine Corps instead of going to college.

They put me behind a desk and called me a “Supply Clerk”.

I wanted to go to college so I started my Freshman year at the University of Maryland (in Iwakuni Japan), while in the Marine Corps.

I settled in California.

I worked as a Customer Service representative for Carnation Company after receiving an “honorable” discharge from the Marine Corps.

California was very expensive as a Customer Service Representative.

I moved back to Alabama to go to college.

In Alabama, I continued my schooling by going on an academic scholarship.• Made straight A’s• Became “Most Outstanding Student in

Chemistry” in 1991 and “Most Outstanding Student in Biology” in 1996

• Received three Associate’s; in Chemical Engineering, Math, and Pre-Med

• Received a Bachelor’s in Biology• Received an 1100 GMAT score (450 Verbal

Reasoning, 700 Math)• Completed some graduate level coursework

(Biochemistry)

I received a UAB Rural Health Pre-Medical Internship for the Summer of

1997

I volunteered at the clinic for an additional six months

On the cusp of applying to Medical School, I instead chose to enter the job market.• Gained employment as Laboratory Coordinator for the

Sciences at Birmingham Southern College ( Jan 1998)• Within the first several years, my contract was changed

from a 10 month position to a 12 month position and I was subcontracted as an Adjunct Instructor for 2 semesters of General Chemistry Labs and one semester of Organic Chemistry Lab.

• After five years, The Sciences were moved into a new building and my position was spilt into two, with a Laboratory Coordinator for the Biology Department, and a Laboratory Manager for the Chemistry and Physics Departments.

I was offered the Laboratory Manager position, a trip to Boston, and a corner office (to sweeten the pot) and I took

the Chemistry/Physics position.

Birmingham Southern College began experiencing shortfalls in their

finances and endowment.

Presumably, the college’s financial shortfalls were the reason I was asked to resign in July of 2009, after eleven and a half

years.• Presumably because:

Alabama’s “at-will” law was used. When asked for a formal reason, the

reply was “no reason given”. All performance reviews were “Above

Average” or better. No verbal sanction, counseling

session, nor any indication was ever given prior to this action.

In eleven and a half years only one negative showed up on any performance review (that of paying off a contract in a different fiscal year).

I was given a severance package and unemployment was not contested.

I am not a mind reader.

I’m trying to read your mind.

Since July of 2009

I HAVE:

o Been unable to reenter my career field

o Utilize my experience or education

o Been successfully treated for depression

o Misguidedly entered Graduate School in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

o Worked transitional food service jobs

o Trudged through a recession and depressed job market along with the rest of America

EMPLOYMENT:

Year Position Employer City/State

2013 Waiter/Bartender

Café de Paris

B’ham, Al

2012 Server CheesecakeFactory

B’ham, Al

2011 Server Dodiyo’s H’wood, Al

2010 Grad Student

UAB B’ham, Al

1998-2009

Lab Manager

B’ham SouCollege

B’ham, Al

Background and Experience

Background includes:

Inventory Control Manager

Customer Service Representative

Leasing Consultant

Fund Raising Coordinator

Supply and Budgeting Clerk (USMC)

Personal Fitness Trainer

Supervisory roles in and out of the Food Service Industry

Experience and Skills include:

Supervising students in lab preparations or preparing them myself

Teaching Purchasing and contract

negotiation Inventory Control Equipment and instrument repair

including nuclear magnetic resonance spectrophotometer management

Regulatory and OSHA compliance including upkeep of MSDS files

Campus hazardous waste removal

I am:

A goal-driven, hardworking professional seeking and challenging and rewarding position in the medical or academic community.