GWJones Professional Skills

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Communication: excellent oral & written communication skills in all languages of fluency
Project Management: project planning, team leadership and group-dynamic facilitation
Finance: project evaluation, budgeting, due diligence oversight, procurement
Strategy: business development, market research and competitive intelligence
PR: creative writing, editing, advertising design & layout, newsletter production
HR: recruitment, career development, training, employee evaluation, quality control and outplacement

LANGUAGES

English [native], Chinese [Mandarin], Japanese, French and German [all fluent] Korean & Cantonese [basic]

Japanese and Chinese

Used Japanese and Chinese as the standard means of communication while working in Tokyo and Shanghai over the past 4 years (lived 12 months in Shanghai and 6 in Tokyo).

As a regular student at Sophia University in Tokyo and National Taiwan University in Taipei, all my classes and coursework were done in Japanese and Chinese. Lived in the campus dormitories and took part in extra-curricular activities. I read, write and speak both languages at university level.

French and German

Having worked in French and German speaking countries Luxembourg and Germany), I am also used to conducting business in these two languages (written and spoken).

Korean and Cantonese

My understanding of Korean and Cantonese, however, is rudimentary, with a limited vocabulary, but adequate pronunciation and grammar in both tongues.

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

I have worked with a wide range of programs over the last 20 years, including:

desktop publishing	Pagemaker, QuarkXpress, Word, WordPerfect, Print Shop
database	Access, Paradox, Oracle, FileMaker
spreadsheet	Excel, Lotus Improv
web design	FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Insight
project management	MS-Project
messaging	MS-Exchange, Lotus Notes, Eudora
demonstration	PowerPoint, Astound, Visio
operating systems	DOS, Win 3.11, Unix, Win95/98, WinNT, Win 2000 Pro
enterprise resource planning	SAP (see link for experience)
graphics	Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand
programming	Visual Basic

OTHER SKILLS

PC/Peripherals/Network trouble-shooting
orienteering, survival and paramedic training, hunter safety qualified
certified Automatic Train Control system technician
automotive repair & restoration
electrical contracting, plumbing, carpentry and metalworking
electronic/electrical appliance repair

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