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Kolby Retzer

Kendall,WA

Summary

Dynamic professional with a diverse background, specializing in landscaping, harvesting and administration. Provided community building and data management, showcasing creativity and innovation. Performs time management, problem-solving, and teamwork to meet project deadlines and maintain high-quality standards. Ready to leverage skills in fast-paced environments requiring attention to detail and strong work ethic. Proven track record of enhancing client satisfaction and streamlining communication processes, demonstrating cultural adaptability and proficiency in the Microsoft suite.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Harvester

Rader Farms
Lynden, USA
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Guided products on conveyors to regulate machine flow and discarded diseased or rotten products.
  • Assisted with the loading of harvested crops onto trucks for transport.
  • Examined harvested crops for signs of damage or contamination before sale or distribution.
  • Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.

Administrative Assistant

Seventh-day Adventist Church
Bellingham, USA
09.2023 - 06.2024
  • Composed and designed emails and newsletters.
  • Updated email contact lists regularly when new members requested to receive ongoing email correspondence from the church.
  • Proofread content for typo-free emails and documentation.
  • Entered data into spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel.

Landscaping

Golden Family
Maple Falls, USA
06.2022 - 06.2024
  • Collaborated with clients to determine their needs regarding landscaping services.
  • Improved yard landscaping for clients through transplanting, mulching, weeding, and pruning.
  • Added new landscaping plants, trees, and flowers.
  • Trimmed hedges.

Education

High School Diploma -

Mt. Baker High School
Deming, WA
06.2024

Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA
06.2024

Skills

  • Cultural adaptability
  • Community building
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Discipleship training
  • Bible study
  • Community outreach
  • Teaching

Hobbies and Interests

  • Backpacking, snowshoeing and hiking.
  • Bible study and discipleship training and outreach groups.
  • Reading
  • Learning Levantine Arabic

Volunteer Experience

Winter 2021 

Samaritans Purse

  • Assisted the group with making repairs in flooded houses

Summer 2023

Lighthouse Missions 

  • Helped otherwise homeless visitors and Basecamp members.
  • Provided food, clothing and other necessities.

October 2022-February 2025

Seventh-day Adventist Church

  • Putting up and taking down Walk Through Bethlehem Booths.
  • Playing as a character in the Walk Through Bethlehem experience.
  • Putting together and moving furniture at the church school.
  • Doing outreach into the community.
  • Member assistant leader of the church discipleship group.

Timeline

Harvester

Rader Farms
06.2024 - 08.2024

Administrative Assistant

Seventh-day Adventist Church
09.2023 - 06.2024

Landscaping

Golden Family
06.2022 - 06.2024

High School Diploma -

Mt. Baker High School

Whatcom Community College
Kolby Retzer