Ryland Thomas

I was apart of a small team of 3-4 people that would manage the inventory of Sustainable Village and pack orders. Often times it was quiet but I enjoyed it because it allowed me to concentrate on my work. As I got more comfortable with the job I could see my efficiency increase. We never ran our of orders to fufill so you were generally working the entire time. My biggest complaint would be standing for hours on end but that feeling seems to be exaggerated when you are hunched over a table. In general I believe I was an important and excellent member of my team and I also believe that I helped my employer in a number of ways.

• Working and being apart of CU as a Facilities assistant was one of the most difficult jobs I had to do. Being under the heat while constantly working is exhausting. From the various tasks that my employer had me complete Its safe to say that I truly had a diverse amount of skills under my belt by the time I had left. I learned many tricks of the trade that my peers had taught me and I think that I am better person now for it. General maintenance of the grounds was expected everyday, and you would often find yourself in a situation where you had to think critically to solve it.

Being one of the first wave of employees for JoJo's I was thrown into an ever changing and expanding environment. The restaurant was still in its infancy and we often didn't have enough manpower to cover all our bases. Even though my official title was "Waiter" I often was tasked with a variety of jobs in order to keep the resteraunt a float. Whether it be stocking, waiting, food running, managing a section they assigned it to me knowing that I would get it done.

I worked there over the summer and I believe that it taught me a lot of things. Going to a job where a solid percentage of that time is spent understaffed taught me how to maximize efficiency and in general this taught me to be a hard worker.

When I worked in wendys it was in the midst of covid. Terrible conditions and unfavorable managers made me despise it however, since I was thrown into the mess I was taught how to deal with the chaos that is the world. Often I would work 8-10 hour shifts behind a heat lamp, this on top of wearing a black cloth mask made it so where I was working in conditions where I often had to take a break so I wouldn't overheat. Wendy's taught me to be tough and sometimes you need to just power through obstacles.

Wendy's was also a job where I developed my social skills. As much as you could communicate through a mask and a drive through window I tried to make every customer experience unique.

• Collaborated to assist support protocol development and offered consultation based on cross-functional knowledge.
• Aided problem resolution measures and suggested patches and hardware troubleshooting alternatives.
• Researched new technologies to boost information security.
• Maintained inventory records and documentation for equipment in database.
• Monitored and logged daily server tasks and reports.

• Maintained customer satisfaction with timely table check-ins to assess food and beverage needs.
• Kept server areas clean and stocked to increase efficiency while working tables.
• Suggested appropriate food and drink pairings to increase per-ticket sales.
• Used cash registers and credit card machines to cash out customers.