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Kenneth Selin say'leen
B.A. (Psychology), B.A. (Spanish), B.Admin.,
B.Comm. (Honours), B.A. (Italian) 
magna cum laude

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University Educationarrow

in the top 5% of the university population

Carleton University
Certificate for Teaching English  as a Second Language (1996 - )

University of Ottawa
- B.Ed. Francophone Programme (1995 - 1996)

- B.A. (Psychology), B.A. (Spanish), B.Adm.
_B.Comm. (Honours), B.A. (Italian) magna cum laude

Cité collégiale
- Software Troubleshooting Certificate, 1993

Control Data Institute
- Office Automation Diploma, 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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University Language Coursesarrow
- Italian (degree)
- Spanish (degree) El Instituto de Cultura hispanica, Madrid, Spain, Summers '75, '76
- German (advanced)

- Latin
- Arabic
- Hebrew
- Mandarin
- Portuguese
- Greek (classical)

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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University Extracurricular Activitiesarrow
- member of the fencing club
- accredited ACUC scuba diver

- member of the scuba club
- resource person for Foreign Student
- Advisor + international students
- member of a number of modern language clubs ...
  - Spanish
  - German
  - Korean
  - Mandarin
- Council of Undergraduate Studies
- Student Representative: 2-year term


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Computer Skillsarrow
-  Certificat de Spécialiste
-  en dépannage de logi
-  ciels
-  (Software Trouble-
-  shooting Specialist
-  Certificate),
  -1993, Cité collégiale


-  Algonquin College Workshops (1991-1994) ...
   -  AccPac
   -  Internet
   -  Harvard Graphics
   -  Ventura Desktop Publishing


-  used these software programs ...
   -  DOS
   -  NOS
   -  OS/2
   -  MS Mail
   -  SmallTalk
   -  MS Office
   -  Shark Mail
   -  Macintosh
   -  Lotus Suite
   -  Lotus Notes
   -  Banyan Vines
   -  DreamWeaver
   -  Lotus Organizer
   -  Corel Office Suite
   -  Wordperfect Suite
   -  Microsoft Front Page
   -  Corel Web.Graphics Suite
   -  Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/XP/10/11
   -  ...


- University computer courses:
_Structured Fortran, APL + Unix



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Office Skillsarrow
- Office Automation Specialist 1998,
_Control Data Institute
- filing
- faxing
- dicta typing
- metering mail
- taking shorthand
- recording minutes
- using courier services
- ordering office supplies
- umoving work stations
- drafting correspondence
- organizing conference calls
- maintaining office equipment
- processing travel|expense forms
- maintaining an electronic mail log
- making hotel + travel arrangements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication Abilitiesarrow
- bilingual proofreading
- multilingual translation
- bilingual editorial|copy writing
- awarded the Christopher Leadership
- public speaking pin
- university "A" grade in Greek (classical),
- Latin, Mandarin, Arabic, Hebrew,
- Portuguese, German, Spanish,
- Italian, and French grammar

- Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
- Union Steward Course. March 1985

- Note: single-handedly got the union on  
           Parliament Hill in 1984 with PSAC  
           union organizer, Yolande Viau.

- publication of my letters to the editor in
  top high-tech magazines in Canada +
- the USAarrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interpersonal Skillarrow
 - high tolerance for ambiguity + uncertainty
- work well alone with minimum supervision
- an obliging team member with a good
  sense of humour and a positive attitude

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Analytical Abilityarrow
- can do archival work, research + critical syncretic
- analysis of findings as well as develop processes
- can apply the general accounting principles to
- resident and non-resident tax returns

 

 



 

 


 

 



 

 



 

 

 

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Job Historyarrow

Creator|Webmaster
- http://www.eh-ok.ca (2007 - now)
- http://www.speedwriting-shop.com 
  (March 2007-2008)

cable modem|Internet connectivity
troubleshooter at the Road Runner
National Help Desk, later trained
for Time Warner Business Class
National Help Desk at Convergys
(January 2006 - July 2006)

 data entry, Elections Canada
(January 2006)
bilingual phone interviewer|shop-
ping mall intercept interviewer|
focus group participant for the
marketing research firm, GPC
Research
(January 2002 – November 2005)

 part-time bilingual telemarketer
selling extended warranties,
VAC Services
(September 2001 - July 2003)


 part-time French phone interviewer,
NBA Communications
(September - October 2001)

 part-time bilingual telemarketer
at the National Arts Gallery,
Artsmarketing Services Inc.
(August – September 2001)
and at the National Arts
Centre (Senior Sales
Representative level)
(January – June 1998)

author of  http://www.k-x-4u.com
(February 2001)

bilingual Presario technical support
specialist, Compaq Call Centre
(January - February 2001)

bilingual information officer, Elections
Canada Call Centre (October -
November 2000)

resource person, excutive secretary,
word processor: worked in 25+
Gov't departments on 85+ temp
assignments with 15 temp a-
gencies and the Public Service
Commission, the Ottawa Catholic
School Board (1988 - 2000), Post
Office Head Office several
times (1989 - 1991)

bilingual customer service agent,
dealt expertly with irate custo-
mers, logged calls using
"Remedy", solved billing
problems using "Sub-
scriber", offered sug-
gestions on improving
service, Bell Sympa-
tico High Speed Edi-
tion Service
(September 1999 – February 2000)
among the first 16 bilingual tech
sales agents to sell the Bell
Sympatico High Speed
Edition (DSL) Service,
(A “topperforming” sales-
man.) (Initially trained as
a Sympatico Interne
Help Desk Agent.)
(November 1998 - September 1999)

database manager and admin.
assistant Toronto conference,
Medical Research Council of
Canada (October 1998)

 bilingual radio|tv program-
summarizer, Bowdens
Media Monitoring Ltd.
(April – June 1998)

 database builder: created an
Excel 200+ record database,
Canadian Biotechnology
Strategy Task Force, In-
dustry Canada
(February 1998)

 bilingual information officer,
Postal Strike Contingencies
Services, Inquiries Canada
(Fall 1997)
event organizer|minutes recorder
for a 20-person federal-provincial
teleconference, Sexually Trans-
mitted Diseases Section, Health
Canada (Fall 1997)

 project resource person for
the Industrial Engineering
Receptacle Analysis Pro-
ject, Canada Post
(Summer 1997)

 part-time telephone agent,
third-party verification for
Bell Canada, IBM-ISM
(1995 - 1996)
seasonal CR-4 verification clerk,
processed nonresident income
tax forms using the taxation o-
peration manual (TOM), Inter-
national Taxation Office
(January – June, 1992
- 1994)

 first editor of Ph.D. business ar-
ticles, Canadian Federation of
Deans of Management and
Administrative Studies
(Winter 1990)

 car salesman, Mont Bleu Ford,
Hull, Quebec (November -
December 1987)
archivist (reduced archival du-
plication in all 4 vaults), Se-
nate Committee research
assistant (indexed the
Senate Speaker's ru-
lings from 1900 till
1984), messenger,
Page, and Chief
Page,
Senate of Canada (1975 - 1984)
receptionist, security guard, bar-
man, and office boy - part-time,
University of Ottawa (1972 -
1981)

farm hand, picked cucumbers
for the Van Esbroeks, Hensall,
ON (August 1977)


 special assistant to Richard Beatty,
Special Human Resources Pro-
grams Officer, and program co-
ordinator of the National CIDA
Trainee Orientation|Reception
Program, Canadian Interna-
tional Development Agency,
(CIDA) (Summers 1974 - 1976)

 guardsman, did boot-camp (General
Military Training) at Petawawa, Go-
vernor General's Foot Guards' Drill
Corps (Summer 1973)

boilermaker helper, in Falconbridge,
ON for Catalytic Enterprises, Sarnia
(August - September 1972)

usher, weekend janitor, Odeon movie
theatre, North Bay, ON, (June 1971 -
June 1972)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Other Jobsarrow
French dicta typist, Open Skies Conference

editor: edited the Park Canada's Comptroller's
bilingual directives
 
minutes recorder: for corporations, condo-
miniums, and volunteer organizations

desktop publisher: produced a high school
summer course brochure with WordPer-
fect 5.1 and reformatted the Canadian
Coast Guard manual with Microsoft
Word 6.0; prepared Canada Post's
bilingual franchise manual for desk-
top publishing

questionnaire designer: designed a ques-
tionnaire to evaluate 4 bids regarding the
development of a national doctoral busi-
ness program for Canadian Federation
of Deans of Management and Admini-
strative Studies

study designer: developed an air travel
usage measurement study for Industry,
Trade, and Technology Branch,
Forestry Canada

certification process developer: de-
signed a 5-step super-mail box sup-
plier certification process for Quality
Control Department, Canada Post



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hobbiesarrow
- doing linguistic research into flash learning
- learning Unix, C, Java, JavaScript, HTML, and XML
- writing letters to editors-in-chief of high-tech magazines
- following high-tech developments in the PC|Internet sector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Athleticsarrow
- took diving and swimming lessons at the University of Ottawa
- member of the University of Ottawa Fencing Club (1995 - 1996)
- member of the University of Ottawa Scuba Diving Club (1974 - 1976)
- took kayak course given by Algonquin College, Ottawa, Summer 1993
- enjoy running, diving, swimming, cycling, and light weight training

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Information Technology Seminars
arrowattended:
- "Transforming service in the on demand era",
 - IBM Linux, Ottawa, September 2003
- PeopleSoft On Tour Canada 2002, June 2002
- SunONE Services On Demand Roadshow,
- May 2002
- The Ottawa Macromedia Flash MX Seminar,
- April 2002
- IBM e-Business Breakaway Tour, November 2001
- Oracle e-Business Now Seminar/Workshop,
- November 2001
- Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Seminar, May 2001
- The CISCO Internet Business Review, May 2000
- Novell's eNetWorking 2000, January 2000
- Data General Thin Client Computing Thinknow
- June '99 Symposium
- Adobe June '99 InDesign Premiere for Designers
- Corel Roadshow '99 featuring WordPerfect
- Office 2000 and CorelDRAW 9, June 1999
- Microsoft Office 2000 June '99 Product Launch
- Information Builders eBusiness Seminar '99,
- May 1999
- Novell's "NetWorking 99", January 1999
- The Ottawa June '98 Object Store workshop
- by Object Design
- The Adobe Canada June '98 Publishing Seminar
- Novell's "Networking 98" featuring Border
- Manager, June 1998
- The 1998 Lotus Ottawa Messaging Summit,
- May 1998
- Oracle Data Warehouse Symposium, June 1997
- The WRQ TCP/IP Workshop, May 1997
- IBM Visual Age, April 1997
- Adaptive Networking by Bay Networks, First
- Virtual Corporation, Microsoft, and
- USWEB, March 1997
- Switches by Bay Networks, January 1997
- Lotus Suite 97, June 1996
- IBM Warp 4.0, April 1995
- Visix Cross-platform, May 1994
- Corel Corporation software seminars



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Volunteer Positionsarrow
- campaigned door-to-door for my liberal MP
  and classmate, Mauril Bélanger, Elections 97

- founding member of the Sandy Hill Com-
_munity Economic Development Group
_(1993 - 1995)

- PC World Online Advisory Council member (1997 - 1999)

- founding member and membership co-or-
_dinator of TOMUG, The Ottawa Microsoft
_user Group (1995 - 1996)

H.U.G.O.
Helpful User Group of Ottawa

PC club (1994 - 1999)
- Webmaster
 - publicity agent
 - program director
 - Web site designer
 - sole news bulletin designer,
    author, and publisher of H.U.G.O. News

Re-engineeredH.U.G.O. by ...
- creating a promotional kit

- designing a membership feedback 
  questionnair

- developing the Web site to sere as a
  marketing and communication tool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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K+ Internet Entrepreneurarrow
- created
- www.k-x-4u.com, 2001-2007
- www.speedwriting-shop.com, 2007-2008

- developed the K+ info Web-kits
- promoted the K+ Web-resume Hosting Service
- worked on the K+ Steno-course,
- the K+ Steno-game, and the K+ Steno-kit

K+ Professional Services (1995 - )
- edit resumes
- create Web sites
- offer personalized PC-Internet training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













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Catholicarrow
- altar boy, 1963 - 1971
- handy man, Holy Name Church, 1970 - 1971
- lector, Saint Joseph Church, Ottawa, 1979 - 1981
- parish council youth representative, Holy Name, 1970 - 1971
- founder of the University of Ottawa rosary group, 1978 - 1980
- taught by Resurrectionist priests, Scollard Hall, North Bay, 1967 - 1971
- 3rd degree Knight of Columbus,
  Champlain Council, council #: 1926, member #: 1861730, 1976


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













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Primary|High Schoolarrow
Hearst Public School
(renamed Clayton Brown School), Hearst, ON
- won the chess trophy, 1967
- won the Lions Club Melvin Jones trophy, 1967
- did 4 years of piano with Mrs. Girard - my aunt's
  sister - at noon from Monday to Friday
Scollard Hall (North Bay College)
(private Catholic boys' school) (Grades 9 - 12), North Bay, ON
- member of the UN club run by Fr. Conderi
- ran cross-country, trainer: Fr. Fox
- represented Scollard Hall in the Jeunes Voyageurs
  Program, Summer 1971: spent a week on Vancouver Island
- member of YACMAR (Youth Across Canada helping the Mentally
  Handicapped): participated in the daffodil fund campaign and in
  the social activities with members of the small freak community
  of North Bay
- helped in the delivery of the Santa Fund Christmas baskets
  to the poor on Christmas Eve
- helped - for free - my brother and a friend, newspaper boys,
   with their paper routes


École secondaire Algonquin
(Grade 13), North Bay, ON
- provided records to be played in the cafeteria at lunch time
- had my poetry column in "La Bébite", ("The Bug"), the
  student paper
- did an exposition (with Michelle) of French-Canadian farm
  implements on bails of hay
- usher, weekend janitor, Odeon movie theatre, North Bay,
   ON, September 1971 - June 1972


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


Musicarrow
- 4 years of piano (1963 - 1967)
- 1 year of violin (1990 - 1991)