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Richard G. Mills
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Chicago
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815/937-0006
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Bourbonnais
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Chronological Resume Summary
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richardgmills@ThinkMills.com
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54 N. West Avenue Bourbonnais, IL 60914-1018
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(Updated: 022602)
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1976-present: Free-lance —
Computer Training and Consulting
•Designed/maintained Web site for Epilepsy Foundation South Central Wisconsin
•Designed/maintained related EFSCW interactive support/discussion Deja News Web site
•Taught various Mac and IBM introductory computer courses at local college
•Trained JTPA Welfare-to-Work clients in Windows and MS Word
•Held computer software orientation seminars
•Conducted corporate training sessions in computer software
•Restructured and reorganized a Symantec ACT! broadcast-fax database
•Performed various computer installations, consultations, and training
•Maintained broadcast-fax database
•Wrote a maintenance records database program (in MS Access) with
scanned-in documents capabilities
•Operated IBM System36 computer
•Performed various WordPerfect, Lotus, MS-Word, and Excel tasks
•Completed various WP assignments including legal office assistant
Other Instruction
•Taught college preparatory writing classes at local college
•Taught math fundamentals classes at local high school
•Taught college writing course, two nights a week (in Chicago)
Writing and Editorial Services
•Wrote/writing catalog and Web promo copy for automotive accessories catalog and Web site
•Wrote 7th-grade and 8th-grade Earth Science chapters plus several cross-discipline activities for Glencoe Press textbook series
•Wrote periodic book reviews
•Wrote managed-care articles and in-house newsletter
•Wrote health newsletter articles
•Wrote medical-products review and sales monographs
•Wrote various audio-visual adult and children's educational scripts, follow-up activities, games, and teachers' manuals
•Wrote industrial scripts and multimedia show proposals
•Wrote articles for computer newspaper
•Wrote college vocabulary text/workbook and programed-learning punctuation text/workbook (in progress)
•Wrote teaching article for educators' newsletter
•Wrote home maintenance and repair book
•Wrote skin care book
•Wrote various magazine stories and articles for youngsters
•Proofread medical advertising and newsletters
•Edited and proofread books and textbooks
•Wrote book-jacket copy
•Proofread law-magazine and nursing-magazine articles
1984-85: Instructor, part-time for community college program
•Taught Career English and business communications courses to adults entering a word-processing/microcomputer course
•Wrote two 44-page lesson-plans notebooks and module outlines for both courses for use by all English instructors
•Wrote competency-based criterion tests (with two retakes each) for modules of both courses
1980-82: Teacher, part-time for business school
•Taught basic English skills; taught basic math skills
1974-76: Writer/Producer, promoted to Project Director
•Researched/budgeted/developed multimedia projects in math & science
•Wrote and produced filmstrip story/teaching scripts, including hiring actors and directing recordings and mixes
1973-74: Free lance (in California)
•Edited textbooks
1972-73: Associate Editor
•Wrote and edited articles for six insurance magazines
1971-72: Managing Editor, Science Department
•Wrote and edited for textbook publisher
1970-71: Editorial Assistant, promoted to Editor, promoted to
Course Development Supervisor
•Developed, wrote, and edited home-study courses
1969-70: Editorial Assistant and Art Director
•Wrote and designed educational travel seminar brochures
1967-69: Teacher
•Substitute-taught various subjects, grades 1-12 ('68-'69)
•Taught 8th-grade English full-time ('67-'68)