Benjamin Jablonski Email & Phone Number

Colonial Beach, Va, Us

Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

Fredericksburg, Va

Arlington, Va

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Fredericksburg, Virginia

King George, Virginia 22485

This particular job is responsible for introducing many of the most significant lessons I've faced in my career in management, and as an employee. Honestly, I was never -just- a manager. I was one of the head cooks. I was the head delivery driver, prep cook, dishwasher, janitor, and receptionist. I earned the trust from my employer to such a degree, that I became responsible for inventory, scheduling, handling customer relations, resolving issues with volition, hiring new employees, depositing large cash sums into the company's bank account, and even teaching the owner how to play the guitar.Some of our regulars spoke mainly Arabic, and only a little bit of English. They were always friendly and polite -- good people. So I learned a little bit of Arabic on my own time, thinking that, maybe, it could help improve communication between us, therefore making a positive impact on their experience with the company. I never really got that good at speaking Arabic, but it was enough for us to evolve our communications into some English-Arabic hybrid language. The realization hit me much later, that the interactions a single employee might have with a customer, on an individual level, could potentially snowball into a cascade of cause-and-effect modalities that ultimately lead to increased profit margins for the business. But there I was, thinking I was just being myself, giving 100% of who I am, never even thinking twice about my actual capacity until after I found out that 3 people were hired in order to take on everything I had left for them.My job was to deliver, and I always do.

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22408

I worked as an Enumerator for the 2010 Census. We were given binders full of addresses, maps, and questionnaires, for a specific area of the county (King George, VA). Each binder contained everything I needed in order to ensure I interviewed every citizen I could. When I finished my first batch, my supervisor was surprised, and a bit hesitant to accept my work. I later learned that I had completed a few weeks of expected work within the first week, hence his initial hesitance. After he checked over my work, we became tidally locked as we churned through binder after binder. Then, there were no more new binders left.I couldn't let my momentum wane, so I asked for more. It turned out that there were many -- many -- more addresses that were in other binders that were turned in, but incomplete. Reasons why varied, but the general theme was centered around one difficulty or another. Naturally, I was thrilled. A new challenge awaited.After I chewed through all of those addresses, I once again faced want of more. This time, all the areas were just about finished. However, it was still well ahead of schedule. This meant my supervisor was able to send me about 30-60 minutes away every day to help neighboring districts finish up with their binders. Because of my tenacity and due diligence, I was offered to participate in the following phase of enumeration. This involved verifying questionnaires, and figuring out how to get information on households /citizens who were on extended vacation, or otherwise evaded every previous attempt to interview them.I had to rely on my wits in order to summon every available resource I could muster. I felt engaged, stimulated, and driven. But for the last time, I would chew my last binder, and my temporary position would end.

Newport News, Virginia

Over the entire summer, I worked as an Intern for Siemens. I really enjoyed learning the different jobs that each of the engineers had. I particularly appreciated how each position seamlessly blended into another; I'm fond of teamwork. I assisted the engineers with testing and designing special fuel injectors that were intended to be placed in the exhaust (post-catalytic converter) of diesel engines in order to reignite any remnant uncombusted fuels and hydrocarbons to increase emission ratings. I performed Axial Load, Tension, Time-Cycle, Temperature, and other stress tests to determine the integrity of the injector. I also performed flow testing, using proprietary software and equipment to capture high-speed images in order to gauge atomization and other metrics.Whenever I had any downtime whatsoever, I helped them file papers, draft emails and reports, fax and photocopy, and run intra-facility errands. I never hesitated to ask whether I could learn something, anything, from them, or whether there was anything else I could help with.

Science, Aa&S, Environmental Science

54 Credit Hrs, Engineering