With the Accounts Team at Cetera Financial Institutions in St. Cloud, MN, I support financial advisors and clients by processing paperwork for investment accounts and troubleshooting issues. I work on verifying account opening for new accounts by reviewing application paperwork for account types from Individuals to Trusts to Corporations and more. I work with power of attorney documents, beneficiaries, trust documents, and so on. I troubleshoot problems with financial advisors by phone and email. The job involves an ability to rigorously and thoroughly absorb knowledge and experience and apply it intelligently to fit each new situation.

Supporting the Accounts department at Cetera Financial in St. Cloud, MN, as a temporary employee hired through OfficeTeam. Verifying new accounts, updates, and other paperwork for annuities, direct purchase, and brokerage accounts.

Worked on all aspects of the editorial process for a world-class book publisher.New World Library is known for Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now and Shakti Gawain’s Creative Visualization. Member #5 of the five-person editorial department for 8 yearsMentored by Marc Allen, PublisherWide variety of authorsFocus on personal growth, health, and successHighlights:Shepherding an inaugural title for Eckhart Tolle's publishing imprint Eckhart Tolle EditionsWorking with one of Mind Body Spirit magazine’s “100 most spiritually influential living people”Assisting with the newest edition of Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellPoetry:Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems by Alice Walker - Proofreading, endorsements, and final checksThe Calm Center: Reflections and Meditations for Spiritual Awakening by Steve Taylor - Developmental editing, presentations to design and marketing teams, and coordination of editorial and production

I assisted the production editors with editorial and administrative tasks, including editing indexes and checking typesetting changes.

Helped librarians and students with fun projects, reference tasks, and circulation.

Hired by Chris FischbachAssessed fictionResponded to queriesProofread, mailed, copied