Levi Mcclellan Email & Phone Number

My chief interest is in communication. It's highlighted in my career in customer service, which has evolved away from simply getting someone their food item, and on to making snap judgements for communication. With only a few sentences I'll quickly learn what manner of person I'm talking to, and what body of speech they might identify with most (direct, indirect, sarcastic, etc). Then it's a matter of translating my intention (how is your day so far, what do you do for work, I haven't seen you for a while so please tell me how did the situation with your son's car resolve) into language they're likely to receive.With this mindset, every interaction, whether its with a customer, friend, or family member, becomes a practice in communication. How can I best say what I want to say, not to communicate it accurately according to my own perspective, but in order for it to be best received? The weird part is when you have to use language you don't fully agree with (or even language which you don't fully understand) in order to translate the message the right way. [i.e. I don't understand sarcasm, yet with some people it's the most effective way to communicate a heartfelt idea. Weird]Point is, I've learned a good amount about communication. This is where I angle toward my current career interests. I've a penchant for writing, and words in general. I thrive on getting the message across. I love understanding an alien concept, then passing that understanding on to somebody else. I have light history as an editor, which was a delight to me. Taking someone else's words and ideas, and shaping/refining them into what they need to be, in order to clearly and concisely communicate exactly what the message is. No fluff, only intent. Unless the message needs a certain level of fluff to help dilute it, in which case add fluff, but only enough to make the idea palatable. Then you ship it off, because the message has become what it needs to be. At which point, it's out of my hands, and it goes on to wherever it needs to be. Then, for me, it's on to the next message. Rinse and repeat.And I do repeat. These are exercises I already regularly follow. I write fiction to hone my emotional communication. I love tuning the wording of a friend's sensitive text message to get exactly the right meaning across. If a friend comes to me with a problem, I enjoy spinning it to reflect a new light, a new way of considering the problem which they otherwise not have seen.I show interest in a position strictly because I feel it pairs well with these natural penchants of mine.

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  Weber State University

  General Studies