Michael Polk Email & Phone Number

United States

After many years of assisting friends, relatives, and coworkers with their resumes and cover letters, I am pleased to be in a position to be able to pursue writing as my full-time career choice.Through extensive research, TopStack Resume was the clear choice of companies I wanted to associate with. It is a progressive company with a "satisfaction guarantee" uncommon to the industry.I am now a Senior Resume Writer and consistent Top Performer with the U.S. team, and loving every minute of this exciting chapter in my life.

Commerce, Oklahoma, United States

When I arrived as a sales and logistics manager, there was no tracking, scheduling, or inventory system in place. It was a struggle to know what was available to sell and determine lead times.I immediately began modifying the tracking and scheduling system I helped develop at my previous position and with the assistance of my team, we had the beginnings of a working system in place within a month. Our customers began to see the difference seemingly overnight and began referring others. Within a year we had grown the business by 30% while maintaining smooth operation at the loading docks with the tracking and scheduling systems.This led to my rapid promotion to Production and Safety Manager positions while continuing a close relationship with the sales and logistics departments.Too much downtime was the primary challenge to overcome in production. If mechanical or raw material issues occurred, critical time was lost. This is crucial in a seasonal business!. Working closely with the operations and plant managers, we devised a system by rerouting key components and eliminating others, to create the ability to continue production if one component went down, by having other product ready for processing and stored in another component.Peak season lead times were cut by over 50%.On the safety side, I took over a partially transformed training and record-keeping program and continued the transformation to the extent that the regional safety inspectors praised our efforts of turning around the safety of the stationary and mobile equipment, employee training, and record-keeping. Safety inspections were always a surprise and never announced in advance. In the beginning, this was very stressful to myself and the other managers. After a few months, we greeted them with a smile and welcomed their arrival!

Parsons, Kansas, United States

Life-changing experiences happen. I was fortunate to have prior logistics experience under my belt when the need to move back home to Kansas occurred. CST Industries provided a positive friendly atmosphere and a great deal of knowledge of the bulk storage industry worldwide.The new logistics manager was tasked with a complete reorganization of a, well, mess. I was hired to develop a tracking system for the parts orders and assist with setting up the dock area in an organized fashion while he worked on the full storage tank shipments.Within six months, we had the full tank and parts order systems in place and working reasonably well as we trained and retrained the staff of the "new way". Not always an easy task, but we had enthusiastic personnel that were more than ready for a positive change.By the end of our first year, we were fully functional. Communications with project managers and customers around the world were positive, with 99% on-time delivery and customer pick-up orders.From there, we continued to improve. The project managers knew they could count on us for prompt assistance and answers for their customers and themselves.

Gray, Georgia, United States

As a successful Realtor with Coldwell Banker SSK, Realtors in Macon, GA for eight years, I was approached by ownership to start up an expansion office in nearby Gray, GA.Starting with five agents that transferred from Macon, and one small unit in a shopping center, the recruiting and training processes began. Weekly sales meetings and training were conducted in a makeshift conference "cubicle".Heads were beginning to turn after year one, as five agents became twelve and sales more than doubled. I was negotiating for more and more space. Concentrating on new agents fresh out of licensing school, I developed training plans based on the success formulas I learned, integrating the new technologies along the way. Soon, our office was attracting seasoned agents and growth continued.Reporting at the annual ownership group meetings at the end of our second year was exciting. I asked for, and received the go ahead to obtain two more units and install a full fledged sales meeting room. Year three. Twenty two full time agents. 52% market share in our county. Premier Office award. Chairman's Circle Award. Largest Percentage of Increase Award. Number five in Central Georgia Multiple Listing Service out of 47 offices (our Macon office was number one, as always).

Macon, Georgia, United States

Anyone who thinks being a Realtor is easy has never been a Realtor. The fact that most people think it's easy is our greatest satisfaction. Long hours, nights, weekends, meeting with contractors, home inspectors, termite inspectors, appraisers, negotiating anything and everything in the best interests of our clients. Yeah, easy. But that's what we do, so our customers and clients feel that buying and/or selling their home was easy.There are buying agents and there are listing agents. Sometimes both, but most specialize in one or the other. I specialized in listings. My theory was, he/she who has the listings controls the market. I never lost a "deal". I still had the listing...Starting in the mid 90's I was one of the first to bring technology into the office, diligently creating databases for neighborhoods and "farming". Soon, one listing turned into two and on and on. Just showing up at the listing weekly to make sure the sign was straight and letting all the neighbors see me, created even more listings. It's the little things most don't do, that sets you apart from the others. A handwritten note letting the client know what you had done for them each month goes a long way in client retention and the all-important referrals.Following that pattern, I earned the Largest Percentage of Increase and Million Dollar Awards after my second full year and never looked back.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Resume Writing And Interview Preparation

Business

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Journalism