Personal Information Flat A, 6 McCallum Court  Fairfield Avenue, Perth, PH1 2TG. Current Position: Assistant Manager, (Filing Station Restaurant & Bar, Perth) Date of Birth: 27 July 1978 Marital Status: Married to Karen Passport: Current and Valid - 2009 Driving Licence: Provisional

Objective: 1 - Continue to work towards my goals, and progress up Management Ladder within Hotels, before moving into Restaurant and Bar Sectors. Complete Willingness to move anywhere work requires me too. 2 - To improve my language skills especially Dutch & French 3 - To maintain my level of knowledge, and promote myself up the career ladder 4 - To own and manager, a pub/restaurant, along side and with full support from my wife Karen Send me an e-mail

Experience & Achievements:

Filing Station Restaurant & Bar, Perth May 2006 - Current
Assistant Manager - Here I work alongside the manager. I am responsible when on shift for the full and successful running, of the restaurant and bar.

Parklands Hotel, St Leonards Bank, Perth November 2003- May 2006
Assistant Manager - Here I worked alongside the two owners and one duty manager. I was responsible when on shift for the full and successful running, of the 14 bedroom 4 Star Small Hotel. I was hands on, and took active running with our two restaurants. One is bistro style and the other is fine dining.

Compass Group/Eurest, Co-Op Superstore, 74 Telford Street, Inverness June 2003 - October 2003
Manager - Here I was solely in charge of a 72 seat restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch and afternoon teas. I also control all budgets and work with Gross Profit Margins. I also organise the rota, training, stock ordering and rotation. Left to return to a higher management position within Hotels.

Palace Milton Hotel, 8 Ness Walk, Inverness July 2002 - June 2003
Restaurant Team Leader. Here I helped run the restaurant along with two others. I also worked in the bar, and as night porter (for holiday cover). The restaurant had a total of 100 covers.

Next Retail, Eastgate, InvernessJune 2002 - August 2002
Temporary Sales Assistant. During my time here, I was involved with the setting up and preparation of the End of Season sale.

Iguana Wana, Mexican Restaurant Inverness April 2002 - June 2002; Employed as Manager. Duties included Staff Rotas, Training, and Day to Day Running of Restaurant.

Thistle Hotel, Inverness; Dec 2001 - April 2002; Employed as an Assistant Manager of the Restaurant (Cromarty Brasserie). Duties included Staff Rotas, Training, Functions, and Day to Day Running of Brasserie. Left to Join Iguana Wana

Customer Reports Desk, Fyrish House, Alness; Jan 2000 - Dec 2001; Employed by Manpower and contracted to BT; Currently I work on a desk that produce Monthly Reports for BT Contracts, and load information onto a Secure Web Site

Index,Eastgate, Inverness December 2000; Christmas Assistant

Carnegie Lodge Hotel, Tain November 1999 - April 2000; Bar Tender and Waiter for a Local Hotel(Part Time);

Shannon Irish Bar,Tilburg,The Netherlands; March - November 1999; Employed as a Bar Tender, In July was promoted to Bar Manager, left due to new Management, and decided to move back to Scotland

Work Experience

Week long Placements within Newspaper and Radio to gain further knowledge of the different types of media
Press and Journal, Dingwall and Inverness; September 1993, July 1994,
Moray Firth Radio, Inverness; March 1995
Inverness Courier, Inverness; April 1995
BBC Scotland, Inverness; April, June, Oct 95

Other Placements Lasting longer than one Week

Fresh Air FM, Feb 97

Student Radio Station, Co-Presented Daily Breakfast Show. I was also involved in raising money in a Radioathon. Gathering News and Interviews for the Hourly News Broadcasts.

ETC FM, Sept 96-June 97

College Radio Station, Presenter and Producer. This involved, Editing, on the reels but also on a computerised system.

Skills:

Written and oral communication; Computer skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access); Basic HTML (teaching myself); Basic Dutch (self taught - learning more) Contact Via E-Mail