Economics and International Relations
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I'm a graduate from the University of Toronto with a major in Economics and specialization in International Relations. My interests include financial/business analysis, public policy and project management. I'm looking to step into the world of Economics and or International Relations to which I could bring the knowledge obtained through my undergraduate.
Domestic Customer Service - The ERB Group of Companies, Mississauga, Ontario
November 2022 - Present
● Reserve orders for pickup and delivery of freight for hundreds of clients on a daily basis including well established food companies such as Nestle, Kraft, Maple Leaf Meats, Lactalis, and UNFI.
● Organise logistics of transportation for freight weighing up to 22,000 lbs travelling between Ontario,
Quebec, and Manitoba.
● Provide clients information regarding prices of shipment, transit times of pickups and deliveries.
● Address the various complaints of clients such as late deliveries or pickups, damages and losses of freight.
● Provide service to both English and French clientele.
Project Worker — Economics Research Project, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
October 2021- April 2022
● Volunteered in data collection, analysis and quality assurance for a professional economics research project related to Trade Diversion and Loss in the British Domains during WW1 containing over 1TB of data.
● Maintained over 20 gigabytes of excel-based data files for any statistical or grammatical errors and disorganisation with a team of other students.
● Used and interpreted data to come to conclusions about Trade during WW1.
● Received a letter of appreciation for my contributions to the project.
Dispatcher — JoeyCo, Ottawa, Canada
April - August 2021
● Imported 6000-10000 large package shipments from Amazon to the JoeyCo warehouse 5 days a week.
● Distributed thousands of imported packages into 300+ routes to have ready for pickup by individual drivers on a daily basis.
● Reorganised routes for drivers in case of missing or lost packages.
● Tracked and compiled driver’s check in, check out and package delivery on desktop using Microsoft
Excel.
● Awarded Employee of the Month for July 2021.
VP Internal — Diversity Business League, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
December 2020 - April 2021
● Participated in the inaugural year of a student club whose purpose was to increase the professional capacities of students by aiding the development of community projects.
● Created the Business Continuity Plan which was used to guide the future years of the student group.
● Contacted and developed relationships with multiple professors and other University of Toronto employees to provide invitations and information on Diversity Business League events.
● Maintained an open line of communication with the University of Toronto Mississauga Student Union to ensure club purpose and direction aligned with the University’s code of ethics.
● Designed graphics for the club, including the staff poster.
Assistant to Embassy Staff — Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
● Worked alongside personnel responsible for maintaining relationships with the African Union.
● Gathered data and created a list of 50+ African NGOs partnering with the Canadian government.
● Organised personal files including sensitive information such as academic and employment history for Human Resources.
Co-Founder — Students for Syria, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
January - April 2018
● Worked in partnership with community partners to raise funds for at risk Syrian refugees through food and drink sales.
● Engaged with local banking authorities to incorporate Ethiopian Birr into a bank account and exchange it for US currency.
● Completed a donation of 1000 USD to UNICEF in the name of Syrian refugees.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario — Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics and
