1. Evan Liam Brown
(E) Evanlb29@gmail.com (T) 07542571760
PERSONAL PROFILE
I am a recent graduate from Robert Gordon University,with a 2:2 honours degree in Applied Social Sciences. Having just taken 8
months out to travel New Zealand to immerse myself in a different culture I feel I have not only gained a new perspective, but I
have also learned some valuable life lessons. I am now ready to start focussing on my career. Utilising both my experience
gained abroad as a hostel manager and my transferableskills oriented education, I am looking for any opportunities to enhance
my education and skills in any field
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Applied Social Sciences August 2012 – May 2014
Robert Gordon University,Aberdeen
Degree Classification:2:2
Key Modules:
o Occupational Psychology
o Contemporary issues in Politics
o Developments in Counselling
o Application of CounsellingApproaches
o QualitativeResearch Methods.
Dissertation:
o Literature review of the impacts of human factors,includinghuman error and cultural perception of risk in an offshore
environment.
Student Representative: I was elected as student class representative during third and fourth year at RGU.
HND: Social Sciences August 2010 – May 2012
North EastScotland College, Aberdeen
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Working for Accommodation Manager November 2014 – April 2015
Nomads Hostel, Queenstown, New Zealand
Duties and Responsibilities;
o Staff recruitment & training.
o SchedulingRotas.
o Manage weekly food budget.
o Supervision of staff.
o Encourage wellbeingand moral of staff.
o Implement robustcommunication between management and staff.
o Marketing and networking with local businesses.
Research Work Experience Completed in January 2014
GDF Suez, Aberdeen, Scotland
o Carried out research for GDF Suez on offshorehuman factors and human error in exchange for work experience.
o Improved research and presentation skillsas a partof this experience.

2. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Potato Rouging (Seasonal Farm Work) June– July Every Summer 2011 – 2015
Ringlink Services,Laurencekirk,Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Food and Beverage Attendant December 2014 – April 2015
Oak Shores Hotel Restaurant,Queenstown, New Zealand
Bar/Floor Staff July-November 2014
PictureHouse Pub, Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Licensing& Social Responsibility [Scotland] Act2005 trainingcomplete Achieved November 2014
SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
o Developed empathic listeningskills and importanceof reflection as a part of my counsellingmodules.
o As a resultof my experience as a class rep I havebecome good at creatingpositiveworking relationshipswith others.
o Learned to carry out instructions to the highest standard atuniversity in order to achieve my honours degree.
o I have excellent communication skillsdueto experience with the public and colleagues in a number of different
employment and education.
o Experience in usinga variety of media tools duringmy degree and position atNomads hostel including,faceto face; e-
mail;telephone; letters; reports; essays and presentations.
o I exercised negotiation skillswhilstworkingatNomads Hostel when contactingother local businesses to
establish promotional links,duringrecruitmentand when resolvingconflict.
Leadership and Teamwork
o Whileworkingat Nomads hostel I used methods learned in my occupational psychology moduleat university to help
me to develop my team leadingskills.
o Duringmy time as a food and beverage attendant atOaks Shores Hotel Restaurant I working closely with a team of
three whilstalieningrequirements for the bigger team within the whole hotel.
o I gained insightinto how teams can develop strategies to deal with problems through participation asa team
member in project assignments as partof my course.
Organisation and Management
o Duringmy year abroad I had to effectively budget and plan my everyday expenditure as well as managingmy time
properly to ensure I did not encounter any issues.This experience improved my self-relianceand independence.
o Throughout my experience as a student I had to organisemy time around university deadlines whilealso maintaininga
job and social life.
o I gained experience in organising events by arranginga “wheelchair awareness day”at university where students were
sponsored to use a wheelchair all day to get around campus. The event raised awareness for disabled accessibility
around the university grounds and money for a fellowclassmateto make the psychology lab door automatic.
Initiative and Proactive Attitude
o As a direct entry student I voluntarily represented the university’s degree link with North East Scotland Collegeby
givingtalks to students currently studyingan HND and encourage them to continue their higher education experience
at university.
o I volunteered as a student ambassador atRGU which included meeting and greeting with prospectivestudents.
o I undertook an unpaid position atNomads Hostel in order to gain managerial experience.
Information Technology
o Completed Higher Computing duringsecondary school.
o Familiarwith SPSS, Word Processor and spreadsheetprogrammes.
REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST