I am looking for a job in the food service, cleaning or construction industry. I have extensive customer service experience in the service industry. I have owned numerous businesses and know the importance of having repeat customers.

1. JON PFEIFFER
4701 Sheboygan Ave. #119 Madison WI 53705
608.669.2566 jonpfeiffer@sbcglobal.net
Objective:
• Secure part time job doing cleaning, food service or maintenance work.
Skills Summary:
• Worked in food service most of my life. Extensive experience in customer service, cleaning,
maintenance and safe food handling practices.
• Passed UW Food Service Assistant 2 and 3 tests and will provide test results if desired.
• Computer skills including WORD, Photoshop, Lightroom and e-mail.
• I’m a professional photographer and always have a camera with me.
• Have extensive construction and cleaning skills and am always looking for things to fix or clean.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience as concrete finisher/setup foreman, mason tender and working in a sawmill.
• Skilled with many hand and power tools used in construction and maintenance work.
• I enjoy working outside in all weather conditions. As a construction worker and photographer, I am
remembered as the person who wants to continue working when others want to go home.
Work History:
Flemings Prime Steakhouse and Winebar – 5/16 to 6/16
• Clean dining, bar and grill areas before opening, sweep, mop, clean food prep areas during shift, wash
dishes and put them away, clean restrooms prior to opening.
Jacobson Brothers Meat and Deli University Avenue – 3/15 to 7/15
• Greet and assist customers by answering their questions, providing information and advice about
preparing food sold in deli. Answer questions and take orders by phone.
• Cut and weigh meat and deli products when ordered, package and attach UPC sticker.
• Rotate and date refrigerated, frozen and canned food products after deliveries.
• Clean food display cooler, walk-in cooler and freezer, oven, deli slicer, sinks, sweep and mop floors
throughout shift, wash dishes. Take trash and recyclables out at beginning and end of shift. I am always
making mental notes about things that need repair work and cleaning so I can do those jobs when
business is slow.
• Begin closing duties when I start my shift while keeping store fully operational.
• Do maintenance and construction work as required. I often brought my tools to work.
Work Opportunities in Rural Communities (WORC) –1/07 to 1/14
• Job coaching and skills training for my photography business.
• Worked with marketing specialist and web designer who helped build my company.
• Staff helped get my photography displayed at the Overture Center and Whole Foods.
• Assisted me in getting photography jobs and events to show and sell my photography.
• Photographed University Avenue Holiday Lights. My photograph on the cover of a book about the trees.
Photographed Kathleen Falk’s 60th
birthday party, Money Smart Women Conference and various events
for UW-Madison Waisman Center.
Topper’s Pizza - 11/12 to 10/13
• Prep cook, Dishwasher, Maintenance worker. Cut vegetables for topping pizza and prepared sauces
from scratch for Topper Stix, put orders away, rotate food stock in cooler and on storage racks.
• Maintenance work including metal fabrication to repair coolers and freezers, plumbing repairs, hang
towel dispensers, fix shelving units.

2. REM Wisconsin –Madison 2/12 to 05/12
• Maintenance Assistant for 12-week DVR Work Experience program.
Provide help to maintenance supervisor maintaining, cleaning group homes and apartments for disabled
residents. Keep these residences handicap accessible and safe. Clean apartments at tenant turnover
time. Worked alone repairing drywall, building shelving units in rooms and cleaning apartments.
Ian’s on State - Customer Service/Maintenance Technician 02/08-01/11
• Clean and set up dining area, bathrooms, office and storage areas. Sanitize prep tables, stoves, hoods,
dish sinks, clean under sinks, ovens and counter tops.
• Bus tables and wash dishes throughout shift.
• Shovel snow on sidewalk and driver delivery areas, arriving early on snow days.
• Graded gravel trash and recycling area that drivers walked through to load their vehicles. Repaired
stairwell inside and fixed steps outside of building (removed broken treads, cut and installed new ones,
reinforced broken risers).
• Maintenance including fixing door locks, repairing drywall, repair of tables and chairs.
• Wired 3-story building with Cat5 and RG6 cable for phone, internet, music, credit card lines.
• Worked as part of remodeling crew when business was closed during holiday break at end of 2009.
Habitat for Humanity - Project Volunteer Oregon/Brooklyn, WI 5/05 to 11/07
• Work with construction crew building homes. Cut wood for rough framing, cleaned job site, tar
basement walls, install drywall, countertops, grade gravel in basement, dig under foundation to get
sewer line to home, wrote thank you letters to volunteers and contributors, photographed entire build of
duplex in 2007 and presented disc of it to new home owners at House Blessing, e-mailed photographs to
many of weekly construction progress.
Bob’s Copy Shop – Proof Reader, Document Scanner 4/05-12/05
• Scan, create and edit documents using Microsoft Word, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop programs,
proof read documents, consult with supervisor about changes, assemble college course packs.
Laundry World, Carbondale, IL - General Cleaning 4/04-8/04
• Clean office and store area, machines, waiting area, windows, bathrooms, exterior of building. General
maintenance as needed. Wash windows.
Education:
• University of Wisconsin-Madison-Madison, WI. Area of Study: Mechanical
Engineering.
Michigan Technological University-Houghton, MI. Area of Study: Mechanical Engineering.
• Homestead High School-Mequon, WI. Areas of study: College prep. courses, speech, Spanish and
photography. Graduated with Honors.
Summary:
• I have an extensive work history in food service, but have worked in construction for many years as
well. I take pride in keeping a clean and organized workspace. At the end of my day, I go to great
lengths to ensure all tools and equipment are working, clean and returned to their places. In both kinds
of work, I was required to have the ability to see the big picture and multitask. The quality and
completeness of my work affected many other people the next day. I have several professional
references and recommendations from professionals who have worked with me or seen me work.
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