Evan Brown is a recent graduate with a 2:2 honors degree in Applied Social Sciences from Robert Gordon University. He spent the past 8 months in New Zealand gaining global experience as a hostel manager. He is now seeking opportunities to further his career development and utilize his education, skills in communications, leadership, and management gained from his studies and work abroad.

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