Professional Skills Portfolio Erin Walter

Table of Contents Business/Academic Organizations……………...page 3 Dean’s Awards…………………………………….page 4 Leadership Skills……………………………….....page 5 Time Management Skills…………………………page 6 Language Skills…………………………………...page 7 Organization and Communication Skills………..page 8 Market Research Skills…………………………...page 9 Computer and Analytical Skills…………………page 10 Teaching Skills…………………………………...page 11 Soccer Skills……………………………………...page 12 Summary of Skills………………………………..page 13

Business/Academic Organizations Member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars since 2003 Member of Phi Kappa Phi since 2005 Member of Beta Gamma Sigma since 2004 Member of Delta Mu Delta since 2005 (certificate not shown)

Dean’s Award’s Dean’s Award for Scholastic Excellence Member of Dean’s List every quarter

Leadership Skills Project manager in many projects including MayaWorks Consulting- ICS 394 (Real Organization) Dollarization-SPN 320 Carrington Furniture Case-MKT 359 Captain of DePaul Soccer Team for 2004 and 2005 seasons Crew Leader Tasty Catering Coach Excerpt of MayaWorks Consulting Project

Time Management Skills Member of the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll each year in Conference USA Recipient of Commissioner’s Academic Medal each year in Conference USA Third team Academic All American, ESPN 2004 NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All- North/Central Region First Team 2004

Language Skills Fluent in English and Spanish Studied Spanish for 9 years Have completed projects, presentations, and papers in Spanish Paper on Dollarization in Latin American Countries (Left), and Excerpt from Book of Poems (Right) In Ecuador, the “sucre” was THE form of money for 116 years. But, in recent years, it has had some problems.

Organization and Communication Skills Crew Leader for Tasty Catering for 7 years Being a Crew Leader requires one to: Be liaison to clients Organize and coordinate staff Set up events Events that a crew leader is responsible for (Above and Right)

Market Research Skills Intern at CSMG (2006) in the marketing department Research the markets for potential endorsement deals for our clients/players Gum Children’s book publishers World Food Organization Clients Dwayne Wade (Above), Donovan McNabb (Left), and Antwaan Randle El (Right)

Computer and Analytical Skills Proficient in: Word Outlook PowerPoint Excel Can create tables/charts/graphs from raw data and analyze them in Excel Chart created from raw data in Marketing 202

Teaching Skills Coach U-10 and U-11 teams through an entire season Counselor/Coach at Illinois ODP Player Development Camp and State Select Camp Coach children ages at local finishing/goalkeeping camps Have Illinois E license and National ‘D’ License

Soccer Skills Third Team All Conference USA 2004 All-Tournament Team 2003 DePaul University’s Most Outstanding Performer in soccer 2004 Set school record in single season assists

Summary of Skills Below is a summary of the skills I possess that you have just seen: Leadership Time Management Language Organization and Communication Market Research Computer and Analytical Teaching Soccer Below is a short list of other qualities that I posses that would be useful in a work setting: Competitive Dedicated Result Orientated Personable Independent Thinker Team Player Perceptive Listener Punctual Desire to develop skills and continually learn Works with a sense of urgency Works well under pressure