Hi, I am an English Literature graduate from a top university in England. I also have experience teaching English as a foreign language. I am offering English lessons around London.

Joseph's CV

Education
September 2016 - June 2019
University of Manchester, Manchester - BA English Literature: 2:1
September 2015 - June 2016
David Game College, London - A Levels: English Literature (A), Sociology (A), History (B)

Work Experience

August 2019 - July 2020
Masa Israel Teaching Fellows, Netivei Am Elementary School, Be’er Sheva - Teaching Assistant
● Worked with 20 children one-on-one to improve their English reading, writing and speaking skills.
● Helped dramatically increase test scores, one improved from a grade of 14 in September, to 98 in June.
● Supported my teacher with side-projects which included preparing and delivering presentations.
● Adapted to living in a different country with a very different culture. Connected well with the locals.

August 2018 - August 2018
Lansdowne Partners, London - Intern
● Worked at an asset management firm where I joined my supervisor in meetings looking for potential investment opportunities.
● Prospective firms included: EA, PurpleBricks, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
● Researched and wrote reports on reasons why companies would be or would not be good to invest in.

June 2017 - August 2017
Camp Ramah in Northern California - Camp Councillor
● Managed, orchestrated and redesigned different activities for over 50 children alongside five other councillors.
● Identified creative ways to keep the children engaged and built a relationship of mutual trust and respect with each child.
● Adapted to the culture and connected with different people quickly and effectively.

November 2015 - March 2016
Market Probe, London - Telephone Agent
● Worked part time to help fund for exam fees and tutors as I was retaking my A Levels externally.
● Cold-called individuals where I encouraged them to complete surveys on behalf of some of the UK’s largest companies, such as Santander and ParcelForce.
● Exceeded expectations when it came to completed surveys.
● In one 5 hour shift I averaged about 20-25, when the average was 15.

October 2014 - April 2015
Ventas Central, London - Door-to-Door Salesperson
● Worked as a door-to-door salesperson signing people up for direct debits.
● Worked for about 11 hours a day in freezing conditions and my attention never wavered from the job at hand.
● Regularly reached my target of three sales a day, and sometimes surpassed them.

July 2013 - July 2013
Commerzbank AG, London - Intern
● Exposed to various departments including corporate and investment banking, marketing and sales.
● Worked on several different tasks, including data entering and analysis and working with spreadsheets.
● Tasked to prepare and deliver a presentation regarding my experience at the firm.

Extra-Curricular

September 2016 - March 2018
Enactus SpeakUp! - English Tutor
● Volunteered at a global student-led organisation which developed and implemented social enterprise projects.
● Launched various initiatives in order to help parents of children improve their English so that they could have more of a say on their child’s education.

September 2016 - September 2016
Sustainability Challenge, University of Manchester
● Participated in the Sustainability Challenge where I was introduced to the challenges of sustainability.
● Learned various strategies to encourage large institutions to operate in a greener way. ● Solved various issues with certain solutions that were proposed.

Skills
● Fluent in Hebrew.
● Proficient with Microsoft Office.
● Developed my writing skills through my degree and freelance work for various online journals.
● Resilient and adaptable.
● Verbal and written communication skills.