I am actively seeking work in education and the media in Iceland, Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa, Myanmar, the United States, basically anywhere on the Earth. I am interested in travel writing, blogging, photography and video making. I graduated from one of Australia's premier journalism schools in 1994 with a degree in Communications (Print Journalism). I subsequently gained employment at the Cumberland Newspaper Group, working as a junior reporter at a variety of local newspaper offices in Sydney, New South Wales. I was actively engaged in planning newspaper content, researching and writing news stories, interviewing officials, attending public meetings, and liasing with advertising staff and the general public.
I have nine years of teaching English experience in Japan, and I hope to relocate to Vietnam soon. Over the years in Japan I have taught literally hundreds of students, of all ages, from babies to the very old (one of my current students is an 83-year-old man.) I often receive compliments for my clear pronounciation during lessons.
My resume:
Name: Robert Sullivan.
Resume for Robert Sullivan
EMPLOYMENT
10/2006 - Present: Telephone English teacher, World Family (Disney's World of English), Tokyo.
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
02/1991 - 04/1994: BA (Communications), Charles Sturt University, Australia.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Successfully maintaining and producing material for my own website about Japan
and travel issues -- averages 1000 hits per day.
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
Travelling, developing my Internet homepage for pleasure and profit, writing,
photography.
Date of Birth: 1973-02-02.
Nationality: Australian.
Phone: 0431 745.
Address: 65 Malvina Parade, Lake Haven, NSW 2263.
Email address: coderot@gmail.com.
Website: www.crowdedworld.com.
06/2007 - Present: Business English teacher, Clestra Hauserman, Tokyo.
05/2006: Restaurant review writer, TOKYO NOTICE BOARD.
12/2004 - Present: Head English teacher, Kidea English Academy, involved in
developing curriculum and training new teachers.
07/2003 - Present: Actor (extra) for a selection of Tokyo talent agencies,
appearing on prime-time Japanese TV and various movies, television programs,
and so on.
05/2002 - 04/2003: English Teacher, WinBe Eikaiwa English School.
Eikaiwa teacher for WinBe, a Japanese company. Actively
taught a wide range of students, from small children to adults and
business students.
11/2000 - 03/2002: Assistant Language Teacher (ALT),
Machida Education Board/others Full-time ALT at five elementary
schools in the Machida region. Prepared my own lesson plans and
strove for dynamic, interesting
lessons. Also worked as an ALT for some Tokyo primary schools.
06/1994 - 09/2000: Newspaper Journalist, News Limited
Corporation Newspaper journalist for News Limited publications in
the greater Sydney region. Actively involved in finding and writing
stories, working in a busy office, meeting deadlines and liaising
with sales staff. I won several awards for journalism in this period.
Co-wrote a number of scripts which were made into low-budget movies, some of
them starring prominent Australian actors and actresses.
Won ASNA (Australian Suburban Newspaper Association) Award for best newspaper
with a circulation of more than 40,000 people, August 2000.