Najah Parvez
2540 West Ball Road Apt 2
Anaheim CA 92804
(C) 714-458-8135
(H) 714-252-9177
Email: EMAIL ADDRESS AVAILABLE
OBJECTIVE Obtain a position in operations and/ personnel management or
Linguistics where my skills, training and experience can be effectively
utilized to assist in counter terrorism, homeland security, military
cultural training, corporate expansion, increased market revenue and
customer satisfaction while providing opportunities for performance-based
advancement.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Maintains a current US passport. Fluent in Pashtu, Urdu, Hindi,
conversational Arabic. Experience in military linguistic interrogation
procedures, Afghani cultural awareness training, written and spoken
document interpretation, personnel supervision and knowledge of business
management, inventory management, purchasing and procurement, budget
management, and recruiting. Strong coordinating and problem-solving skills
with the ability to separate objectives into their components and organize
a fundamental working plan. I am motivated, well-qualified, and ready to
accept new responsibilities. Strong ability to work independently as well
as within a team. Thorough knowledge of cultural, economic, and military
issues of the Middle-Eastern and South West Asian countries.
Established work priorities and assigned work to ensure effective and
efficient operations. Implemented productivity and customer service
training programs to reduce workplace problems. Counseled and encouraged
employees on performance standards and appraisals, management/employee
relations, discipline, terminations and incentive awards. Sought out and
worked to reduce potential problems. Directly supervised as many as 70
employees in finance and recordkeeping, customer satisfaction, accounting,
asset management and production and scheduling positions. Improved
recruitment of and retention rates among customer's personal and business
accounts. Instituted financial collection practices that effectively
collected more than 80 percent of non-sufficient funds over the previous
fiscal year.
Work History
July 10_ Present Acclaim Technical Services Recruiter/ Advisor
OEFA
Huntington Beach California
I provide mission - critical language, intelligence and training services
to national security agencies and various departments of the U.S.
Government. As a recruiting personnel I focus on recruiting efforts for the
Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Acclaim Technical
Services (ATS) is a federal contracting company where I provide input and
resources to business development, Accessions, recruiting, Marketing, viral
media, and Television.
Specialty Recruiting: Case officer, intelligence analyst, Pashtu or Pashto,
Dari, HUMINT, SIGINT; Counter Intelligence, DOD, TS/SCI, translator, and
interpreter, DOMEX, Docex, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Marketed to clients on using our services to assist them in their hiring
needs. This process included researching the clients, cold calling them,
marketing to them to sell them on using our services, doing a face to face
presentation to explain the benefits of our services, getting the job
requirements, filling the job requirements, and retaining the clients for
future business by always following up and servicing the client.
Employed marketing skills that attracted clients and potential candidates.
Participate in local job fairs to find and hire strong talent.
Prescreen all candidates for technical ability, strong match to job
requirements and overall fit for a project.
Coordinated the interview process, negotiated salaries, extended offers,
and closed candidates.
Solicit referrals from candidates in process and new hires.
Cold call to find additional candidates for positions when no active
candidates were available on job boards.
Strong Internet sourcing from various cleared and uncleared job boards.
Full life cycle recruiting for contract assignments, contract to hire and
in house permanent positions. Many positions required clearances including
Secret, Top Secret, and TS/SCI with lifestyle polygraph.
Qualified candidates for appropriate positions through interviewing and
screening.
Evaluated candidates for technical and verbal skills as well as cultural
fit.
Jan 09 - May 2010 Mission Essential Personnel- Pashto Linguist
Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan
Khowst Province
Provided operational linguistics support on over 100 missions in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, provided cultural advice and
awareness to 160 plus soldiers, translated and transcribed foreign
documents and other forms of communication to effectively exploit seized
enemy documentation. I was deployed at Forward Operating Base Salerno in
Eastern Afghanistan for more than a year. During that time I was attached
to a highly specialized infantry strike force where I provided written and
verbal translations while travelling great distances under fire and in
close proximity to the enemy with little or no rest. I have assisted on
tactically questioning Afghan females and eased communication barriers
between US troops and Afghan Border Police. Performed linguistic support to
military operations by translating wide-ranging diplomatic, strategic, and
tactical exchanges between high-level U.S., Coalition, and Afghan leaders.
Advised U.S. Military personnel on Afghan and Islamic cultural
perspectives and the region's historical, political, sociological, and
economic trends during their interactions with local and foreign nationals.
Deployed on over 100 U.S. Military convoy missions to remote sites
throughout Afghanistan under hazardous conditions and in dangerous
environments.
Volunteered in multiple community support campaigns to assemble and
package donated clothing and school supplies and then distribute them to
children at schools in the Kabul area.
Jun 05 - Dec 08 Fry's Electronic- Assistant Store Manager
Provided management expertise to six departments and 70 customer service
representatives to ensure that training programs were fully implemented and
integrated into daily working environment. Created or implemented
financial oversight and auditing programs to verify that 100% of all
revenue was accounted for. There was no loss of revenue, under the
programs I implemented, for the following two fiscal years. Supervised
handling of 90% of all customer service issues, greatly expanding the store
manager's ability to concentrate on effective store management practices.
Assigned as components sales associate in charge of providing guidance and
expertise to customers and verifying that they received components needed
to assemble computer operating systems from the ground up.
Apr 04 - Jun 05 King Mart- Customer Service Supervisor
Assumed position as a Customer Service Supervisor in charge of 10 customer
service associates. Supervised the disbursing and receipt of monies and
revenue on a daily basis. Supervised effective and productive daily
briefings and meetings, ensuring every associate had a clear understanding
of their daily responsibilities. Constantly sought feedback from management
teams, associates and customers on ways to improve relations and increase
revenue stream.
Education
Jan 2005 - Present
California State University Long Beach
Bachelors in Business Management
Expected graduation date is in December 2010
Additional Skills:
Excellent with working on word, excel, access and some programming
Language skills:
Pashtu, Hindi, Urdu, Fluent (Reading & Writing) proficiency ( advanced)
Arabic Conversational
Thank you.
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