Augustus Kirkland
Nashville
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Truck Driver Laborer
Eventworksrentals
Nashville
05.2025 - 08.2025
- Loaded, unloaded, and set up orders of furniture, stages, bars, silverware, etc, for large and small-scale events in and around Nashville
- Entrusted with communicating with clients and transforming their visions into their perfect event
- Collaborated with staff from many backgrounds and used Spanish language background to communicate with many of the workers
- Worked in teams and independently coordinated how to efficiently attack the day's schedule
Dishwasher
Fleet Landing Restaurant And Bar
Charleston
06.2024 - 07.2025
- Lived independently in Charleston for a month after freshman year where I obtained employment to support my living
- Worked long, hot hours in a loud and busy kitchen washing nonstop from clock in to clock out
- Communicated with my coworkers using my Spanish-speaking experience
- Learned to communicate in fast and stressful environments moving quickly and working with others efficiently assigning tasks to each member like washing and drying and putting the dishes away
Cart Boy
Chapel Ridge Golf Club
Chapel Hill
02.2025 - 05.2025
- Supported smooth daily golf operations by keeping carts cleaned and set with sand and scorecards as well as picking balls off the range
- Demonstrated strong time management maintaining a reliable work performance while balancing with my demanding UNC sophomore class schedule
Truck Driver/Co Leader of Operations
Junkdrop Nashville
Nashville
03.2021 - 08.2024
- Selected as an early team member towards the start of the company, supporting foundational operations
- Operated company box trucks around Nashville picking up unwanted items from homes, sorting them into donatable and undonatable items, and then coordinating with nonprofits in Nashville to furnish homes
- Entrusted with great responsibility from an early age, gaining experience of how to communicate and engage with clients and how to compose myself in a professional manner
Host
Sam's Place Bar & Grill
Nashville
03.2023 - 05.2023
- Balanced senior year of highschool with side job after school
- Assisted setting tables and bussing the tables to allow people waiting to be seated
- Dealt with lines of customers to handle the wait times, communicating to the customers when their seat is ready, and seating them with their menus
- Handled high stress moments during busy periods and took on responsibility like more bussing and taking food out to customers
Education
High School Diploma -
Montgomery Bell Academy
Nashville, TN06-2023
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology Major With Spanish And Economics Minor
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC05-2027
Skills
- Effective communication
- Stress management
- Conflict resolution
- Adaptability
- Professionalism and work ethic
- Time management
- Logistics coordination
- Team collaboration
- Load management
Timeline
Truck Driver Laborer
Eventworksrentals
05.2025 - 08.2025
Cart Boy
Chapel Ridge Golf Club
02.2025 - 05.2025
Dishwasher
Fleet Landing Restaurant And Bar
06.2024 - 07.2025
Host
Sam's Place Bar & Grill
03.2023 - 05.2023
Truck Driver/Co Leader of Operations
Junkdrop Nashville
03.2021 - 08.2024
High School Diploma -
Montgomery Bell Academy
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology Major With Spanish And Economics Minor
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill