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Skills

  • Content Writing
  • Cover Letter Writing
  • Editing
  • Fact Checking
  • Primary Research
  • Proofreading
  • Report Writing
  • Statement of Purpose (SOP) Writing
  • Writing

Services

  • Proofreading, editing, content writing.

    $20/hr Starting at $30 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    I proofread many sorts of documents, including articles, applications, statements of purpose, cover letters, and resumes.  Proofreading generally involves editing and content writing.  Clients are entitled...

    Content WritingCover Letter WritingEditingFact CheckingPrimary Research

About

Editing and Writing

Joel Monkarsh
Hwaseong (Dongtan) South Korea; Cell Phone: 82-010-9757-8257; jm8257@gmail.com

Qualifications Summary
Professional Experience

June 2013 – Present: ESL tutoring, editing, consulting work (Seongnam/Bundang & Dongtan, South Korea).
Webmaster for the EBKASC.

September 2002 to June 2013: Teaching in San Francisco Bay Area public schools.
Numerous Skype teaching projects. ESL teaching at the East Bay Korean-American Senior Center.

June 2000 to August 2002: Paralegal. Farmers Insurance. Worked with in-house
counsel, audited legal bills from claims branch offices, Cumis counsel, independent, & panel
counsel. Single files and panel law firm auditing involved cases of small to large dollar amounts
& complexity. Computer legal research using Lexis & Westlaw. Drafted single file & panel
audit reports.

January 2000 to May 2000: Paralegal. Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (Concord) & ESL Instructor
at the Asian Women's Resource Center (San Francisco).

1992 through 1999: ESL Instructor in South Korea (Seoul, Inchon, Muan) & the Czech
Republic (Jihlava) at the high school, language institute, & university levels; 1992-1994 - Jihlava/Prague, 1994-late 1999 - Korea. Interned at Prognosis Newspaper in Prague (summer 1993).

Volunteer Experience

(1986-1991, 2000-2003) FLASH – Bar Assoc. of San Francisco Divorce Clinic. Bar Association
projects included Immigration Amnesty, Homeless Advocacy Project. Non-bar association work
included Old St. Mary's Housing Committee, TRO Clinics in San Francisco & Berkeley.

2009 – 2012. Davis Street Family Resource Center. Cyber Lab Assistant.

2010 – Present: East Bay Korean American Senior Services Center – Webmaster
(http://www.eastbaykoreanamericanseniorcenter.org/), ESL instructor (summer 2011, 2012)

Education

TESL Certificate – Transworld Teachers, Diploma (Linguistics) – Univ. of Surrey; Internet
teaching projects.

BA (Political Science) & MBA (Marketing) degrees; Course

Work Terms

Online work. Work depends on the specifics of the assignments.