Hi, I'm Barrie Millar

My spoken language skills are of a high level and I can write and also type to a similar capability. I also am able to document complicated technical concepts and systems to individuals using my IT skills, demonstrated in my role as the senior staff member involved in drafting and producing new protocols. In addition to this, I have drafted websites and made contributions to Wikipedia in the past.

I have a high level of attention to detail and have demonstrated my ability to focus on my tasks in both my education and professional life. I am experienced with systematic record keeping in my past caring role as well as project management in my more recent Code Institute and Crowe UK roles. In the latter cases, I have been required to work in teams to manage projects where a balance between progress and time is important. My past care role additionally required me to admister nutrition and medication on a schedule and I showed that I could achieve this, even when unexpected scenarios arose. On top of this, as the only IT support employee, I was required to lead and manage all problems in these areas without supervision. Being able to multitask was key in managing both IT and care-related tasks as required.

As a software engineering graduate, I'm very familiar with the problem-solving and way-of-thinking that is required to be a programmer and was additionally exposed to it at a very young age. In addition, computing is full of technological problems that arise that require analytical and sometimes imaginative solutions to resolve. These can range from networking, computer repair, software faults, workflow design, programming bugs and so on. I have faced these both at work and in my personal life, both for myself and other people I have helped. I have additionally been able to apply these skills as one of the lead personnel in my past caring role by constructing, evaluating and modifying protocols for a positive effect. One example of this is how I devised a new process to aid pain relief by releasing trapped air during feeding, previously a significant problem for a number of years.

At Code Institute, I worked in teams during hackathons under immense pressure and demostrated that I could make this both successful and collaborate effectively. In my caring role and at Crowe UK, I have demonstrated the ability to work well as part of a small team of varied people, often in time-pressured and stressful circumstances. In the first of these roles, I had a key role in supporting the development of others in the workplace. I regularly trained new staff members as they joined and mentored them as they gained experience. On top of this, I also led in ensuring all tasks were completed as required on a daily basis. A key priority was making sure all of this was done in a non-confrontational manner in order to maintain team functionality and harmony, a factor that has also proven very useful in my professional role at Crowe.

At Crowe, I have showed my responsibility and commitment by managing projects and being responsible for how they progressed, often independently of others. In addition, as part of my caring role, I was required to take care of the well-being of people with special-needs. I showed that I could be trusted to carry this out, even in situations where it could be critical for survival. I also was trusted to manage the IT ecosystem in a discreet and conscientious manner. As stated earlier, I am a very professional individual in general and like to focus on the tasks at hand. Part of this is having a positive attitude to work and approaching any challenges with an open mind.