Helga Einars

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HELGA EINARS - Curriculum Vitae


Date of Birth 9th April 1980
Nationality Icelandic
Marital Status Single
Driving Current Licence


E-mail einarsdottir@hotmail.com
deddulia@yahoo.co.uk
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EDUCATION

2005-Present: University College Cork
MA Folklore and Ethnology.
Completion March 2006.

2003-2004: The University of Iceland
Post graduate teaching diploma

2000-2003: The University of Iceland
BA Folklore and Ethnology

1996-2000: Kvennaskólinn í Reykjavík
Secondary School/high School

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WORK EXPERIENCE

February 2005-present: CDA Architects, North Point Business Park, Cork.
Relief receptionist and administrator.


February 2005-April 2005: ISS, Glanmire Ind.Est, Cork.
Relief receptionist and administrator.


August 2004-January 2005: Grunnskólinn Sandgerdi, 245 Sandgerdi, Iceland.
Primary school teacher, main teacher for ten year old students and an English teacher for fifteen year old students.


May 2003-August 2004: The Art Gallery of Iceland, v/Fríkirkjuveg,
101 Reykjavík, Iceland.

Worked at the gallery shop as a shop manager’s assistant and I also worked as a museum guide.


May 2002-September 2003: Árbæjarsafn-Reykjavík City Museum, v/Kistuhyl, 110 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Folklore specialist and a museum guide. Won a scholarship to research old buildings at the museum and their conservation.


January 2001-January 2002: The University of Iceland v/Suðurgata,
101 Reykjavík, Iceland.
Professor’s assistant at the Folklore department of the University of Iceland where I researched school traditions and ceremonies. I assisted with the compilation of an Internet folktale database.


May 2000-September 2001: Langabúð, 765 Djúpivogur, Iceland.
A museum guide at a local museum in the East fjords of Iceland (summer job)

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LANGUAGES
Fluent in Icelandic, English, Danish, and Norwegian
Basic French and Swedish
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ACHIEVEMENTS & INTERESTS
Editor of the Folklore journal of UCC.
Treasurer and organiser of the Folklore Society of Iceland 2004-2005.
I graduated top of my class as a teacher 2004.
Graduated in web design course.
My poems were published in an Icelandic poem collection in 1999.
I am a member of the Poets’ Society of the East Fjords, Iceland.
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OTHER INFORMATION
I have excellent computer skills (web design programmes such as Flash and Dream weaver, Word, Excel, Power Point and Photoshop)
I am very interested in museum work, teaching, writing, languages, music, fashion, design, and literature.
In my spare time I enjoy many outdoor activities, updating my web page and socializing.
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