Leisha Sowa
P.O. Box ****
Bowie, MD *****
Phone: 703-***-****
HIGHLIGHTS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Over 15 years professional experience with the public and private sectors.
Hardworking and dedicated and honorable.
Personable, dependable punctual and efficient and a supportive team player.
Persuasive in communicating creatively with a number of customers.
Experience working in variety of environments.
Skills for Administrative Assistant and Office Automation Environment.
Type over 60WPM with minimal errors, some dictation, answer phones.
Coordinating and organizing calendars schedules, meetings, conferences.
Schedule and setup audio visual equipment for meetings and classes.
Resolve wide range of customer problems, applying diplomacy and assertiveness.
Airline and in-flight management decisions. Organized the logistics of speaking
engagements for catering needs, seating literature, and reservations for hotel/auto.
Objective/Seeking: Professional Administrative Assistant positions Office Automation
with the Federal Government (reinstate eligible) SF50 on file, private sector and or
a military contract: Administrative Assistant Office Manager, Customer Service,
Data Entry, Clerical/Secretarial/Receptionist Office Automation, IT Assistant:
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS/CONTRACTS
Government/Private Sector/Military Contracts
Administration Duties as assigned: Receptionist, Desk, Data File Clerk
Concierge/Secretarial/Clerical/Check Clearance Level for appropriate badge
2009-2011 Abbtech Staffing, Sterling VA / Maryland (administration)
2008-2011 AppleOne Reston, VA (on-call)
2008-2011 Friends and Company (on-call)
2008-2011 Kelly Services Herndon, VA (on-call)
2007-2011 Adecco Sterling VA / Maryland (administration)
2007-2010 Advantage, Herndon, VA Permanent Placement Agencies District of
Columbia (Administration, Customer Service)
2007-2010 LTS (Loudoun Temp) Service Sterling, VA (Receptionist)
2007-2010 NVT (Northern VA Temp, Falls Church, VA (Receptionist)
2006-2010 Affinity Staffing Chantilly, VA (administration, on-call)
1996-2011 Office Team Tyson’s Corner Herndon Dulles/Washington, DC
Affiliates Legal Washington, Administration (OA)
Administration and on-call concierge)
AVIATION FIELD
Secretarial/Clerical/Check clearance levels for appropriate badges
Take flight orders, for needed fuel and or other maintenance requests from crew members
and passengers. Able to maintain extensive financial reports for individual and corporate
clients.
2006-2010 Evergreen Aviation Eagle – Dulles Airport
Cleaning Aircraft Interior only (part-time)
2007-2007 Sharp Details – Dulles Airport
AirTech – Detail Aircraft Exterior/Interior
2006-2007 Swissport Operations: Dulles Airport Account Clerk
Input Fuel Data Customer Service, file and other administrative duties
2005-2005 Signature Flight Support CSR Training Dulles Airport
Customer Service Representative Dispatch Flight Crew orders
2005-2005 CSR Piedmont Hawthorne: Training Dispatch Flight Crew orders
Arinc/Unicom – Leesburg Airport
2003-2005 DTS/Washington Flyer Taxi Dispatch/Call Operator Dulles Airport
(Reservations)
SEASONAL/HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE (Retail/Field/Communications)
2005-2006 Godiva Chocolate Fair Oaks Malls, Fairfax, VA (Seasonal)
2005-2006 Loudoun Square Storage/Ashburn Relief Mgr (two days)
2005-2006 Williams-Sonoma – Reston Town Center Seasonal/Associate Cashier
1996-1998 Oasis Vineyard, Hume (Seasonal server)
1995-1995 Skyline Ranch Resort Ranch-hand/Wrangler (Seasonal)
Customer Service Ranch-hand Wrangler, clean barn and schedule trail rides
1995-1995 Marriott Ranches, Hume, VA (Seasonal)
CSR individual or group, clean groom, horses/tack, schedule trail rides.
1995-1995 H&R Block, Leesburg, VA (Seasonal) Customer Service Receptionist
1995-1995 Finishing Touch Salon, Fairfax, VA Receptionist CSR training
1995-1995 CTI Maintenance, Inc Leesburg, VA CSR training commercial/residential
1995-1995 Lite Cellular Inc. Front Royal training CSR Sales/Inventory
1995-1995 Castiglias Restaurant Front Royal Customer Service Cashier/Server
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSITIONS/LONG-TERM ASSIGNMENTS
1993-1996 Keyboard Communications Loral/Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
Manassas, VA Audio Visual Office Supply clerk Office Manager
Administrative work (eligible for rehire) (contract ended)
1991-1993 IBM Temp Solutions Tysons Corner/ Manassas, VA Administration
Supply Management
1978-1989 U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior (SF50) Reston, VA
(Reinstatement Eligibility) Stenographer, Secretary, Computer
Assistant Specialist administrative/clerical, Schedules, installation of
hardware/software for Technology Center and field locations.
VOLUNTEER WORK
1995-1996 Hospice/Caretaker volunteer housekeeping and Landscape volunteer
1995-1995 MaryStone Administrative/clerical, ranch-hand, tend to owners horses,
groom, clean barn, tack, and some housekeeping/Landscape
1989-1990 Stable Management Front Royal, VA Volunteer work
Equine health Care, Consultant owner as needed.
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
June 1978 Graduated Loudoun Valley HS Purcellville, VA
1980/1984 NVCC Loudoun Campus Sterling, VA Tech classes
NVCC Loudoun Campus Manassas Software/Hardware
On/offsite computer classes/seminars, Reston, VA
On/offsite Administration seminars, Reston, Mclean, VA
Washington, DC Convention Center
Stress Management Reston/Arlington/Washington
1988/1984 Professional Personnel Computer Training/Maintenance
Arlington County/Fairfax County, Mclean, VA
1988/1988 National School for Secretaries Nat’l Bldg Washington DC
1995/1996 Skills in Bartending, server/hostess
1980-2011 Self-fitness training
STATE/FEDERAL JOBSEARCH
2008-2011 Abbtech Staffing Agency
2009-2011 Adecco Temporary Agency
2010-2011 VA/MD/DC Employment Agencies