Talia B. Collins
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Phone: 323-***-****
E-mail: ***************@*****.***
E-mail Alternate: ****************@*******.***
Summary: I have excellent learning and adaptation skills. I have
management experience, general retail recovery skills and
excellent customer service skills. I'm trained in completing all
tasks and goals associated with opening and closing a retail
facility as well as overseeing a crew and assuring all
objectives set for the day are achieved and taken care of in a
proper and timely manner. I have basic knowledge of operating in
a classroom setting and assisting the teacher in the scope of
those operations. I also have some clerical knowledge.
Job Objective: SALES ASSOCIATE: 4 years 0 months experience
CASHIER: 2 years and 2 months experience
JR. ASSISTANT MANAGER: 2 years 5 months experience
SCHOOL VOLUNTEER: 1 year experience total
CLERICAL INTERN: 3 months knowledge
Experience:
Job Title: Sales Associate/ Cashier/ Jr. Assistant Manager
Employer: Rainbow Inc. Los Angeles CA
Length: 4 years 0 months
Duties: Greeting customers and assisting them in selecting items for
purchase. Other duties include but are not limited to; watching
the sales floor for criminal activity and possible merchandise
recovery. Shipment duties such as garment alarm attachment, re-
hanging and placement on the sales floor. Following the standard
procedures for RTV's (return to vendor), damaging garments for
return to home office and merchandise transfers between stores
and back to home office. I also participate in general recovery
on the sales floor while ringing customers and actively
promoting items through suggestive selling while maintaining a
bright and bubbly personality; register maintenance. Basic store
maintenance; i.e. restroom detail, mopping, hardware
organization, ect. Submitting, tracking and accepting of supply
requests. I also performed duties such as opening and closing
the store while overseeing a crew of employees as well as
objectives and sales goals to be accomplished to be achieved for
that day. I also have knowledge to distribute basic training for
new sales associates and cashiers as well familiarizing them
with basic company policy and duties to be performed within
their job description. I'm highly trained with product promotion
procedures such as proper placing of advertisement signs,
markdowns and appropriate relocation of merchandise. As
management I learned how to perform tasks such as but not
limited to; returns and exchanges, auditing tills and hand
counting bank deposits for changing cashiers and closing
procedure in a retail setting, shipment acknowledgement and
merchandising all while working harmoniously in a sociable and
active environment with crew and customer.
Job Title: School Volunteer
Employer: 95th Street Elementary School Los Angeles CA
Length: 1 Year
Duties: Supervising children in and outside of a classroom setting. In
charge of grading, organizing, filing and soliciting of school
work. I was also involved with reading and general entertainment
of the children during free time through such tools as
literature and art.
Job Title: Clerical Intern
Employer: DRA Inc. Inglewood CA
Length: 3 months
Duties: Performing general receptionist duties such as answering multi-
line telephones and appropriating the calls and messages to the
proper recipients. I was also made familiar with proper
procedures for filing, faxing, copying, postage regulation and
general office errands.
Skills: MANAGEMENT, CASH REGISTER, SALES ASSOCIATE, TYPING, FILING, FAXING,
OPENING AND CLOSING OF A RETAIL FACILITY, SHIPMENT, MERCHANDISING,
MERCHANDISE RECOVERY AND GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC
EDUCATION CONCEPTS AND STANDARDS, BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE CODE OF ETHICS
PERTAINING TO ASSISTING A TEACHER IN/OUT OF CLASSROOM SETTING, KNOWLEDGE OF
WHATS BEING TAUGHT TODAY IN OUR CLASSROOMS.
Education: High school graduate/ 3 years college experience/ Bachelor
Degree for Human Services with a specific in Management in progress.
Additional Comments: I am a diligent, reliable and hardworking individual.
I'm a fast learner. I am eager to acquire knowledge and new skills and
conquer any objective given to me. I also love working with children and
assisting in helping to further develop their brains and expand their
knowledge and yearning for education.
*References available upon request*