Alta L. Harris
Murrieta, CA ***63
Cell: 951-***-****
E-mail: **********@***.***
Summary of Qualifications
Exceptionally detailed, organized, and highly accurate Administrative
Support professional with a unique ability to successfully manage multiple
secretarial projects simultaneously. Deliver outstanding results, leading
to increased levels of responsibility and recognition. Well-developed
interpersonal communication skills to work effectively with people from
diverse professional and cultural backgrounds.
Computer skills include: Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Internet, Outlook/Mail 2003, Visio, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PageMaker, eB
Webb, Oracle, PCTS
Professional Experience
Eastern Municipal Water District - Perris, CA Apr. 10
- Present
(AppleOne Employment Agency)
Administrative Assistant
. Provides administrative support for managers, supervisors and
Engineering staff. Schedules meetings and makes meeting and luncheon
arrangements. Prepares and distributes agendas and meeting minutes.
Answering, screening and responding to emails and phone calls.
. Create letters, memos, and documents. Develop Excel spreadsheets and
PowerPoint presentations. Types purchase requisitions to purchase
supplies and materials. Interacts with internal and external
customers. Duplicates, folds, and delivers copies of maps and
drawings.
. Spearheads the Engineering Department birthday club. Performs related
duties as assigned.
Zimmer Dental - Carlsbad, CA Jan. 09 - Sep. 09
(Express Employment Agency)
Administrative Assistant
. Processed sales admin request forms in IBM database, which entailed,
activating dental accounts, setting up new customer accounts, updating
addresses from dental offices that have moved, adding alternate dental
offices to accounts, communicating with customer service agents daily
and performing other duties as assigned.
Petra Geotechnical, Inc. - Murrieta, CA June 06 - May 08
Administrative Assistant
. Performed administrative duties for Director of Marketing, which
included answering and screening phone calls, drafting letters, typing
reports and proposals.
. Responsible for ordering office supplies, keeping kitchen stocked,
calendaring meetings and performed maintenance on office machines.
. Prepared Statement of Qualifications which entailed binding, printing
and mailing out to clients.
. Conducted extensive internet research on competitors and potential
clients and assisted Marketing Coordinator with gathering information
for proposals and submittals.
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International Rectifier - Temecula, CA Jan. 06 - Mar. 06
(AppleOne Employment Agency)
Administrative Assistant
. Worked for the Director of Quality Engineering, which entailed
answering phones and screening calls, compiled data for the monthly
ops review charts and met with staff to update their reports.
. Assisted with special projects and took notes at the staff meetings
daily. Created excel spreadsheets for tracking projects for control
charts and used PowerPoint daily to create presentations for meetings
and did heavy copying and pasting data from excel.
. Participated in the reorganization of data file clean-up on the shared
drive.
Abbott Corp - Temecula, CA Oct. 05 - Dec. 05
(TAC Worldwide Inc. Temp Agency)
Human Resources Assistant
. Completed a personnel file audit for corrected actions (Active &
Terms).
. Met with new hires to go over paperwork, offer letters and file
preparation for orientation, faxed paper work for verification and
background checks.
. Reorganized personnel files from A - Z and relabeled files.
. Processed internal application reviews for signature approvals, and
filtered paper work to hiring manager's and recruitment staff.
. Met and directed external candidates to meeting rooms for interviews.
Elite Bobcat Service - Corona, CA Sep. 04 - Apr. 05
Assistant
. Answered multi-line phones for back-up to receptionist, did heavy
faxing, filing, and making copies.
. Provided preliminary information requests to our suppliers. Made phone
calls to obtain release information to receive payment for the
company.
DIRECTV, Inc. - El Segundo, CA May 98 - Aug.
04
Executive Assistant- Supported Vice President & Director of Human
Resources
. Provided high quality support to Vice President and Director which
involved heavy calendar management, requiring interaction with other
executive assistants to coordinate a variety of complex executive
meetings.
. Successfully coordinated and planned catered events for meetings,
booked venues, and selected guest speakers. Answered and screened
phone calls, arranged conferences, meetings, conference calls, and
travel arrangements for Human Resources Director and Vice President.
. Prepared and executed presentations for management using PowerPoint.
. Improved Vice President's productivity and efficiency by designing new
filing system.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HR Management Certificate ( Cal State Dominguez
Company computer classes related to software applications
Certificate in Word Processing ( Harbor Occupational School
Certificate for Personnel/HR Assistant 2 day Workshop
Banning High School