Jennifer Alston ***** East **th Street
Independence, MO 64052
****.*****@****.***
Employment Objective: At this time, I seriously want to secure a position
that will provide me with steady income and benefits. My bailiwick and
talents lie in administrative assistant duties, of which I have much
experience and much to offer an interested company. My preference is to
work in a professional, corporate environment.
Brief self description:
20+ years administrative experience; Managed correspondence, phone calls,
and calendars; Typeset and designed general correspondences, memos,
templates, etc; Interacted with senior and executive management, and
customers; Work independently and/or within a team on projects;
Organization and arrangement of meetings, internal and external;
Organization of travel schedules and accommodations; Managed and created
document filing system; Prepared and/or revised basic documents; Maintained
and updated various department and company forms; Advanced Word and Excel,
intermediate Access and Powerpoint skills; Am able to handle multiple
tasks/deadlines; Ability to work and think independently; Strong
interpersonal skills; Above average accuracy and thoroughness in completion
of duties; Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information;
Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of an organization;
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; Organized; Proactive; Team
player; Detailed oriented; Self-starter and able to work independently;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required; Excellent
proofreader and editor.
Experience 11/2007-7/2010 Samuel U Rodgers Health Center, Kansas City, MO
Administrative assistant to Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Medical Officer,
Director of Development
Software help desk
Transportation scheduler for patients
Timesheet attendance monitor for nurse practitioners, providers
Office supplies orderer
Pitney Bowes machine operator
Secretary/minutes taker at Professional Staff meetings, Professional
Relations meetings, CPI meetings
Forms creator and owner
5/2005 to 10/2007 Office Team; Staffing Kansas City; Pro Staff; & Stivers
KCMO
Service Management Group: Client comments coder
KCATA: Administrative assistant, Human Resources department (6 weeks)
MARC: Administrative assistant, Emergency Services department (10 weeks)
Temporary-status employee, performing various executive administrative
assistant assignments
Performed as Sales Coordinator through Office Team 5/2005-9/2005. (LaFarge
Ready Mix): maintained project files & log, created & faxed quote sheets,
solved chargebacks, generated marketing & sales reports as needed, entered
custom messages to dispatch, created projects for customers & entered item
pricing, communicated with sales reps at sites, acquired insurance
certificates for customers (Lawson application)
12/2004 - 5/2005 Kansas City MO School District
Switchboard Secretary Front Office, Van Horn High School
1/2004 - 11/2004 Office Team & PBC Staffing Temporary Services
KCMO
Assignments for: Swope Health Services - executive assistant, Skillpath
Seminars - human resources assistant, Graystone Graphics - receptionist
switchboard, LaFarge Ready Mix - bill-ing assistant, International Box -
accounting assistant; BG Solutions - human resources assistant
1/2003 - 12/2003 Daily Bread Bakery Independence, MO
Owner-Baker Self-employment venture; baker, manager, sales, customer
service, et al
3/2000-12/2002 Midland Loan Services Overland Park, KS
Hired as Word Processor, left as Administrative Assistant - Asset
Management
Handled disbursement of assumption letters, ordering supplies, machine
repair
Edited and proofread loan assumption cases documents with senior vice
president
Created templates, forms, posters
Organized and scheduled department lunches and meetings
Department Office Manager
Acted as help desk in department and company
Substituted for CEO's administrative assistant on occasions (one a
six-week illness)
5/99-3/2000 VFW Headquarters Kansas City, MO
IT Department Administrative Assistant - receptionist
Assisted IT director, programmers, analysts, webmaster
Handled accounts payable
Acted as help desk to employees and executives
4/98 - 12/98 Wells Fargo Bank Green Isle, MN
Lobby and Vault Teller
9/95 - 1/98 Young America Corp. Norwood-Young America, MN
Executive Administrative Assistant - Sales, Community Relations
Coordinator
1st year, assisted sales account managers with meetings, correspondence,
etc.
Wrote monthly newsletter, acted as company photographer & reporter/writer
2nd-3rd years, managed the charitable distribution of merchandise to local
organizations, conducted in-house 1997 United Way Campaign, reported to
CFO
Created the employees' scholarship program, by selling merchandise to
employees, raising $50,000 (company is a fulfillment center)
1/95 - 8/95 Pro Staff Temporary Service Minneapolis, MN
Executive administrative assistant positions in the southwestern suburbs
of Minneapolis
11/93 - 12/94 McLeod Publishing Glencoe, MN
Ad Sales, typesetter, staff writer, reporter, photographer, & proofreader
Weekly newspaper and shopper for rural community and county
1/1990-9/1993 General Mills, Inc. Minneapolis, MN
Executive Administrative Assistant Promotions, Marketing Department
Created purchase orders, correspondence for managers
Maintained promotions' files and archive
Handled shipping of prototypes and documents to vendors, dealt by phone
with vendors
Organized and scheduled meetings between managers, brand groups, and
vendors
Education Van Horn High School, Independence, MO
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, B.A. - Art History, interned at
Minneapolis Institute of Arts for nine months on major international
exhibit, 1980 - 81. Art conservation independent study.
3 years custom picture framing experience, including conservation mounting
and framing.
Computer MS Office (Word- Expert, Excel - Intermediate, Powerpoint - Intermediate,
Knowledge Access- Intermediate), Lawson - Human Resources, Billing & Finance; can
function basically in any application in emergency situations; HTML
training, Visio, Publisher