Administrative Assistant Sales
Resume:
AMANDA GRANT
Jarrell, TX *****
***********@*****.***
Profile:
A college graduate and recent business owner with strong business and people skills.
Major strengths include:
• Ambitious, strong work ethic, and willingness to learn
• A self-starter that takes pride in doing an excellent job
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Complex problem solving capacity
• Attention to detail, follow-through and the ability to effectively multi-task
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to cultivate positive customer relationships
Objective:
To obtain a professional position in an ethical and strong business where I can utilize and grow my skills
in an energetic and positive environment. I want to find a place where I can be part of a team and build
a career.
Education:
May 2009 Bachelor of Arts
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Major: Psychology
Experience:
07/2010-Present
Nutraceutical Systems International
Administrative Assistant-Temporary Job
• Handled and reworked the badge security system to make it more usable for
management. Administered badges to all new employees and temporary
workers.
• Thoroughly audited all employee files to make sure no employee records
were missing anything, and then collected all missing information such as, I-9
forms, Phone Numbers, and anything that needed to be signed.
• Meticulously ensured that all weekly payrolls were correct and prepared a
payroll allocation report making sure the numbers matched up properly.
• Updated all temporary worker spreadsheets to ensure that everyone was
getting paid properly and that the company was paying the correct bill to the
Temporary Agency.
• Reviewed new hire information for new employees-this includes policies and
rules of the company. Also administered and graded IQ tests for potential
employees.
• Performed other office duties such as faxing, copying, and scanning. Some of
these involve working with the unemployment office.
• Currently I am rewriting the Employee Handbook to meet a higher standard
for Nutraceutical Systems International.
11/2008- 03/2010
Café Amanda, Jarrell, Texas
Owner
• Established Café business plans and arranged funding to start my business.
• Organized and completed the building renovation and decoration.
• Ordered and maintained the perishable food inventory and Café supplies.
• Managed one full-time employee and two part-time wait persons.
• Handled the day to day financial tasks of paying the bills, making payroll,
processing the credit card receipts and generally keeping the Café books.
• Developed and executed a marketing strategy to promote the business.
• Performed the main cooking for the Café. This included dine-in service,
orders to-go and catering events.
• Completed the necessary facility maintenance.
08/2008 -12/2008
Options for Young Parents, Bryan, Texas
Internship for Psyc 484 class credit
• Tutored the students in any subject they were having problems in.
• Made home visits and mentored the students that were no longer attending
public school.
• Participated in school visits to the local middle schools and high schools to
check on the students we were working with.
• Took part in the weekly Options organization meetings.
• Worked in the school daycare once a week.
03/2007- 08/2007
Pruitt’s Fabric Shop, College Station, Texas
Sales Associate
• Maintained shop inventory and kept the store organized.
• Processed in-store sales and also phone orders.
• Managed the store during times when the owner was away.
• Shipped customer orders within the United States.
• Maintained a clean store interior, designed the front display windows and
kept the exterior store front clean.
03/2006 - 05/2009
DJS Investments, Inc., College Station, Texas
Property Manager
• Managed the leases on two bedrooms of a four bedroom rental home and
made certain that the units were always rented out.
• Ensured lease compliance and also handled collection of monthly rent.
• Scheduled the necessary interior and outside property maintenance.
Technical Skills:
• Microsoft Office
o Word 2003 and 2007
o PowerPoint
o Excel
o Outlook
• General office skills
Interests:
• I enjoy talking with people and getting to know
them. I had quite a loyal customer following at the
Café and not getting to see those folks is probably
what I miss the most after closing my Café.
• I also enjoy solving problems. I worked with other
downtown Jarrell business owners to form a group
that served as an organization to promote
knowledge and patronage of the downtown
businesses. We now produce a monthly newsletter
called the “Jarrell Downtowner” that promotes a
new business each month.
• I am also on the Jarrell High School Improvement
Committee, where we look at different objectives
and decide whether or not we should pursue a
different path or stick to the same, when dealing
with school “rules.”
References available upon request
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