Sales Manager
Resume:
CHERYL D BUCKNER
Shreveport, LA 71115
Email: ******.*********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE To obtain a professional position where I can use my people skills, organizational skills, marketing skills,
professionalism, writing and graphics skills to enhance the growth and integrity of any organization.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Articulate and effective communicator and trainer
• Capable of handling a diversity of responsibilities simultaneously
• Extensive marketing background, dealing with all aspects from creation to implementation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Administration/Marketing/Graphic Design FREELANCE CONTRACTOR
2/09 present Shreveport, Louisiana
• Copywriting and editing of articles for various trade, community and web publications
• Data entry and correspondence
• Design newsletters, letterhead, business cards, direct mail pieces, etc. for various companies
• Virtual Personal Assistant
• PowerPoint presentations at advanced level
Staffing/Recruiting Coordinator PRIORITY MEDICAL STAFFING
6/08 2/09 Shreveport, Louisiana
• Recruited nurses, respiratory therapists, and certified nursing assistants for staffing throughout North and South
Louisiana, East Texas, and Dallas
• Daily calls to hospitals and nursing homes regarding their current needs, in order to place caregivers for them
• Assist human resources assistant in updating files and interviewing applicants and getting them in the system
• Took phone interviews and mailed out packets to potential applicants all over the state of Louisiana and East Texas, as
well Dallas, Texas and South Arkansas
• Assessments and grading of JCAHO accredited testing and credentials
• Built good working relationship with current and potential caregivers and clients
• Internet prospect recruiting
• Consistently met budget weekly
• Created flyers for the marketing staff when needed
Church Secretary (part-time) EASTWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST
4/08 2/09 Haughton, Louisiana
• Creation and design of weekly newsletter
• Designed and maintenance of PowerPoint presentations for announcements and speakers
• Mailing of letters to visitors, weekly newsletter, and other correspondence as needed.
• Answering phone
• Upkeep of church website
Staffing/Allied Coordinator GSN STAFFING/MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK
9/07 4/08 Shreveport, Louisiana
• Marketing and sales calls to potential clients, large and small, office and industrial
• Worked with branch manager and regional to start up of new general staffing branch, in the process of building
database of wide range of clients
• Marketing and sales call to current and potential Allied Health Care clients in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, etc
• Maintained database of Allied Professional caregivers, including, but not limited to, Respiratory Therapists,
Phlebotomists, Medical Assistants, X-Ray Technicians, Occupational Therapists, Dental Assistants, etc.
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• Maintained separate database of industrial, clerical and professional applicants and clients
• Took phone interviews and mailed out packets to potential applicants all over the state of Louisiana and East Texas, as
well as Arkansas and Mississippi
• Assessments and grading of JCAHO accredited testing and credentials
• Built good working relationship with current and potential caregivers
• Internet and past prospect recruiting
• Consistently met budget weekly
• Created flyers and newsletters for clients and active employees
Account Executive APPLE ONE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
5/06 08/07 Shreveport, Louisiana
• Marketing and sales to clients, large and small, office and industrial.
• Maintained large client base, especially industrial.
• Increased profit margin on a consistent basis.
• Interviewed and screening of applicants, evaluations and testing of each.
• Internet recruiting.
• Promoted within 7 months to Account Executive from Office/HR Coordinator.
Account Manager SPHERION STAFFING
7/05- 04/06 Shreveport, Louisiana
• Established excellent client relationships in Shreveport, Bossier and East Texas
• Recruited potential candidates for established manufacturing and clerical client base.
• Conducted training sessions for large corporate account prospects.
• Developed marketing database for monthly mailer to established and potential clients.
• Implemented corporate direct mail program, increasing qualified candidate pool by 25% and increasing company sales
by 10% in less than three months.
• Recruited, interviewed and trained potential candidates, including testing skill levels, updating resumes, coaching,
counseling and marketing.
ADDITIONAL PAST EMPLOYMENT
Creative Director CREATIVE MARKETING GROUP dba CITY LIGHTS MAGAZINE
Lead Graphic Designer LOUISIANA DIRECTORIES now USER FRIENDLY PHONE BOOK
Graphic Designer PARAGON PRESS
COMPUTER PROGRAM SKILLS (cross platform):
Microsoft Excel MacDraw Microsoft Word Lotus 1-2-3 Adobe Acrobat Freehand
Corel Draw QuarkXpress WordPerfect Persuasion PageMaker Photoshop
Powerpoint Adobe Illustrator Microsoft Publisher Adobe InDesign Various Databases Multi-Ad
EDUCATION: Art Institute of Dallas - Dallas, Texas
Journalism & Eastfield Community College - Mesquite, Texas
Graphic Arts Louisiana State University - Shreveport, Louisiana
Captain Shreve High School - Shreveport, Louisiana
CERTIFICATES: Brainbench Certified in Business Writing, 2009
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