Mary L. Carpenter
P.O. Box ** 630-***-**** or 815-***-****
Shabbona, IL 60550 **************@*****.***
Education: Kishwaukee College – Malta, IL
Associate of Applied Sciences earned in August 2010
Major – Business and Marketing Management
Significant Courses/Experiences:
- Excel/Spreadsheets - Entrepreneurial Finance
- Consumer Economics - Business Mathematics
- Management Information Systems - Human Resource Management
- Human Relations - Introduction to Business
- Introduction to Management - Introduction to Marketing
- VP of Business Club 08/09 - President of Business Club 09/10
Joliet Junior College – Joliet, IL
Associate of Applied Sciences earned in December 2008
Major – Culinary Arts
Significant Courses/Experiences:
- Sanitation Certificate - Principals of Hot Food Preparation
- Cost and Portion - Food Service Purchasing
- Catering - Hospitality Supervision
- Nutrition - Garde Manger
- Friday Night Dinner Series - Menu Planning
- Culinary Competition Team, Silver Medal Earned at ACF Regional Conference
Work 03/13-present: Farmers Insurance
Experience Position: Agent
Job Duties: Selling Insurance
Marketing
Entering policies
Providing excellent customer service
Answering phones
02/13-03/13:American Family Insurance
Position: Office Manager
Job Duties: Selling Insurance
Marketing
Entering policies
Providing excellent customer service
Answering phones
09/12-03/13:Millbrook Hunt Club – Millbrook, IL
Position: Household Manager
Job Duties: Maintaining a clean club house
Maintaining a full inventory
Stocking the inventory of the club house
06/12-09/12: Prometric Testing Center – Sycamore, IL
Position: Test Center Administrator
Job Duties: Maintained a secure testing environment
Checked in and out customers
Answered phones and greeted customers
08/10/-05/11: Bull Moose Bar and Grille – Sandwich, IL
Position: Executive Chef and Kitchen Manager
Job Duties: Ordered all of the food/supplies
Hired and trained all staff
Scheduled staff
Managed staff of 15-20
Maintained proper sanitation
Created daily specials
Expedited
Managed every aspect of the kitchen
Hosted, served and ran food
Helped programed POS system
Position: Consultant
Job Duties: Created the menu
Developed all recipes
Designed all of the menus
Organized the layout of the kitchen
Guided purchasing of equipment
05/05-08/10: Private Catering
Position: Executive Chef
Events Catered: Private dinner parties
Open houses
Museum openings
Formal graduation parties
Job Duties: Planned menus according to clients’ needs
Managed budgets
Purchased event supplies
Hired and managed staff
Created table-scapes
06/07-01/09: Executive Affiliates – Big Rock, IL
Position: Private Chef
Job Duties: Prepared foods for special dietary needs
Supervised every aspect of the kitchen
Prepared meals for 1-200 people
Planned menus
Maintained the budget
Managed the wait staff
Maintained proper sanitation
Purchased groceries
Prepared meals for staff and guests
Helped supervise children
Took care of pets
09/06-06/07: Duy’s Shoes and Sportswear, Sandwich/Yorkville, IL
Position: Sales Associate
Job Duties: Maintained customer relationships
Assisted with customer purchases
Answered phones
Ran cash register
04/02-05/06: Dickson Valley Camp – Newark, IL
Position: Cook (07/03-05/06)
Job Duties: Managed staff of 1-6
Prepared meals for 20-200 people
Maintained/enforced proper sanitation
Introduced new menu items
Position: Kitchen staff (04/02-07/03)
Job Duties: Assisted with meal preparation
Helped maintain proper sanitation