KAREN M. CORN
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Easley, South Carolina 29642 ac0xsn@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE
Highly motivated self-starter with professional attitude who is seeking to assist management in an office environment.
WORK EXPERIENCE
GREER STATE BANK (Greer, South Carolina)
June, 2005 – Present
Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer/President and Board of Directors
Maintain daily calendar for Chief Executive Officer/President; Schedule meetings for management and the Board of Directors.
Prepare and distribute monthly Board and Committee packages; Combine information for board and committee meetings into a program for the Ipad.
Attend monthly Board of Directors’ meetings and monthly Board Committee meetings.
Prepare and maintain Board of Directors’ minutes and Board Committee minutes.
Assist Chief Executive Officer/President with projects.
Compile information for employees’ newsletter.
Managed the bank’s marketing budget.
Managed the bank’s employee training system.
LITTLE JOYS (Taylors, South Carolina)
September, 2001 – June, 2005
Sales Associate/Buyer/Administrative Assistant
Assisted customers with designing custom bedding for their children’s rooms; Developed a personal relationship with customers by assisting them with their fabric design and accessory selections.
Responsible for inventorying, purchasing and maintaining stock of accessory items. Designed and maintained an inventory system to track purchases and sales of accessory items.
Maintained purchase orders, sales and deposit records on QuickBooks.
Set up and managed booths at Junior League Shows in Spartanburg, SC; Columbia, SC; Mobile, AL and Knoxville, TN for marketing and selling Little Joys’ bedding and accessories.
NORTH GREENVILLE COLLEGE (Tigerville, South Carolina)
January, 2000 – December, 2000
Secretary (25 hours/week)
Performed administrative duties for Chairman of the Math and Science Department and other faculty. Prepared departmental budget analyses, supervised work study students, developed a filing system for the Chairman and recorded minutes at faculty meetings.
BANK OF AMERICA (Greenville, South Carolina)
February, 1977 – March, 1998
Commercial Loan Department
Administrative Assistant (20 hours/week)
Provided service for a large customer including opening and closing checking and savings accounts for over one thousand of their companies. Handled all projects for a Senior Vice President, who was the contact account officer for this customer.
Administrative Assistant (Full-Time)
Administrative Assistant for Senior Vice President in charge of the Commercial Loan Department. Primary responsibility was to service the banking needs of the bank’s customers. Maintained customer files, received phone calls from customers and planned and scheduled departmental meetings.
Administrative Assistant for Senior Vice President in charge of Commercial Credit Policy. Performed administrative duties including processing all correspondence, filing and scheduling meetings for credit policy.
Secretary for Department Head in charge of the Commercial Loan Department. Duties included typing correspondence, transcribing dictation, typing confidential matters and scheduling meetings for department managers. Other special assignments included preparing agenda and organizing documents for quarterly board meetings of the Bank and development of a Customer Call Program for the Greenville area commercial lenders.
Assisted the Executive Assistant for the City Executive, which included organizing board meetings, transcribing correspondence for the City Executive and answering telephone calls for this office.
Maintained financial records for the Japan America Association of Western South Carolina.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
January, 1976 – December, 1976
Secretary
Secretary to the Chairman of Department of Public Health Nursing. Organized files for incoming nursing students, prepared correspondence to applicants and typed
general correspondence and tests for professors.
BLUE RIDGE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (Flat Rock, North Carolina)
January, 1974 – December, 1975
Receptionist/Clerical (part-time)
Receptionist and clerical work in the Business Office after school; Typed purchase orders for the Office Manager as well as filing and assisting with switchboard.
EDUCATION
Blue Ridge Technical College Hendersonville High School
Flat Rock, North Carolina Hendersonville, North Carolina
Executive Secretarial Science Graduated May, 1974
June, 1974 – December, 1975
OFFICE SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and Quickbooks
REFERENCES
Ken Harper
Executive Vice President
Countybank
Rick Danner
Mayor of Greer
Vice President – Countybank
Rick Medlock
CEO and President
Greer State Bank