E lizabeth A. Garza
832-***-**** *********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position as an administrative assistant in which I may use my knowledge of office
administrative procedures and strong background in office management.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Houston Independent School District
May 1992 – Present
Senior Secretary (Construction and Facility Services)
• Provided secretarial support primarily for Senior Managers and Project Managers.
Prepared and processed all requisitions, invoices, and pay applications
Established and maintained tracking logs of all budget documents.
Prepared contracts, agreements, Project Manuals, Elementary School Educational
Specifications, board items, advertisements, bid specifications, letters, memos,
agendas, and reports.
Utilized PeopleSoft to report time/payroll for department.
Scheduled and assisted in preparing for meetings.
Maintained calendar for Senior Managers.
Established, organized, and maintained filing systems of scanned documents.
Sorted, read, routed incoming mail, answered incoming calls, greeted and
assisted visitors.
Acted as Notary for the department.
Houston Independent School District
August 1987 – May 1992
Data Entry Clerk IV (Facilities and Maintenance Operations - Computer
Programming and Budget Services and Procurement)
• Entered all budget information into computer to various programs to prepare
appropriate data processing reports.
Provided daily reports of budget transactions and balances to prevent
departments from exceeding their allotted budgets.
Processed budget documents, generated requisitions, and prepared purchase
orders for payment.
Provided requisition and purchase order status and all budget information as needed.
Houston Independent School District September
1982 – August 1987
CPT Operator (Occupational and Continuing Education)
Entered into CPT 8100 word processor all budget information including monies
spent, added, or transferred in the individual budgets.
Provided a weekly report of budget balances.
Maintained an accounting and filing system of budget reports, teachers’,
counselors’, and administrators’ travel.
Compiled statistical data to prepare quarterly federal reports for Accounting
Department.
Houston Independent School District September
1978 – September 1982
Secretary (Occupational and Continuing Education – Career
Development/Public Relations)
• Provided secretarial support primarily for Directors and teachers.
• Typed all letters, memos, reports and requisitions.
• Processed requisitions and prepared purchase orders for payment.
• Establish and maintain a record-keeping system of requisitions and purchase
orders.
Sorted, read, routed incoming mail, answered incoming calls, greeted and
assisted visitors.
SKILLS
Software: Word, Excel, Outlook, PeopleSoft, Power Point, and SAP
Other Skills:
Data Entry
Bookkeeping/Record-Keeping
Maintain good public relations
Use of office machines such as copier, scanner, fax machine, calculator
Oral and written use of English grammar
Maintain good public relations
Notary Public