MARIA GARCIA
*** **** ***** ******, ***** * ● Bronx, New York 10451 ● 917-***-**** ● Cell 646-***-****
● E-Mail: **************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
NYC Self-Employment Work At Home 06/2010-Present
Travel Agent
Researching travel options & presenting the best deals in terms of requirements.
Ensure all bookings & reservations are processed accurately. Responding to all phone enquiries promptly, courteously and in a friendly manner. Filing, photocopying and general administrative duties.
Building strong relationships with clients. Ability to achieve branch, team sales and profitability objectives.
Up selling relevant add-ons, like, insurance, excursions, currency etc. Monitoring bookings throughout the working day.
Negotiating corporate and best rates with hotels. Advising on and organizing visas & passports.
Booking rail, hotel, and domestic and international air travel. Monitoring competitor activity in order to maintain the most competitive rates.
Ensuring travel brochures & promotional literature are displayed prominently. Complying with all relevant laws and travel business legislation. Handling high numbers of incoming calls from direct customers and travel trade.
NYC HRA Home Energy Assistants Program 09/2010-Present
HEAP Data Entry/ Clerk
Coordinates mail for internal and external distributes applications to the appropriate department for application processing.
Monitored cases actions of clients by reviewing eligibility requirements, validation of documents for determination of Home Energy Assistants Program (HEAP), in order to ensure eligibility determinations conform to Federal State local guidelines.
Maintained clients’ cases folders by assembling, collating documents forms making appropriate notations, in order to provide a continuing history of pertinent action cases.
Operates a personal computer system for data entry of clients’ information for retrieval at the HEAP Central Office; Verify clients eligibility for HEAP benefits in the welfare Management system (WMS).
Review and assess case records and WMS printouts to ascertain if the category of assistance is correct.
Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration (MICSA)/Personnel Services
Assistant to the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Personnel 12/2005 - 06/2010
Family Independence Administration/Personnel Administration 08/1997 - 12/2002
Personnel Action Request (PAR) Unit Associate
Provides administrative support for MICSA/Personnel Services Division tasked with the personnel administration and
Employment services for approximately 4,300 employees. Drafts, types, and proofreads memoranda and correspondence
Prepared by the Director
Assists in the collection of information, checking, verifying and preparing documents and ad-hoc reports. Assists with
The Financial Disclosure and Photo ID processes for staff
Maintains a personnel filing system for control and safeguard of personnel records requiring the highest level of
confidentiality including time and leave requests, lateness, and absences of records. Perform administrative functions on behalf
of the Director .
Coordinates mail for internal and external distribution; maintains control items; determines what requires the Director’s
Immediate attention; assigns priority level to ensure orderly workflow
Maintains scheduling calendar for the Director and compilation of materials for scheduled meetings
Screens and monitors telephone calls, provides information, takes messages, refers calls to appropriate
Parties.
Assisted with the preparation of documents for promotions/demotions, transfers, reinstatements, title changes, and position upgrades
Maintained the transfer and resume data bases. Assisted the unit by reviewing resumes and ensuring that candidates’ education
and work experience meets the position requirements
Maintained liaison with program areas, the Office of Staff Resources as well as staff regarding hiring pools, interviews, and
scheduling processing dates for candidates
Assisted and provided direction to candidates in the completion of hiring documentation
EDUCATION
Boston University
Certifícate Paralegal Non/ Complex 2009
University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Puerto Rico
Degree: Double B.A in /Sociology/Criminology, 1986
Harver Institute of Long Island Travel and Agency, 1993
SKILLS
Proficient in Windows, and MS Excel, Sabre; Extensive Internet knowledge. Fluent in Spanish