Sales Assistant

Linda M. Shaw

P.O. Box **** Cell: 406-***-****

East Helena MT 59635 Email: **********@*****.***

Experience

Jackson, Murdo & Grant, PC

Sept. 2000 – Dec. 2015

Receptionist/legal assistant

Assist attorneys, legal assistants and paralegals with duties such as preparing letters, deeds, contracts, wills, and other documents. Open, close, and file all case files, answer telephone calls and route calls, greet clients, order and maintain supplies, process the daily cash log, open, sort and distribute daily mail to attorneys, and maintain card file and database on all clients. Duties included scanning, photocopying, filing, word processing, etc.

Southwestern Minnesota Synod – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

March 1992 – June 2000

Support Staff to the Assistant to the Bishop

Worked with congregational call committees, Synod Call Committee, and pastors. Received resumes and created tables in MS Word to compare all skills and abilities of prospective pastors with congregational expectations, also in tables created in MS Word. Eventually transferred tables to Paradox database. Coordinated building facility for 3 meeting rooms, prepared for all aspects of meetings taking place in the facility, including catering arrangements, table and chair setup, created and distributed agenda and all materials for meetings, distributing minutes following meetings.

Coordinated youth gatherings of more than 1500 high school students from 285 congregations in our synod and annual pastors’ retreat of almost 300 pastors. Responsibilities: Negotiated contracts for motels, Bible Camps, speakers, entertainment, and catering; created all materials including pamphlets, brochures, evaluations, and mailing lists.

John Day Company

December 1989 – March 1992

Inside Sales/Secretary

Worked with over 2000 retail implement dealership managers and parts personnel in five Midwest states. Coordinated telephone sales with three branch offices and main office in Omaha, Nebraska. Duties included telephone sales, shipment editing, assessing insurance and shipping charges, processing orders on networked computer terminals with branch and main offices, setting up accounts, recording customer payments, opening, sorting, distributing daily mail. Recorded salesman’s travel reports and sale records, prepared performance reports, proved petty cash.

Skills

Extensive and diverse background in Administration. Excellent inter-personal and communication skills. Strong work ethic. Experienced in prioritizing and handling multiple tasks. Organizational. Team player with very positive attitude. Multi-line phone system, copiers, fax, scanning, typewriter, postage machines, etc.

Activities and Interests

Literacy Tutor, Red Cross Disaster Team, Sunday School Teacher, Pastoral Search Committee member, reading, travel., Continuing Education classes.

Reference letters available upon request.

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