Administrative Assistant Photo Editor

WANDA R. WHISNANT

**** ******** **., ******, ** *7529 aducti@r.postjobfree.com 919-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Bringing 15+ years of experience and skills in listening, arranging meetings and travel, training and mentoring, accuracy, flexibility, enthusiasm, courtesy, and oral and written communication with diverse populations plus computer skills that meet strict deadlines.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Administrative Specialist Experience

- Saved departmental time and money by streamlining the hiring process and increasing staff retention by input from creation and maintenance of databases, charts, graphs, and reports 9 years

- Property Tax appeals correspondence and database for 100 counties 3 years

- Managed pre-employment testing inventory by keeping centers stocked creating an unhampered and uninterrupted testing environment for staff and applicants 3 years

- Scanned completed forms (TABE, COVT, MMPI, supplemental pilot), exported data and sent results confidentially, timely, and accurately to keep prisons adequately staffed 3 years

- Administered Accelerated Reading program, monitored database, made bulletin board and incentives prompting competition among teachers and students to improve reading levels 2 years

- Wrote monthly 4-page school newsletter keeping staff, students, and parents informed 1 year

- Scheduled sessions, arranged staffing, and administered the computerized end-of-year testing pilot program leading to the revision of special education assessments 2 mos

- Computer troubleshooting, virus cleaning, fixing technical problems 10 years

Supervisory and Management Experience

- Trained, fingerprinted, and managed a diverse 19 member Enumeration team that became the district leader in timely and accurate data-gathering, performed observations, assigned, reviewed, and verified work, created and submitted and weekly reports 4 mos

- Resolved issues and kept 21 Teacher Assistants informed as their TA Representative liaison with the county, earned status as “Teacher Assistant of the Year” in 2002-2003 2 years

- Managed Architect’s 2 person office, posted submittals, created drawings, developed and maintained project database, and communicated with headquarters, subcontractors and contractors so that a 750 bed facility was constructed per specifications, on time, and within budget 3 years

Teaching Experience

- Instilled confidence and enthusiasm in recruited preschoolers by teaching computer skills, adapting lessons to developmental level, and discussing progress with parents and teachers 2 years

- Ran a 26 station computer lab, taught (teachers and students) software and hardware which enhanced learning and skill-levels such that curriculum objectives were met or exceeded 3 years

- Tutored under-performing elementary children in math and reading which increased assessment scores and improved end-of-year test scores 4 years

WORK HISTORY

State of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC 2013-2022 (retired) and Bathfitter, Garner, NC 2013-2017

Crew Leader, US Census, Raleigh, NC 2010

Teacher, CompuChild, Raleigh, NC 2007-2010

Technical Administrative Assistant, Wake County Public Schools, Raleigh, NC 2000-2007

Research Assistant, NC Department of Correction, Raleigh, NC 1997-2000

COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced: Microsoft Word (65 wpm accurate), Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Windows XP, Vista, and 7, Virus Protection, Crowd Sourcing, internet, networking, and PC troubleshooting

Intermediate: Outlook, Blackboard, Word Perfect, TestMate, ScanTools, MicrotestQ, DataEase, TAO, Adobe, DOS, Outlook, Publisher, Project, PeopleSoft, Front Page, Dreamweaver, Photo Editor, autoCAD

EDUCATION

BA, Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

ACTIVITIES

Non-profit volunteer, continuing education, technology troubleshooting, light do-it-yourselfer

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