Customer Service Sales Associate

SARA JAY MCGUFFEY

***** ** ***** ***** ********, WA 98034

*************@*****.*** · 650-***-****

EDUCATION

AUGUST 2020 – JULY 2021

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF AYURVEDA, NEVADA CITY, CA

MAY 2019

HENRY GUNN HIGH SCHOOL, PALO ALTO, CA

JANUARY 2018

SAKURA GAKUEN SCHOOL, SACRAMENTO, CA

CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTION IN ADVANCED JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY EXPERIENCE

DECEMBER 2019 – MARCH 2020 & AUGUST 2021 – JUNE 2022 SALES ASSOCIATE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE, STANFORD, CA Cashier, customer service, training new employees, general store responsibilities, knowledge of overall store operations and able to flex and work across various store departments NOVEMBER 2020—MAY 2021

TEAM MEMBER, WHOLE FOODS, PALO ALTO, CA

Cashier, customer service, general store responsibilities MARCH 2019—DECEMBER 2019

TEAM MEMBER, JAMBA JUICE, STANFORD, CA

Food and juice preparation, cashier, customer service, general store responsibilities AUGUST 2018 – DECEMBER 2018

TEACHING ASSISTANT, GUNN HIGH SCHOOL, PALO ALTO, CA Supported high school teacher in Level 3 Japanese language classroom JULY 2018 – OCTOBER 2018

DELICATESSEN WORKER, SCHAUB’S FINE MEAT & POULTRY, STANFORD, CA Food preparation, cooking, cashier, customer service, general store responsibilities JUNE 2018

ENVISION NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM, WASHINGTON, DC Participated in 6-day program in Washington, DC focused on three fields of national security: Diplomacy, Intelligence & Defense. Attended lectures, workshops and participated in simulations JULY 2015 – AUGUST 2015

CHILD CARE ASSISTANT, EL CARMELO KIDS CLUB, PALO ALTO, CA Supported summertime child-care program at a local public school-based facility; prepared snacks, taught art, responsible for co-leading field trips, and general child care duties Sara Jay McGuffey Curriculum Vitae, p. 2

PERFORMANCE AND OTHER EXPERIENCE

DECEMBER 2009 – DECEMBER 2019

CONCERT HARPIST, HARPEGGIO, LOS ALTOS, CA

Student performer in annual 20 Harps for the Holidays concerts with ensemble of professional teachers, artists and other studio students, playing pedal and Celtic harps. Currently second chair MARCH - JUNE 2015

EXCHANGE STUDENT AND HOST, NEIGHBORS ABROAD, PALO ALTO, CA Hosted Japanese students in California, traveled with Palo Alto sister city middle school students and chaperones to Tsuchiura, Japan and toured the country. Lived with host family in Tsuchiura and attended middle school with Japanese peers, learning about local culture, language and customs

JANUARY 2013 – MAY 2014

CHORUS/MAKEUP ARTIST, STANFORD SAVOYARDS, STANFORD, CA

• HMS Pinafore (January 2013)

• The Sorcerer (May 2013)

• The Mikado (January 2014)

• Patience (May 2014)

AWARDS, HONORS AND CERTIFICATES

• Washington State Food Worker Card (Current)

• California Food Handlers Certificate (July 2018 – July 2021)

• First Place: 2D Fine Art, 2018 High School Clean Air Art Contest, Breathe Sacramento (May 2018)

• First Place: Advanced Category – 10th Annual Sakura Gakuen Language School speech contest, Sacramento, CA (March 2018)

• Japanese-Language Proficiency Certificate: N5, conferred by Japan Foundation and Japanese Educational Exchanges and Services (January 2018)

• Social Science Special Achievement Award, Inderkum High School, Sacramento, CA ( May 2017)

• Conceptual Physics Science Award, Palo Alto High School (Spring 2016)

• Red Cross Babysitter Certificate, San Jose, CA Red Cross (July 2015)

• Music Teachers’ Scholarship, Palo Alto Unified School District (April 2011) SKILLS AND INTERESTS

• Strong customer service skills

• Japanese language (Proficient, Level N5)

• Natural and Ayurvedic medicine

• Helping others

• Music and performing (piano and harp)

• Artist (drawing, stage makeup)

• Strong general computer skills

• Creative writing

REFERENCES

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