Data Entry Administrative Assistant

MATTHEW L. KARRES

**** *** **** ****** *** Vegas, Nevada 89178 702-***-**** *********@***.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Experienced Facilitator and Motivational Leader With Diversified Background

Extensive expertise in health, wellness and weight loss

Genuine service orientation with the ability to build and maintain customer relationships

Organized; able to handle multiple priorities while maintaining optimum levels of efficiency and productivity

Extremely self-motivated; able to work both independently and as a solid team member

Excellent interpersonal communication skills; high energy and outgoing PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2000 - Present Weight Watchers Las Vegas, NV and Central Valley, CA Wellness Coach ~ The mission of a Wellness Coach is to instruct, guide and support members in their effort to safely and sensibly reach health and wellness goals, and maintain weight loss. Via the virtual Zoom platform and traditional in-person meetings, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Creatively and effectively, facilitate up to 15 weekly group meetings on varying topics to deliver the Weight Watchers program information and its primary message to members

Deepen the relevance of meetings by establishing an honest and open atmosphere of safety and trust

Guide group discussions, celebrate member achievements, and conduct new member orientation

Build a genuine rapport with members and provide realistic solutions to the inherent challenges of weight loss; strive to permanently change people’s relationship with food

Having maintained a 300-pound loss for over 20 years, provide continual inspiration for lasting change in the lives of members by being a living testimony to the program’s enduring effectiveness

Consistently maintain strong corporate program knowledge to effectively answer questions and address concerns

Supervise support staff to ensure correct recordkeeping and financial transactions Supply Manager ~ In the first two years with Weight Watchers, the function of this administrative position was to support meeting spaces and centers through:

Accounting and inventory control of all products, ordering and delivering all print material and program tools to meeting centers, and coordination of building maintenance 2016 to 2018 Merced Chiropractic Merced, CA

Administrative Assistant

Staff leadership, insurance billing, collections and payables, bookkeeping, client/patient service 1986 - 2001 Flamingo Hilton Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, NV Hotel Revenue Audit Assistant Supervisor/Audit Clerk

Audit and balance all paid and complimentary non-gaming revenue; data entry; prepare and distribute daily hotel revenue profit and loss reports

Assist in the selection and training of new staff members AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Appearances on the Las Vegas Morning Blend talk show and numerous public presentations representing the Weight Watchers brand and program; and, 15-year Toastmasters participant and speaker

Three-time recognition as Weight Watchers Leader of the Year for the Southern Nevada and Southern Utah area, based upon member attendance and retention, percentage of weight loss in all classes, member feedback, and highest product sales

Published author of two weight loss related books – “Confessions of a Weight Loss Counselor” and

“101 Ways Your Life is Better Thin” website: www.lifeisbetterthin.com EDUCATION: UNR and Stockton University – Major: English Literature Graduate: Bishop Gorman High School

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