Real Estate Customer Service

KAREN L. DeBIAS

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BUSINESS OBJECTIVE: To obtain a challenging position commensurate with my experience.

BUSINESS PROFILE:

All aspects of small business ownership

Home Healthcare Caregiver

Licensed K-12 Substitute Teacher in District # 300-****-****

Comprehensive skills in accounting system design and management, including responsibility for staff coordination and monthly financial reporting.

Effectively train and supervise accounting and administrative staff in accurate ledger maintenance, billing, AP/AR, and payroll procedures.

Proficient in QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, Excel, Word and Quickbooks.

Management and maintenance of state annual corporate reporting.

Extensive years of customer service experience

CAREER BACKGROUND:

Professional Caregiver/Hospice Caregiver – LUX HOME CARE, Carol Stream, IL 2022 - Present

Allie Kopecky, Agency Owner, 312-***-****

Owner-Operator of a Professional Pet Sitting Business, Carpentersville, IL 2006 - 2022

Substitute Teacher, SCHOOL DISTRICT #300, Carpentersville, IL 1991 - 2022

Part Time as needed

Ronald Michalek, Broker-Owner, RE/MAX ASSOCIATES, West Bartlett, IL 2004 - 2006

OFFICE MANAGER - Responsible for all activities in the accounts payable function. Timely payments of vendor invoices and expense vouchers. Maintained accurate records and control reports. Reviewed applicable accounting reports and accounts payable register to ensure accuracy. Trained and supervised up to three employees; determined and met special corporate needs for complete ledger maintenance and reporting. Developed corporate bookkeeping systems and procedures to ensure strong internal controls. Developed and managed corporate document retention plan. Initial review of all legal invoices. Managed front office customer service.

Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL 2002 – 2003

STUDENT, Part-Time

Successful completion of Certified Nurse Assistant Curriculum. Additional classes to sit for college Nursing entrance examination.

Real Estate Related Positions 1984 – 2002

OFFICE MANAGER – Transaction Department, Hometouch, Inc., Des Plaines, IL

RELOCATION COUNSELOR – Prudential Relocation, Schaumburg, IL

RELOCATION DIRECTOR – Prudential Premier Realty, Algonquin, IL

APPRAISER – Ovington Appraisals, Elgin, IL

REALTOR – RE/MAX Homes Northwest, Lake Zurich, IL

REALTOR – Coldwell Banker Residential Services, Palatine, IL

Paralegal/Legal Assistant Related Positions 1979 - 1984

ACQUISITION PARALEGAL, VMS Realty, Inc., Chicago, IL

CORPORATE PARALEGAL, Sidley, Austin & Brown, Chicago, IL

LEGAL ASSISTANT/LEGAL SECRETARY, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL

Front Desk Clerk, Daniel Boone Hotel, Charleston, WV 1976-1979

Summers during College 1976-1979

EDUCATION:

Real World Training, Arlington Heights, IL

·QUICKBOOKS ENTERPRISE TRAINING

·ADVANCED WORD TRAINING

·ADVANCED EXCEL TRAINING

·HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING

·MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

STUDENT – Completed CNA Course 2003

·ECC Scholarship recipient of $10K Grant awarded to Single Parent returning to college.

Harper College, Palatine, IL

INTERNET ONLINE CLASS IN PHARMACOLOGY

– Received an A in this course.

McHenry County College

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION TO SIT FOR STATE EXAM TO BECOME A LICENSED APPRAISER.

Industry-Related Courses

Classroom Instruction to be able to sit for the Certified Relocation Professional Designation

Classroom Instruction in Beginning Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Windows.

Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL

6-Month Generalist Paralegal Program

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in ANIMAL SCIENCES - Area of Study: Animal Biology

Graduated 1979

Dundee Community High School, Carpentersville, IL

Graduated 1973

PERSONAL: I have been a single parent since 1991 to Alexander DeBias Becker, a 2009 Graduate of Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, currently working in Kiev, Ukraine, as a World History and World Geography teacher at the American International University along wiith his wife, Larisa Yuchenko, a Ukraine native, who teaches English as a Second Language. (She speaks, reads and writes Ukranian, Russian, Mandarin, and English.)

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