Responding to your query for self-starting administrative assistant

CAROL A. BIDWELL

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*** ******* **., **** *******, Calif. 93041 805-***-**** *******@***.***

Hello:

I'm an award-winning, dynamic, prolific newspaper veteran in a world where newspapers are becoming increasingly irrelevant.

I've learned many useful skills along the way, and I'm eager to use them to take my career in a new direction that would benefit a company in need of a mature outlook and management skills.

In addition to writing and editing, I'm a highly organized person who can manage, supervise, motivate, attend to detail and quality, and deal with the public and with less experienced workers.

I look forward to telling you more in an interview.

Very truly yours,

Carol A. Bidwell

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CAROL A. BIDWELL

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777 Halyard St., Port Hueneme, Calif. 93041 805-***-**** *******@***.***

SKILLS:

Management skills: Have managed as many as 40 workers, motivating and directing their work. Successfully completed a year of management classes, and have experience in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, counseling, disciplining, motivating and firing. A believer in teamwork, I've found that people who understand they are working together to complete a project build camaraderie, loyalty and dedication to achieving the goal. Have always been a working supervisor, leading by example, praise and constructive criticism, rather than being a manager who achieves objectives by use of fear or discipline.

Motivation: Worked with peers and younger workers to explain duties, offer tips on completing difficult assignments, how to find and approach contacts, how to work with public agencies, how to organize and pace work to meet deadlines.

Public relations: A trained interviewer, I have talked in-depth with at least 10,000 people, from jail prisoners to housewives to factory workers to local growers to lawyers and government officials. I'm a prize-winning writer and photographer. Can represent a company in outside contacts as well as dealing with workers inside the company.

Knowledge of Ventura County: Have lived here since 1961 and am familiar with many of the area's businesses, points of interest and major industries. Have written extensively about the county's history, as well as about many of its people. Have worked with many public officials and have a good knowledge of local government.

Technological skills: Own and operate my own Canon digital camera and Dell computer. Have a working knowledge of SII, SSI, CSI and Coyote computers. I have a working knowledge of Microsoft Word and am taking classes in Excel.

Desire to achieve: A hard worker, seeks clear directions, works to understand and achieve goals, self-directed, must be satisfied with whatever job I do.

More unusual skills: Can operate a power drill, bake prize-winning cakes, jump-start a car, help birth a litter of kittens, and I'm a dead shot with a .38-caliber revolver.

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CAROL A. BIDWELL

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777 Halyard St., Port Hueneme, Calif. 93041 805-***-**** *******@***.***

JOB HISTORY:

Ventura County Star-Free Press (now Ventura County Star) 1965-66

Thousand Oaks News Chronicle 1966-87

Los Angeles Daily News 1988-2009

Ventura County Farm Bureau Magazine (intermittent 2000-06)

EDUCATION:

Management classes given by Thousand Oaks News Chronicle

Ventura College, currently taking classes in Excel and Word use and application

Oxnard College, classes in digital photography

Ventura College, AA degree

Ventura High School

HONORS:

Outstanding Citizen of the Year, Optimist Club of Conejo Valley

Sensitivity Toward Victims Award, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

State Bar Association Awards (2)

California Newspaper Publishers Award (3)

National Newspaper Publishers Award (first prize, reporting and photography)

Special Resolution, Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Special Resolution, Westlake Village City Council

Special Resolution, Thousand Oaks City Council

Special Resolution, Los Angeles City Council

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

Conejo Valley: Old and New Frontiers

Oxnard: An Illustrated History of a Coastal Sugar Town

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CAROL A. BIDWELL

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777 Halyard St., Port Hueneme, CA 93041 805-***-**** *******@***.***

REFERENCES:

Michael D. Bradbury, president, Ventura County Fair Board,

former (25 years) Ventura County District Attorney,

private attorney with the firm of Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles

Phone; 213-***-****

E-mail: http://www.alston.com

Carolina Garcia, editor, Los Angeles Daily News

Phone: 818-***-****

E-mail: ********.******@*********.***

Ed Richeson, most recent supervisor, Los Angeles Daily News

Phone: 805-***-****

E-mail: *******@**********.***

Barbara Jones, assistant city/business editor,

longest supervisor, Los Angeles Daily News

Phone: work 818-***-****; cell 818-***-****

E-mail: *******.*****@*********.***

Charles Johnson, director of research library,

Ventura County Museum of History and Art

Phone; 805-***-****

E-mail: *******@*************.***

Ron Kaye, retired editor, Los Angeles Daily News

Phone: home 818-***-****; cell 818-***-****

E-mail: RonKayeLA.com

Marvin Sosna, retired editor, Thousand Oaks News Chronicle

Phone/fax: 805-***-****

E-mail: *****@*******.***

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