Customer Service

Colleen Armitage

*** ********* **. *****, ** ****0

734-***-****, **************@*****.***

SUMMARY: Excellent caring skills for animals, tactful and sympathetic toward upset or nervous pet owners. 14 years experience handling large and small animals, prepared to carry out messy or unpleasant. Possesing the stamina to cope with the physical and emotional demands and able to communicate effectively with owners and colleagues. Excited to be apart of a team environment.

Summary of Qualifications:

- Over 15 years animal handling experience, including abused animals

- Knowledge of basic equine and dog first aid and knowledge of animal behavior

- Excellent teamwork and problem solving skills, communicates well, easy to get along with

- Patient, fast and efficient work skills

- Great knowledge of various dog and horse breeds and their characteristics and familiarity with symptoms of diseases common to them

Work History:

Milan City Market June 2009-current

-Teamwork environment, fast paced

- Assisted customers with any deli products needed

- Washed dishes, deli slicers, and kept deli and meat areas up to a very hight standard of cleanliness

Borders Books May 2003- Sept 2009

- Provided customer service to those who requested any help

- Reshelved books and cleaned cafe area when needed

- Worked cash register, and greeted customers

- Enjoyed a team environment, including working on projects with co-workers

Garden Gate Farm September 2000-Current (volunteer basis)

- Clean and bed stalls

- Handle horses, turning them out, holding them for farrier and vet work

- Manage the farm during show season

- Preforms first aid on horses that need it

- Feed horses individually created diets and monitors overall body health

- Preforms basic riding lessons

- Spent time training abused horses and dogs, cared for barn cats

- Learned proper hay quality, including equine and dog health

Brookshire Farms Spring 1995- July 2000

- Cleaned stalls, managed bedding quality and quantity

- Handled large horses, turned them out, tacked them up

- Managed a team of farm hands

- Cared for various dog and horse breeds, including barn cats

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