Mary Jo Pettengill
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Cell – 412-***-****
Career Objective: I am seeking a full-time position that will enable me to use my business/personal assistant skills to the best of my ability and to be of benefit to my employer.
COMPUTER USAGE: MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, WORD, AND EXCEL 2010, PACMS SYSTEMS
CAREER HISTORY:
SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA January 2001 - Present
Judicial Secretary to Superior Court Judge
Responsibilities include: Handle all voting and circulation Memorandums, Opinions, and Orders for Superior Court cases. Assisted and supervised all information to judicial clerks when received. Type and edit judicial business correspondence, open all mail, emails, and answer and screen all incoming calls for the Judge and his staff. Assist the judicial lawyers daily by typing court cases, orders, memorandums, etc. Order and file all Superior Court cases and certified records needed for each panel that is assigned to chambers.
GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC. March 1996 – January 2001
Administrative Assistant to Senior Vice President and Vice President,
Franchise Operations
Responsibilities Include: Provided supervision for all 31 employees under the Sr. VP and VP’s areas, including meetings, updates, schedules, etc. Typed all correspondence to franchisees, potential candidates, vendors, etc. Arrange and schedule all business meetings, seminars, conference calls and hotel/travel arrangements for both Vice Presidents. Assist and coordinate all GNC market meetings located in various cities, National Advisory Council Meetings, and assisted in the yearly GNC Franchise Conventions, by scheduling meetings, hotels/travel, audio-visual, etc. Also answered all multi-phone lines, handled mail and aided in the set-up of the monthly Franchise Training for new franchisees.
GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC. October 1993 – March 1996
Secretary to Director of Corporate Financial Operations
Responsibilities Include: Typed all correspondence relating to franchise/financial information. Answered phones, scheduled and coordinated all business meetings, set up travel arrangements and assisted Director as needed. Assisted financial department in organizing financial data.
GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS, INC. August 1992 – October 1993
Secretary to Divisional Franchise Consultant
Responsibilities Include: Assist Divisional Vice President and Franchise Consultant’s in all aspects of Franchise Operations for their respective regions in the US. Recorded all franchise sales and filtered all switchboard information to other areas of GNC Corporation. Interacted with the corporate side of GNC, specifically interacting with other departments in sales related issues.
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AMARAL & NEUMEYER, INC. April 1988 – October 1991
(LAY-OFF)
Secretary to Safety Director
Responsibilities Include: Assisted Safety Direction by typing all correspondence, proposals, letter, etc. Handled all travel arrangements, scheduled all meetings and conference calls and screened incoming call for the Safety Director. Assisted in documentation for licensing in each state (company and employees). Assisted in other departments as requested.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY/COURT OF COMMON PLEAS July 1980 – December 1987
FAMILY DIVISION
Secretary/Mail Specialist
Responsibilities include: Worked at several secretarial positions, such as; Assisted Family Court Counselors in the domestic relations offices, intake/scheduling secretary for new court cases, sorted and screened all mail for Family Court, etc. In these positions I screened incoming welfare recipients, took dictation, typed all correspondence relating to domestic cases, handled incoming phone calls, answered mail, filed and maintained court cases as required.
Excellent references available upon request.