Melanie S. Sardin
**** ********* ***** ● Park City, IL 60085
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OBJECTIVE
I have been active in the customer service field for thirteen years. I am always willing to utilize my customer service experience in a challenging, full-time position with a growth-oriented organization that allows opportunity for valuable contributions, individual training and performance based advancement.
WORK EXPERIENCE
9/2010 -11/2010 Spherion at Hewitt (Seasonal)
Customer Service Associate
• Assisted in an exceptional way by enrolling participants in annual health benefits
• Explained to the participants the different health plans pertaining to coverage for health and prescriptions
• Followed up with participants in response to verifications
5/2010-8/2010 LTD Commodities
Account Support Specialist
• Greeted customers in an excellent way while placing orders for merchandise
• Processed credit card payments, tracked lost merchandise thru USPS and UPS
• Made outbound calls for billing questions, applied payments to accounts
• Processed return labels
3/2010-5/2010 Dovenmuehle Mortgage Company
Customer Service Representative
• Assisted homeowners with modifications, insurance claims, ordered payoff statements, handled foreclosures and bankruptcy questions
• Mailed requested claims via fax, email, and postal mail
• Explained policies and procedures of loans to homeowners
• Processed mortgage payments for homeowners
11/2007-2/2010 Cash Net USA (Lake Bluff, IL)
Customer Service Representative
• Perform communication via computer and telephone with a diverse nationwide audience.
• Works independently on special nonrecurring and ongoing problem solving assisting clients nationwide with accounts.
• Conduct research and analyze data and provide client with correct course of action
• Ensure confidentiality of all data via screening process
• Manage multi-system telephone
• Perform computer research to resolve customer account issues.
2004-2006 APAC (Peoria, IL.)
Customer Service Representative (Group Lead)
• Conducted cold calls to sell AT&T Products to general public.
• Maintained client database for cold calls.
• Met daily quotas for contacting and tracking lists of consumers.
2003-2004 Foster and Gallagher (Peoria, Il.)
• Worked in call center receiving inbound and placing outbound calls.
• Placed orders for J. C. Penny Catalog Customer
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Excellent telephone techniques, Proficient at problem solving, team player computer literate, (Lotus, SAP, Excel, Power Point, CS PRO, Windows, Internet) type 45wpm
EDUCATION
6/1991 Hyde Park Career Academy, Chicago, IL
9/1991 Cosmetology License Pivit Point Cosmetology School
(Evanston, Illinois)
2001 Advanced Training State Beauty Academy
(Duncanville, Texas)