Michael Giroux
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Phone: 905-***-**** Email: *******************@*****.***
Professional Summary
A highly motivated, results-driven professional with a passion for helping others achieve their goals. With a proven track record of excellent customer service and a reputation as an exceptional leader through strong rapport building and a desire to learn and develop.
Professional Experience
Designated Trainer
Aditya Birla Minacs (Onstar), Oshawa, ON Feb 2011-Dec 2011
• Trained new hire classes and cross training into sales team
• Supervised and managed attendance, performance and development of up to 25 agents at a time
• Trained agents from in classroom, to on the job training, through to full time solo agents
• Students consistently achieved above quality and sales targets
• During job fairs helped recruiting by conducting screening interview
• Was required to be flexible to meet needs of various departments
Sales Specialist
Aditya Birla Minacs (Onstar), Oshawa, ON May 2010-Feb 2011
• Part of “Welcome Call Team” introduced customers to services and sold various OnStar services
• Exceeded targets for sales, call quality, and call handle time
• Excellent IPSOS scores
• Promoted to sales team after initial training
• Promoted to Designated Trainer after six months in sales
Conference Services
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON April 2009-Sept 2009
• Prepared Brock University residences for conferences over the summer
• Worked with a diverse team and coordinated with various departments
Administrative Assistant
Durham District School Board- Transportation, Whitby, ON June 2008-Sept 2008
• Assisted route coordinators, accountants, and IT department
• Prepared spreadsheets, validated accounting information, contacted various vendors and parents, coordinated bus routes, performed data entry and database updates
• Applied my education, especially use of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access
Enumerator
Elections Ontario, Durham Region, ON July 2007-Aug-2007
• Went door to door verifying voter information
• Increased comfort with public interaction
Customer Service Representative
Canadian Tire, Whitby, ON July 2003-Sept 2007
• Worked in sports department given variety of tasks, most importantly, customer service
• Trained several new employees
• Lead several seasonal remerchandising projects
Education:
Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) 2006-2010
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
• Concentration in Human Resources and Economics
• Proven ability to speak in front of large groups, relied upon as a leader in group assignments
• Extensive use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to complete assignments
• Developed a broad depth of knowledge on various areas of business through courses (marketing, operations, organization behaviour, accounting, finance, training and development, compensation, diversity and labour relations)
Secondary School Diploma
Father Leo J Austin, Whitby, ON 2002-2006
Volunteer Experience
• Extensive experience with special needs population including
o Grandview Treatment Center
o Durham Regional Police Games
o Variety Village “Sunshine” Games
• Developed and delivered training sessions at St. Vincent De Paul St. Catharines, on conflict resolution.
• Re-evaluated and developed new recruiting and selection plans for “Community Living- Niagara”
Skills and Qualifications
• Taken University level courses and have professional experience with Microsoft Office programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. As well as other statistical and database management software
• Experience through University assignments with job evaluation and analysis, compensation structures, recruiting and selection, collective bargaining and strategic management
• Very comfortable learning new technology
References available upon request.