Cashier/ Customer Care Associate

Objective To do the best I can in the time I have, to the benefit of all.

Experience 2005–2011 Mark’s Shoreline Cafe Norristown, PAAssistant to the Assistant Manager§ Increased sales by producing pies, cakes and cookies to menu.§ Doubled sales by adding designer specials to the menu.§ Suggested new foods and meals adding variety and choices to menu.§ Innovative ideas generating revenue for employer.§ Decorated café to attract more customers. § Operated cash register and facilitated banking funds weekly.§ Fully trained in Restaurant management and serve safe (91%).§ Ordered and purchased equipment and goods for café.§ Supported and encouraged clients in their daily trials.

2000–2004 Frances More Teaching Systems SC, NZSystems Developer and Tutor§ Invented a unique multi sensory teaching system for adults and children that teaches math and other subjects in a minimum time frame.§ Managed a company and wrote 7 educational books.§ Designed and built web sites with graphics and paypal accounts.§ Taught in 70 schools in New Zealand and 100’s of classrooms.§ Implemented training course for teachers and students speeding up traditional learning by 90%.§ Employed secretary and marketer before arriving in United States.§ Set up Merchant bank account.§ Sold books throughout the world.§ Set up publishing firm to print books in the USA.§ Marketed books with Amazon since 2005.§ Appeared on television and newspapers after developing system.§ Taught hundreds of individual students and their parents how to use the multi sensory system to enable success in the classroom.

1996–1999 Challenge Work Skills Centre Temuka, NZLiteracy and Numeracy Tutor§ Expanded knowledge of students both in literacy and with numbers.§ Worked one to one educating students with special needs.§ Enabled students to identify plants, insects and fungal pests.§ Assisted students as reader / writer for horticultural tests.§ Prepared and provided educational material for adult students.§ Taught heavy traffic licenses, math, spelling, reading, writing and general knowledge.§ Organized quizzes and games for group lessons.

2002–2004 Jonoah’s Ark Washdyke, NZProperty Developer§ Purchased a property and designed an accommodation home stay dwelling for tourists visiting the district.§ Remodeled entire building, added bathroom, and double glazed windows for views of mountains. Purchased carpet and drapes§ Purchased and added wildlife theme décor to rooms giving an unusual ambiance to each room.§ Designed a web site using photographs of theme rooms and outdoor wildlife such as a wallaby, peacocks, sheep, turtles and various other menagerie inhabitants.

Education 1971–1973 Temuka High School Temuka, NZ§ English merit certificate (First in class 1971)1994 Attended a 6 week keyboarding course at Aoraki Polytechnic. 1996 Attended a 3 month Adult Education Tutor Training Course. Received a certificate from Adult Reading and Learning Assistance Program. (ARLA) Timaru, South Canterbury, NZ.1999-2000 Attended Accelerated Learning Workshop in Wellington NZ. Acquired Module 1 in Certificate in Adult Teaching at Aoraki Polytechnic, Timaru, NZ. Obtained Module 2 in Certificate in Adult Teaching at Aoraki Polytechnic, Timaru, NZ. Attended Teacher Development Seminar at Seabrook McKenzie Centre, Christchurch, NZ.2006 Feb 22-23 Sat General Education Examination at Norristown Area High School and gained GED with scores in the late 90’s.2010 Jan 10 Sat Serve Safe test in Philadelphia and earned a 91% pass.

Interests Children, gardening, flower arranging, computers, hand crafts, baking, homeopathy, clean living practices.

Tips A penny is like a person, each one counts. Some may be a bit twisted, a bit dirty, some may be scarred and damaged, but they all still count. Pick up every penny that you see on the floor, because one day it might be you that needs to be picked up and valued as treasure.