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OBJECTIVE : To be a reliable, professional and sociable manager. To provide excellent customer service and bring my sales skills and experience to the team. WORK EXPERIENCE : General Retail Manager July 2006 - June 2007 A A A Bloomington, MN * Manager - Hire and train new staff, terminate, schedule staff of 12, daily bank deposits, daily, weekly and monthly paperwork and reports, weekly payroll, inventory and supply orders, weekly inventory shipments and stocking, stay within a budget, assign duties to employees and make sure the duties are followed through. * Customer Service - Sales, customer relations through sales, returns and exchanges. I was hired as a Key Holder responsible for opening and closing the store, bank deposits and customer service. After four months I was promoted to Assistant Manager responsible for opening and closing, bank deposits, counting inventory, assigning duties to sales associates when the manager was not on duty and customer service. After three months of being Assistant Manager, I was promoted to General Manager, responsible for the duties listed above. My reason for leaving this position and not being employed since then is because I moved out of the country and finished my family. I am ready to get back into the work force; I have missed it very much! Customer Service Representative April 2003 - July 2006 B B B Minneapolis, MN * Customer Service Representative - Sales, installation, training and customer support of computer software. Data entry. C C C March 2000 - May 2003 Madison, WI * Manager - Scheduling staff of 10, train new team members, weekly payroll with commission, sell memberships, set up appointments for tours of the facility, file financial contracts and report delinquents to billing agency, customer service to all gym members and potential members regarding the facility and their financial contracts. EDUCATION: AAA High School 1998 - 2000 AAA, WI Minnesota State Education November 2006 BBB, MN GED SKILLS: * Communication Skills - I posses excellent verbal, written and listening skills. * Customer Service Skills - My customer service skills are exemplary. My experience has given me substantial organization and made me focus on attention to detail. * Time management skills - I have the ability to delegate tasks to myself and others to make sure jobs get done in a timely order. I believe prioritizing is essential to running a successful business. * Office Equipment Understanding/Computer Skills - I have knowledge of computers and programs, printers and fax machines. * Fast Learner - Every business and company has their own computer systems and no two are alike. I am able to be shown and learn very quickly with few questions and help after my training. I have the ability to adjust to new situations, the ability to work effectively and efficiently without supervision. I can produce great results even in high pressure situations. Cover Letter My experience in small business management and customer service has equipped me with many skills including administrative duties, business operations and exceptional customer relations. I am confident that my resume will show these and other skills that would be a great asset to your company. What my resume can not show is what sets me apart from other applicants. Mainly, my expectation for organization, my attention to detail, my my positive attitude and personable nature and my ability to perform - even in a high pressure situation. I believe my experience and expertise would be a good match for Name of Your Company. I would greatly appreciate an opportunity to further discuss my qualifications with you. However, since I am still currently residing in European Country, would a phone interview (or skype) be appropriate? I am available at your convenience. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, My Name
by malica @ November 3, 2010 11:59 am
Do you have anyone familiar with resumes who can help get you started? This needs a lot of work. Even a book on how to write a resume from the library will help you with the basics. Here are just a few of the things jumping out at me: - Job descriptions should be in bullet point form, not a long rambling laundry list. - Need more 'action' words. For example you listed "weekly inventory shipments and stocking", but you don't say what you *do* with respects to this. Did you help? Co-ordinate? Supervise? Be the one to implement a weekly inventory as a method of reducing shrinkage? - Full sentences have no place on a resume. Bullet points for everything. For describing your promotions, just list the titles you held. It's clear you got promoted if you list all 3 titles and the dates each was held. - Reason for leaving is never included on a resume. - Your skills section is mostly fluff as far as I'm concerned as there's not enough detail, nor are some of those points supported by examples (either directly there, or elsewhere on your resume). For example you could easily say fast learner, and at this point draw attention to the multiple promotions in close succession at your last job. - List at least some of the computer applications that you're fluent in using, (e.g. MS Word, Excel, etc), and you'll want to specify if that's Windows, Mac, or Linux computers you're familiar with. Edit to add: If you can get an American to review and help you with your resume it would be much better as European standards for resumes are very different. I've hired in the UK, US and Canada and what's considered acceptable in the UK is completely unacceptable in North America. I made a point of looking for details from where you're from before making these comments, but only saw as I posted you're currently in the EU which may explain why your resume looks like this.

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