Administrative Assistant

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No Disabilities
Available within 2 weeks

Education:
Oakland Elementary School
Woodlawn High School

High School Graduate with on-the-job training, which includes the following completed courses and workshops or seminars:

Letter Writing/Business Correspondence through Radford University
Early Childhood Development through University of Virginia
Child Abuse-Awareness & Prevention through University of Maryland
Behavioral Modification through University of Virginia
Stress on the Job through Grayson County Schools
Sales & Management through House of Lloyd, Inc. in Kansas City, MO•••••
District Manager Training through House of Lloyd, Inc. in Lisbon, Portugal•••••
District Manager Training House of Lloyd, Inc. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil•••••
Holston Conference Secretaries Association Seminars-Sept, •••••
Holston Conference Secretaries Association Seminars-Sept, •••••
Holston Conference Secretaries Association Seminars-Sept, •••••






Work Experience:

June, ••••• November, •••••
Sales Associate for The Mole Hole, selling, serving in customer relations, handling cash or credit card sales, serving as support for other associates, and aiding in all aspects of this retail business.
Supervisor: Bill Wickcliff, Owner of Barefoot & Broadway Stores

May, ••••• May, •••••
Administrative Financial Secretary for First United Methodist Church-Hillsville, managing this very busy church office with its many different departments and programs; publishing a weekly bulletin, announcements & other publications; publishing a monthly newsletter; managing the churchs finances on the ACS Technology System; and whatever other duties necessary to run an organized church office.
Supervisor: Ty Harrison, Pastor

November, •••••April, •••••
Legal Secretary for The Law Office, Independence•••••handling and assisting in all operations of a busy legal practice with •••••% being real estate transactions and the remaining •••••% other capacities of the law
Supervisor: Roger D. Brooks, Attorney at Law

September, ••••• July, •••••
Owner & Manager of The Proper Choice, a retail formal wear shop and events planning business in downtown Galax, handling all aspects of events planning from catering and decorating to vendor referred limousine services. (At the unexpected death of my husband in December, •••••, continuing efforts to grow this business became very difficult. The business has now been sold.)
Supervisor: not applicable

May, ••••• October, •••••
Secretary, Bookkeeper and Assistant Treasurer at Hillsville Christian Church•••••Included managing the office, public relations, accounting, all secretarial needs, and publishing a weekly newsletter for members and community.
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Kilbourne, Church Board Member






May, ••••• May, •••••
•••••Executive Director of Twin County United Way•••••Chief Executive •••••Operations and Management for nonprofit organization with •••••+ funded
agencies in the two county/one city area. Supervised volunteers, and handled accounting for entire campaign, used public speaking abilities and served both the contributor and the community.

October, ••••• December, •••••
Sales Demonstrator, Area Supervisor and then District Manager for House of Lloyd, Inc., serving ••••• counties in southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky in retail sales of toys and gifts.
Supervisor: Sharon Lambert Wiles and Eleanor Poindexter, Directors

Equipment Experience:
PC; Computer Programs (IBM DisplayWrite 3; Microsoft Works; Word; Serif Page Plus Desktop Publisher; Microsoft Publisher; Church Office; Quicken; and Various Software Programs)
Manual and Electric Typewriter
Calculator, Check Writer
Telephone and Intercom System, Postal Machines for Bulk Mailings
Copy Machines, Dictaphone, Audio-Visual Equipment, etc.



References available upon request