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teamwork: Wide range of experience working as part of a team in both education and the work place. University courses have regularly called for projects and assignments to be completed in groups. Have worked in a busy sales office which required a large degree of cooperation with other departments, and as part of a teaching team in my capacity as English Assistant.

customer: Have regularly been called upon to work with customers, particularly working as part of a sales team at Westfalia (Summer 2002), and in retail environments (Best Jeanswear, CraftWorld). Regular interaction with customers whilst working as Barman at Wetherspoons Pub. Training in Customer care undertaken whilst working for both Best and CraftWorld.

leadership: Am comfortable taking the lead in group activities where this is necessary. Experience working in class-room situations (teaching both English in France and French in England) has allowed me to gain confidence in this area. Was part of the editing team on my University student newspaper, The Student Times. Supervisor to 12 people whilst working at Alpap Packaging.

presentations: Have given numerous presentations at University, both alone and as part of a group, many of these being delivered in French. Comfortable in front of groups of people, having spent one year teaching secondary school aged pupils in France. Working for Alpine Electronic required both the writing and presentation of reports to visiting Japanese company directors.

 


computing

Comfortable using computers having used them for both education and fun since a young age. Have independently learned to construct websites using Dreamweaver and FrontPage as well as HTML

Have regularly used Windows, Word and Excel (all versions up to XP) in both academic and professional situations. Familiar with statistical programs SPSS and R

Frequently used Explorer and Netscape as well as Adobe PhotoDeluxe, Microsoft Photo Editor and Coral Draw.

Familiar with basic installation and setups and use of scanners and CDRoms. Comfortable with  email programs Netscape and Pegasus as well as web based email.

Have page layout experience (as part of Student Times editing team).

Completed the following tests in Summer 2000 at Office Angels Temping Agency (certificate available):

  • Typing: 43 words per minute, 100% accuracy.

  • Numeric Speed: 7620 keystrokes per hour, 100% accuracy.

  • Alphanumeric Speed: 9480 keystrokes per hour, 99% accuracy.


languages

Comfortable in both English and French, having taught both languages. Have been learning Italian for two years. See 'education' for more details.


this page last updated: December 2002.