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Jane Hughes

Summary

I have worked in a number of different environments including offices, large department stores, schools, pre-schools, photographic studios and from home.


I moved to Canada, from England, in 2005 and,apart from the years that I had very young children at home, have work continuously in one form or another.


I enjoy meeting customers/clients and helping them in any way that I can.


I have experience in retail, child care, education and certain areas of office work.


I am a fast learner and enjoy challenges.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

School Uniform Fitter

Top Marks
04.2010 - Current
  • Help in organizing inventory for correct schools.
  • Preparing mannequins with correct uniform pieces and correct information cards.
  • Loading vehicles and delivering everything for a pop up store in schools.
  • Setting up and tearing down racks, clothes, tables, changing rooms, mannequins and stands at speed and under challenging circumstances in Calgary and Vancouver.
  • Maintaining energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Providing a friendly and knowledgeable service to customers in a busy environment.
  • Helping to provide a friendly working environment for other staff members.
  • Serving customers and following outlined steps of service.

Part Time Dog Sitter

self employed
01.2009 - 04.2017

. Looked after dogs overnight in my own home, as well as walking dogs daily from owners' homes.

. Earned trust of dogs and owners over many years.

. Never had to advertise, as my regular customers recommended me to others.

. I did this job simultaneously with Top Marks for seven years.

Lunch Room Supervisor

Calgary Board of Education
09.2007 - 06.2009

. Helped struggling readers and ESL students to understand the books designed for their age group.

. Supervised students eating lunch and at play outside, helping to provide a safe and friendly environment for everyone.

. Cleaned and tidied area where students had eaten lunch.

Pre-school Assistant

The Bridge Pre-School
09.1999 - 06.2002

. Helped to design curriculum and projects for the pre-school.

. Helped to set up interesting and new layouts within the room for the children to investigate.

. Comforted very timid children and made them feel safe in their new environment.

. Designed activities to make learning through play possible.

. Monitored children's growth and noted it for elementary school teachers.

. Helped supervise outside play to be a fun and safe experience..

. Cleaned, sanitized and tidied area, including bathroom and kitchen areas, for the next day.

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General Assistant

Richard Greenly Photography
03.1992 - 06.1993

. Labeled negatives from wedding photoshoots and placed pictures with correct number into leather bound photograph albums for people to choose the pictures they wanted to buy. These weddings quite often included members of the Royal Family.

. Collected props and models, from around the county, to take to photoshoots.

. Helped out with photoshoots in studio by moving furniture and props around and cleaning area afterwards.

. Served customers who came into the studio to buy frames and other photograph related things.


Manager's Secretary

Black Horse Agency Locke and England. Estate Agents
05.1991 - 03.1992

. Audio typed up property details to make brochures for each property for sale.

. Typed up private letters from the manager.

. Met clients and showed them around properties for sale.

. Sent out monthly bills for rental property owners.

Warehouse Associate/Store Assistant/computer Clerk

Boots The Chemist
01.1985 - 01.1991

. Started early every day to do open of day, which involved printing off all of shelf edge price changes for that day, distributing them around the different departments and getting all of the point of sale terminals on line for the day.

. Opening up and checking contents of boxes, sent from head office, each day and putting them away in the correct area of the warehouse.

. Helping out on shop floor, if they were short staffed.

. Helping to get tills back online during the work day, if there were any issues.

. Doing an end of day close down of terminals and computer.

Purchase Ledger Clerk

F.E Cole and Son
12.1983 - 01.1985

. Starting out as a junior on a work placement from college.

. Inputting invoices into computer.

. Running an end of month cheque run to pay vendors.

. Typing up purchase orders and filing carbon copies into correct job number files.

Education

Early Years Learning, Learning Through Play.

Stratford Upon Avon College
Stratford Upon Avon, England

Diploma in Typing, Shorthand And Business Admin

Underwood Secretarial College
Coventry, England
06.1994

High School Diploma -

Kenilworth School
Warwickshire, England
06.1993

Skills

  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • Personable and Helpful to customers and clients
  • Good Organization Skills
  • Ability to calm and nurture both children and dogs
  • Enjoy Challenging situations

Timeline

School Uniform Fitter

Top Marks
04.2010 - Current

Part Time Dog Sitter

self employed
01.2009 - 04.2017

Lunch Room Supervisor

Calgary Board of Education
09.2007 - 06.2009

Pre-school Assistant

The Bridge Pre-School
09.1999 - 06.2002

General Assistant

Richard Greenly Photography
03.1992 - 06.1993

Manager's Secretary

Black Horse Agency Locke and England. Estate Agents
05.1991 - 03.1992

Warehouse Associate/Store Assistant/computer Clerk

Boots The Chemist
01.1985 - 01.1991

Purchase Ledger Clerk

F.E Cole and Son
12.1983 - 01.1985

Early Years Learning, Learning Through Play.

Stratford Upon Avon College

Diploma in Typing, Shorthand And Business Admin

Underwood Secretarial College

High School Diploma -

Kenilworth School
Jane Hughes