Shashini Kalinga
Halifax,Nova Scotia
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. and an outgoing Tattoo Artist enthusiastic about working with clients to create elaborate designs for large body surfaces. Proficient in sketching and modifying layouts to meet body specifications and customer desires. Consummate professional and team player.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Tattoo Artist
Nuclear Betty's Tattoo Lounge
01.2024 - Current
- Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
- Created custom tattoo designs for customers.
- Utilized photographs and sketches from customers to develop ideas.
- Applied permanent tattoos using indelible, non-toxic ink.
- Presented template design sheets for customers to review.
- Kept areas neat and clean and equipment sanitized.
- Accepted and processed customer payments.
- Performed clean, high-quality work at all times.
- Grew client base by marketing services.
- Maintained schedule and kept appointment times.
- Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.
- Provided assistance with aftercare management.
- Helped clients to maintain independence and quality of life.
- Preserved client safety by following safety protocols.
- Provided emotional support and companionship to clients if needed.
Tattoo Apprentice
902 Tattoos
03.2023 - 01.2024
- Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
- Created custom tattoo designs for customers.
- Utilized photographs and sketches from customers to develop ideas.
- Kept areas neat and clean and equipment sanitized.
- Presented template design sheets for customers to review.
- Collaborated in team-based environment to maximize customer satisfaction with services.
- Performed clean, high-quality work at all times.
- Grew client base by marketing services.
- Accepted and processed customer payments.
- Applied permanent tattoos using indelible, non-toxic ink.
- Maintained schedule and kept appointment times.
- Helped clients to maintain independence and quality of life.
- Provided emotional support and companionship to clients.
- Provided assistance with aftercare management.
- Preserved client safety by following safety protocols.
Salesperson
Wolfville Cheese Shop
09.2022 - 11.2022
- Offered each customer top-notch, personal service to boost sales and customer satisfaction.
- Increased sales and customer satisfaction through personalized servicing.
- Expanded brand and marketing strategies by planning strategic events.
- Provided product benefits and advantages and discussed pricing with interested parties.
- Engaged customers in social conversations to create pleasant and easy shopping experience.
- Networked within community to build and nurture successful relationships with new and long-term customers.
- Worked to build relationships with customers and built potential for additional sales.
- Worked with loss prevention in monitoring shopper behavior.
- Developed and implemented marketing plans to increase brand awareness and drive sales.
- Greeted customers and offered assistance with selecting merchandise, finding accessories and completing purchases.
- Set and achieved company defined sales goals.
- Monitored service after sale and implemented quick and effective problem resolutions.
- Worked with sales team to collaboratively reach targets, consistently meeting or exceeding personal quotas.
- Informed customers of promotions to increase sales productivity and volume.
- Stayed current on company offerings and industry trends.
Care Aide
Evergreen Nursing Home
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Helped with routine cleaning.
- Kept clients engaged in social networks and communities for personal health and growth.
- Planned, prepared, and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
- Furthered skills by actively taking part in employee training and taking classes to improve skills.
- Wiped down equipment with proper cleaning products after each patient transport to reduce instances of infection.
- Monitored and maintained cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned station and service areas.
- Documented residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
- Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to nurse supervisor.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Helped patients move in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs and automobiles.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Analyzed overall patient performance and recommended adjustments to care plan goals, supporting individual progression.
- Arranged transportation sent off patients to doctors' offices and errands with family members.
Campus Patrol Officer
Acadia Safety and Security
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Collaborated with administration and teachers to develop crisis plans.
- Investigated criminal matters occurring within school and on school property, compiling findings into detailed activity reports.
- Conducted school security inspections.
- Performed conflict resolution between student body, parents, teachers, and administration.
- Provided security and safety to school staff and students.
- Built excellent rapport and working relationship with community to build trust and improve upon communication.
- Take part in ‘campus patrol’, patrolling around campus and residences ensuring students are safe and abiding by all the rules.
- Provide security at events including sports games.
- Help parents and spectators park at campus events.
- Provide a “safe walk” to ensure students who need it reach home safely.
Wait Staff Member
Benjamin Bridge Winery
06.2021 - 10.2021
- Bussed and reset tables to keep dining room and work areas clean.
- Practiced safe, sanitary food handling for preparation and service to maximize pleasant dining experience.
- Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
- Set up dining room to promote welcoming environment and meet or exceed hospitality and service standards.
- Observed safety and loss prevention procedures to adhere to universal precautions and infection control guidelines.
- Upsold high-profit items to enhance sales numbers.
- Used slow periods to restock supplies, ice, trays, and delivery bags.
- Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items.
- Explained menu items and suggested appropriate options for drink allergy concerns.
- Resolved customer complaints promptly and professionally to maintain positive reputation.
- Followed health and safety protocols crucial for maintaining safe and sanitary environments for customers and staff.
- Learned and followed local alcohol laws to keep restaurant compliant with regulations.
- Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
- Answered customers' questions, recommended items, and recorded order information.
- Collected payment for food and drinks served, balanced cash receipts and maintained accurate cash drawer.
- Presented menus to patrons promptly after seating and answered questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request.
- Maintained thorough menu knowledge to sufficiently answer questions regarding menu item sourcing, ingredients and cooking methods.
- Strategically timed check-ins with customers to take orders and confirm satisfaction with meals after delivery, taking action to correct any problems.
- Printed dining checks with total due, collected payment and offered receipts to complete transactions.
- Carried out complete opening, closing and shift change duties to keep restaurant working efficiently and teams ready to meet customer needs.
- Monitored patrons for alcohol intake to appropriate levels and took measures to curtail inappropriate behavior.
- Supervised dining table set-up to prepare for diversity of event types, following strict service standards.
- Increased sales significantly by upselling higher-end products to customers.
- Inspected dishes and utensils for cleanliness.
- Shared knowledge of menu items and flavors, enabling customers to make personal decisions based on taste and interest.
- Displayed enthusiasm and promoted excellent service to customers, successfully increasing referrals, and walk-in business.
- Educated the guests about wine production, characteristics of wine, types of wine we serve and are known for, wine history and wine service.
Wait Staff Member
Sushi Fang
08.2020 - 06.2021
- Bussed and reset tables to keep dining room and work areas clean.
- Practiced safe, sanitary food handling for preparation and service to maximize pleasant dining experience.
- Explained menu items and preparation methods to provide high level of customer service and promote dining atmosphere.
- Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
- Leveraged knowledge of table clearing techniques such as napkin folding and refilling condiments to reset table during and after dining service.
- Set up dining room to promote welcoming environment and meet or exceed hospitality and service standards.
- Assisted in food preparation as directed while following instructions to meet specific dietary needs.
- Observed safety and loss prevention procedures to adhere to universal precautions and infection control guidelines.
- Upsold high-profit items to enhance sales numbers.
- Used slow periods to restock supplies, ice, trays, and delivery bags.
- Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items.
- Explained menu items and suggested appropriate options for food allergy concerns.
- Maintained clean and organized dining areas to uphold restaurant hygiene standards.
- Resolved customer complaints promptly and professionally to maintain positive reputation.
- Followed health and safety protocols crucial for maintaining safe and sanitary environments for customers and staff.
- Learned and followed local alcohol laws to keep restaurant compliant with regulations.
- Set positive tone for entire dining experience as first point of contact for incoming guests.
- Utilized communication practices with kitchen staff to deliver customer meals in timely manner.
- Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs.
- Answered customers' questions, recommended items, and recorded order information.
- Collected payment for food and drinks served, balanced cash receipts and maintained accurate cash drawer.
- Presented menus to patrons promptly after seating and answered questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request.
- Maintained thorough menu knowledge to sufficiently answer questions regarding menu item sourcing, ingredients and cooking methods.
- Resolved guest and employee complaints to maintain complete customer satisfaction and workforce effectiveness.
- Maintained order efficiency and accuracy through clear communication with kitchen staff, earning numerous recommendations from satisfied customers.
- Strategically timed check-ins with customers to take orders and confirm satisfaction with meals after delivery, taking action to correct any problems.
- Printed dining checks with total due, collected payment and offered receipts to complete transactions.
- Checked guests' identification before serving alcoholic beverages.
- Carried out complete opening, closing and shift change duties to keep restaurant working efficiently and teams ready to meet customer needs.
- Displayed enthusiasm and promoted excellent service to customers, successfully increasing referrals, and walk-in business.
- Supervised set up of banquet food stations and coordinated service to multiple dining areas.
- Shared knowledge of menu items and flavors, enabling customers to make personal decisions based on taste and interest.
Part-time Support Trainee Consultant
Intercontinental Institute of Human Resource Manag
01.2018 - 03.2018
- Supported clients with business analysis, documentation, and data modeling.
- Liaised with customers, management, and sales team to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand industry, market and company trends.
- Integrated technology and business operations to identify targeted solutions to customer issues.
- Collected, stored and transferred study data ensuring high attention to detail.
- Performed general office duties such as filing, mailing, and photocopying.
- Collected, stored and transferred employee data ensuring high attention to detail.
- Initiated new ideas and grant proposals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology, Neuroscience And Behaviour
Acadia University
Wolfville, NS04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Student Transfer Programme
American National College
Colombo, Srilanka05.2018
Skills
- Hygiene practices
- Client consultation
- Collaborative mindset
- Machine Maintenance
- Shading Techniques
- Appointment Scheduling
- Sterilization techniques
- Color theory
- Portfolio Development
- Customer Orders
- Sanitizing requirements
- Pain Management Techniques
- Drawing and sketching
- Design skills
- Social Media Presence
- Sanitation Procedures
- Money Handling
- Customer Relations
- Business knowledge
- Expense Management
- Customer Service
- Personal Assistance
- Administrative Support
- Event Setup
- Schedule Management
- Call Screening
- Interior decorating
- Supply Management
- Answering Phones
- Light Housekeeping
- Data Entry
- Public Speaking
- Multitasking
- Staff Collaboration
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Project Planning
- Relationship Building
- Survey Taking
- Travel Arrangements
- Event Planning
- Appointment Setting
- Interpersonal Skills
- Building Positive Rapport
- Strong Work Ethic
- Product Recommendations
- Time management abilities
- Organizing and Preparing Meetings
- Goal Setting
- Flexible Schedule
- Adaptability
- Activity Planning
- Problem-Solving
- Effective Communication
- Multitasking Abilities
- Excellent Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Active Listening
- Creative Thinking
- Disability Support
- Decision-Making
- Reliability
- Client satisfaction
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Skills
- Organizational Skills
- Task Prioritization
- Problem-solving abilities
- Continuous Improvement
- Highly motivated psychology undergraduate degree student interested in working with child and/or youth services
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work with groups and individuals
- Logistical reasoning skills with an ability to organize, collect, and interpret information
- Knowledge of psychological development and practices that can improve skills to increase individual success
- Ability to generate, build and maintain professional client relationships
- Organized and successful at managing multiple priorities while maintaining strong work ethic and exhibiting positive attitude
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
Accomplishments
- ABRSM music theory grade 3 – pass grade (2015)
- IIMSD music theory grade 4 – merit grade (2015)
- Srilanka festival of music, dance and speech – gold medal (2014)
- IWMS all island graded examinations music practical – honors grade (2013)
- ABRSM music practical grade 2 – pass grade (2014)
- ABRSM music theory grade 4 – pass grade (2016)
- Srilanka festival of music, dance and speech – silver medal (2015)
- ABRSM music practical grade 2 – pass grade (2014)
- Western province zonal singing competition junior choir – first place (2012)
- Junior inter house swimming meet – participation
- Junior inter house athletic meet – participation
Languages
English
Certification
- Emergency First Aid With CPR"C"/AED, Lifesaving Society - 2022-04-28 to 2025-04-28
- Bloodborne Pathogens, Online
- Lift and Transfer with Mechanical Transfer, In nursing home training.
volunteer experience
Embark Srilanka
- Dedicated time to help run adoption drives.
- Rehabilitate sick or injured dogs.
- Spread awareness or assist at catch-neuter-vaccinate-release program's.
- Treasurer
- Organized the first presidential installation as chairperson
- Engaged children and youth into social and academic activities
- Participated in program planning and execution of activities
- Planned and implemented age appropriate programming
- Maintained a safe and supportive environment for the children
- Completed administration task as needed in a quick and detailed fashion
Little Hearts
- Helped raise money to help critically ill babies and children that cannot get treatment on time because of the lack of facilities.
S.M.I.L.E.
- Helping both the young and the youth with sensory and motor disabilities to help improve their social and motor skills, participate in physical activity, and maintain lifelong friendships.
- This includes being one of the one- on- one student volunteers water orientation, physical fitness, endurance and flexibility and perceptual awareness, spatial awareness, temporal awareness and sport skills.
Work Availability
monday
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friday
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morning
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Career advancementTimeline
Licensed Tattoo Artist
Nuclear Betty's Tattoo Lounge
01.2024 - Current
Tattoo Apprentice
902 Tattoos
03.2023 - 01.2024
Salesperson
Wolfville Cheese Shop
09.2022 - 11.2022
Care Aide
Evergreen Nursing Home
10.2021 - 09.2022
Campus Patrol Officer
Acadia Safety and Security
10.2021 - 01.2022
Wait Staff Member
Benjamin Bridge Winery
06.2021 - 10.2021
Wait Staff Member
Sushi Fang
08.2020 - 06.2021
Part-time Support Trainee Consultant
Intercontinental Institute of Human Resource Manag
01.2018 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Science - Psychology, Neuroscience And Behaviour
Acadia University
Bachelor of Science - Student Transfer Programme
American National College
- Emergency First Aid With CPR"C"/AED, Lifesaving Society - 2022-04-28 to 2025-04-28
- Bloodborne Pathogens, Online
- Lift and Transfer with Mechanical Transfer, In nursing home training.
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