SALES ASSOCIATE Career Focus I dedicated, hardworking woman. I trying provide growing family. I great people, handle well difficult situations. I looking eventually go back school better life well. As I seeking type employment able provide daily needs children. Skills Speaking Sales Marketing Customer personal Service Active Listening Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension English Language Judgement Decision Making Social Perceptiveness Persuasion Clerical Coordination Monitoring Time Management Negotiation Mathematics Service Oriented Food Production Active Learning Learning Strategies Instructing Production Processing Education Training June 2011 Stanhope Elmore High School － City State GED Work Experience Sales Associate 11/2015 － 12/2015 Company Name － City State Greet customers ascertain customer wants needs. Recommend, select, help locate obtain merchandise based customer needs desires. Answer questions regarding store merchandise. Maintain knowledge current sales promotions, policies regarding payment exchanges, security practices. Place special orders call stores find desired items. Open close cash registers, performing tasks counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, vouchers, balancing cash drawers, making deposits. Watch recognize security risks thefts, know prevent handle situations. Inventory stock requisition new stock. Ticket, arrange display merchandise promote sales. Exchange merchandise customers accept returns. Bag package purchases, wrap gifts. Clean shelves, counters, tables. Server/Server Assistant 08/2011 － 01/2012 Company Name － City State Check customers ensure enjoying meals take action correct problems. Collect payments customers. Write patrons' food orders order slips, memorize orders, enter orders computers transmittal kitchen staff. Prepare checks itemize total meal costs sales taxes. Take orders patrons food beverages. Serve food beverages patrons, prepare serve specialty dishes tables required. Present menus patrons answer questions menu items, making recommendations upon request. Clean tables counters patrons finished dining. Roll silverware, set food stations set dining areas prepare next shift large parties. Inform customers daily specials. Explain various menu items prepared, describing ingredients cooking methods. Prepare tables meals, including setting items linens, silverware, glassware. Stock service areas supplies coffee, food, tableware, linens. Remove dishes glasses tables counters, take kitchen cleaning. Assist host hostess answering phones take reservations to-go orders, greeting, seating, thanking guests. Perform cleaning duties, sweeping mopping floors, vacuuming carpet, tidying server station, taking trash, checking cleaning bathroom. Perform food preparation duties preparing salads, appetizers, cold dishes, portioning desserts, brewing coffee. Escort customers tables. Fill salt, pepper, sugar, cream, condiment, napkin containers. Garnish decorate dishes preparation serving. Provide guests information local areas, including giving directions. Sales Associate 01/2011 － 05/2014 Company Name － City State Use computers various applications, database management word processing. Answer telephones give information callers, take messages, transfer calls appropriate individuals. Receive payment cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, automatic debits. Issue receipts, refunds, credits, change due customers. Assist customers providing information resolving complaints. Count money cash drawers beginning shifts ensure amounts correct adequate change. Establish identify prices goods, services admission, tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, optical price scanners. Greet customers entering establishments. Answer customers' questions, provide information procedures policies. Sell tickets items customers. Calculate total payments received time period, reconcile total sales. Monitor checkout stations ensure adequate cash available staffed appropriately. Assist duties areas store, monitoring fitting rooms bagging carrying customers' items. Maintain clean orderly checkout areas complete general cleaning duties, mopping floors emptying trash cans. Sort, count, wrap currency coins. Stock shelves, mark prices shelves items. Request information assistance using paging systems. Compute record totals transactions. Compile maintain non-monetary reports records. Offer customers carry-out service completion transactions. Recommend products customers, based customers' needs interests. Answer customers' questions products, prices, availability, product uses, credit terms. Train customers' employees operate maintain new equipment. Pack customer purchases bags cartons. Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, tables new transferred merchandise. Stamp, attach, change price tags merchandise, referring price list. Receive, open, unpack issue sales floor merchandise. Clean display cases, shelves, aisles. Design set advertising signs displays merchandise shelves, counters, tables attract customers promote sales.