sales associate

Posted on: 2006-02-04

Jessica J. Holley 1413 Darren Drive ▪ Portsmouth, VA 23701 ▪ 757-465-3759 SUMMARY OF SKILLS ▪ Excellent communication skills ▪ Exceptional leadership skills ▪ Self-starter ▪ Work very effectively in teams ▪ Punctual ▪ Easily establishes rapport with diverse populations ▪ Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage EDUCATION Longwood University, Farmville Virginia Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Global Politics concentration May 2005 WORK EXPERIENCE Sales Associate, Old Navy, Chesapeake, VA Fall 2005 § Assists customers in finding products · Organized displays to be more appealing · Work on cashier INTERNSHIP Intern, Gourdine & McPherson Law Firm, Portsmouth, VA Summer 2004 ▪ Attorney Ida McPherson who’s practiced included family, domestic, equal opportunity and tax issues. ▪ Conducted initial phone interview with domestic violence clients. ▪ Attended court hearings related to domestic violence cases. ▪ Scheduled appointments and insured all intake procedures were followed. § VOLUNTEER Volunteer, REACH Inc., Norfolk, VA 2005 § Assisted in reading books to children who live in shelters § Assisted children by helping in art projects § Gave out school supplies and books to the children in the shelter Volunteer, Feed the Poor Program, Portsmouth, VA 2001-2004 ▪ Distributed food and clothes. ▪ Listened to and talked with the people about their situations. Stocking Stuffer, Salvation Army, Portsmouth, VA 2003 ▪ Selected and bought toys and other stocking items for 50 children. ▪ Stuffed stockings with the various items. H.E.R Shelter Project (Battered Women’s Shelter), Norfolk, VA 2001 ▪ Organized the Christmas project for children in the shelter. ▪ Recruited and coordinated volunteers. ▪ Collected and distributed toys and other items for the children including cultural specific items such as black dolls, hair products. ACTIVITIES ▪ Political Science Club ▪ Young Democrats