Kari Faizi
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Kinnect Support Services
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Social Service Worker
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Feb 2023 - Present
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Hudson's Bay Company
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales Associate
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Sep 2021 - Present
• Maintaining an aristocratic image while greeting every customer at the entrance. • Packaging and shipping orders up to 45 every day while providing support to the customers. • Entering customer information into software to print labels and shipping data • Retaining high-pitched security when shielding expensive brands (Versace, Hermes, Dior, etc.) • Incorporated different approaches to minimize the duration of completing the tasks • Aimed for the constant target of 85% at all times • Encouraged customers to use the applications for the Hudson’s Bay Company; as well as helped them navigate through the process Show less
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Afghan Women's Organization
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North York, Ontario, Canada
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Youth Advisory Group
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Aug 2021 - Present
• Attending volunteer meetings • Learn about the different facilities created for youth • Incorporate ideas to help increase client’s self-esteem • Learning and practicing Self-Care • Attending volunteer meetings • Learn about the different facilities created for youth • Incorporate ideas to help increase client’s self-esteem • Learning and practicing Self-Care
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McDonald's
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United States
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Restaurants
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Service Representative
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Oct 2018 - Sep 2021
• Maintaining proficient customer courtesy • Dining in the customers in a warm and friendly manner to increase customer service sales • Managed the restaurant without supervision and always maintained number 1 position in the provincial leaderboard • Carried the team to compete monthly challenges given by the head office • Handled every guest complaint with excellence and respect • Encouraging new workers to put in their 100% at all times • Working together to solve team member altercations • Managing to keep cultural competency at the workplace regardless of the atmosphere • Entering customer data to further our ratings and encourage sales Show less
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Punjabi Community Health Services
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Settlement Worker
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Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
• Booking consultation sessions with therapists • Attending weekly workshops at Centre for Education and Training • Translating for newcomers and guiding them through the applications to get a complete understanding of the documents • Pushing newcomers to use different services to help them navigate through society • Entering information in databases ran by CARF International • Maintain cultural competency and various theoretical frameworks • Printing applications for client registration and referrals for other services within the organization • Highly knowledgeable in the PHIPA and client confidentiality • Volunteered weekly at the geriatric service that encouraged more seniors to custom to computers, printers, cellphones, etc. • Writing for the Punjabi Community Health Services blog page • Helping youth with their homework and teaching them life skills to prepare them for making difficult decisions Show less
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Kid's Help Phone
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Canada
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Peer-to-Peer interen
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Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
• Built a service that Youth can custom towards their needs • Attended meetings to incorporate ideas on youth encourage around mental health • Teaching youth to communicate remotely without having to feel arbitrated • Normalizing conversing our feeling via the virtual world • Encouraging youth to participate in the service and learn to navigate through the system • Attended several sessions to test run the service before introducing it to the public. • Built a service that Youth can custom towards their needs • Attended meetings to incorporate ideas on youth encourage around mental health • Teaching youth to communicate remotely without having to feel arbitrated • Normalizing conversing our feeling via the virtual world • Encouraging youth to participate in the service and learn to navigate through the system • Attended several sessions to test run the service before introducing it to the public.
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Knight's Table
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Brampton, Ontario, Canada
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Administrator
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Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
• Greeting each client at the front and welcoming them as if it’s home • Implemented intersectionality on all tasks provided, including filling forms (ODSP, CCB, WOW, OW, etc.) • Completing applications for clients to use food banks, clothing backs and drop-ins • Highly experienced in using specific databases to enter client information • Promoting awareness and pushing fundraising activities to further donations to aid low-income individuals or families • Encouraged individuals to practice harm reduction and controlling their substance abuse • Provided referrals to individuals to employment services, clubs and other personal related situations • Getting individuals of all backgrounds to involve themselves in volunteering to promote aid and optimistic approaches into society • Helping clients with maintaining their hygiene (Especially women who don’t have access to feminine sanitary products) • Building different services to get clients to use the facility (Homework club, family day, high school volunteering, church drop-in day, etc.) Show less
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summerlunch+
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Kitchen Staff
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Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
• Prepping 3 course meals daily • Packing each meal for over 500 kids everyday • Travelling from different schools in different districts • Teaching healthy eating in youth • Educating youth into using Canada’s Healthy Food Guide frequently • Practice Healthy eating and making it apart of their daily routine • Working with non-abled bodied children • Influencing them into being mindful with their money • Practicing table etiquettes • Prepping 3 course meals daily • Packing each meal for over 500 kids everyday • Travelling from different schools in different districts • Teaching healthy eating in youth • Educating youth into using Canada’s Healthy Food Guide frequently • Practice Healthy eating and making it apart of their daily routine • Working with non-abled bodied children • Influencing them into being mindful with their money • Practicing table etiquettes
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Thorncliffe Park Women's Committee
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Event Coordinator
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Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
• Creating events for infants and youth ages (4-12) (Fall Fest, Arts in the Park, Winter Carnival, Gardening and Youth Stewardship Program) • Help facilitate Family events including Movie nights, Friday Bazars, Bread Making, Park Café) • Took control over prepping meals and desserts to sell at the market • Create different forms of fundraisers to raise money for the community to enhance our equipment • Participated in huge events such building gardens behind the community buildings in Thorncliffe Park Dr Show less
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Education
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York University
Bachelor's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies -
Seneca Polytechnic