Experience

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  California Pizza Kitchen

  • United States
  • Restaurants
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Hostess/Trainer

    • Oct 2019 - Present

  • Marketing Brand Ambassador

    • Dec 2016 - Dec 2019

    Drive sales and enhance CPK’s image by building brand awareness. Organize trade initiatives. Develop marketing strategies. Organize food tasting events.

  • Hospitality Trainer

    • Mar 2003 - Oct 2019

    Trained and supervised seven-member host staff. Educated staff on the culture of CPK. Assessed and provided feedback regarding host’s job performances. Implemented host policies and procedures.

  • Fundraising and Development Coordinator

    • Feb 2012 - Dec 2018

    Increased community and corporate event-based revenue producing successful fundraisers. Develop and maintain relationships with local schools, businesses and social organizations to establish an active network of community resources. Placed second company-wide for most fundraising revenue raised.

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  Chase

  • New Hyde Park, NY

  • Administrative Assistant

    • Feb 1996 - Jun 2006
    • New Hyde Park, NY

    Supported Vice President of Online Banking. Scheduled meetings, prepared expense reports, meeting agendas, recorded, compiled, transcribed and distributed meeting minutes. Distributed mail, faxes and drafted correspondences. Researched merchant payments for Online Banking customer’s and provided check copies as proof of payment.

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  California Pizza Kitchen

  • Westbury, New York

  • Hostess

    • Nov 2002 - Mar 2003
    • Westbury, New York

    Facilitated efficient flow of dining room seating by accurately quoting wait times decreasing wait time in half. Created a system of handling multiple phone lines during busy times of operation which controlled the flow of incoming call volume. Prioritized communication with kitchen manager and take out staff decreasing order inaccuracies.

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  Chemical Bank

  • Jericho, NY

  • Secretary

    • Aug 1993 - Feb 1996
    • Jericho, NY

    Assisted Vice President of Select Banking. Opened, read and distributed incoming mail. Answered customer query letters. Coordinated meetings with all VPs of the Call Center. Streamlined records-keeping room for easy reports retrieval. Developed a shipping schedule to send reports to the Pawling Records Center. Created supply inventory list to offset unnecessary costs and reducing expenses. Maintained office equipment such as the fax machine and photocopier and implemented a maintenance journal.

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  WME (William Morris Endeavor)

  • Beverly Hills, CA

  • 2nd Executive Assistant

    • Jan 1993 - Jul 1993
    • Beverly Hills, CA

    Provided administrative support for the Chief Operating Officer of the largest and most diversified talent agencies in the Entertainment Industry. Arranged business travel itineraries. Coordinated film and television meetings between the COO, celebrities and agents. Liaison between the COO, celebrity clients and agency executives. Prepared biweekly time sheets and expense reports.

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  CBS Corporation

  • New Yorki, NY

  • Scheduling Administrator

    • Jul 1984 - Oct 1987
    • New Yorki, NY

    Scheduled assignments for 177 studio technicians within budgetary requirements. Developed a report identifying cost-effective measures to track technician’s overtime resulting in a reduction of overtime expenses. Consulted with production supervisors when changes in the technical staff occurred. Adhered to IBEW union rules and guidelines.