Alison Anderson

Address: 12 Glen Road, Islington, London N5 3EE Telephone: 0207 518 8663 (home) 07777 345678 (mobile) E-mail: alison.anderson@uk.homebroadband.com Administration skills I have excellent administrative skills and extensive IT experience including word processing, using Windows and Microsoft Office, file transfer protocol (ftp) and remote access. Im also familiar with most other widely-used office software. I have a good telephone manner and experience in managing busy diaries and making travel arrangements. My audio typing and copy typing are quick (82 words per minute) and accurate. I am also fluent in French. This year I passed RSA Text Processing Level 2 with distinction. Employment history 20082009 Personal assistant to the sales director, Compac (one-year contract) I was responsible for coordinating my managers diary, arranging meetings and taking minutes. I helped implement a new system for booking meetings online. I was responsible for making travel arrangements for my manager, including booking flights and hotels, arranging translation services, co-ordinating meeting locations and setting up technology that enabled my manager to remotely access her e-mail and files. I attended workshops on using advanced Excel functions in order to track sales figures against target. My manager nominated me for The Times Crme Secretarial PA of the Year Award. 20072008 (OctoberJune) Social secretary, Film Society, London Metropolitan University I organised weekly film outings for the society, keeping track of the films that members had voted to see, arranging ticket bookings or private showings, and sending out an advance schedule to all members. I negotiated a regular group booking discount with three local cinemas. I helped establish the societys talks programme and arranged its first set of lectures by three well-known film-makers. Freshers week: I organised sponsorship from a national video rental chain to enable us to promote the society by giving discount cards to new members. I successfully managed the social budget.

20042005 (JuneJune) Gap year working in Honduras teaching English I raised money to pay for my own flight. I had responsibility for planning teaching sessions. I mentored the elder children to take over as prefects and assist with after-school programmes. I established a sports league for the different years. It has now grown and includes four more local schools. I spent three months travelling around South America after the programme ended. Education 20052008 BA (Hons) business, London Metropolitan University (2.1) 19962004 St Peters Girls School, London A levels: business studies (B), English literature (B), French (B) GCSEs: 6 x A, 3 x B Other relevant information During my gap year, I attended a secretarial skills course at St Jamess and Lucie Clayton
College, Kensington.

Interests Rowing; swimming; foreign language films (especially French). References Professor Jim Santos-McIntosh London Metropolitan University Tennyson Hall, R3 London M3 DFT Dr Emilia Blythe Sales director Compac 23 Commercial Street London W2 EHY