My decades in the workforce have equipped me to be an efficient and effective Temp. From my earliest paper round, via retail and hospitality work, twenty-plus years in technical communications (which included freelance work and co-founding a small company), and now dividing my time between art and healthcare, I have a wealth of experience. I am honest and trustworthy, a quick learner and lateral thinker, and can turn my hand to many things.
How can I help?
Happy to assist with all aspects of temp work, including:
- Customer service
- FOH, minding the shop
- Proof reading, editing, writing for the web
- Brainstorming/problem-solving
- Admin and general clerical tasks
CV: SARAH READ, TEMPORARY ASSISTANT
2015 – 2016 Weekend assistant, AVID Contemporary jewellery gallery, Wellington
Duties included:
- opening up the gallery, greeting customers
- answering queries about artworks, artists and the gallery
- sales assistance, decision support, POS
- packaging artworks, giftwrapping
- answering phones
- updating the website
Reference
/to follow
2012 Temporary assistant, The National – Jewellery Gallery, Christchurch
As part of freetime2012. Duties included:
- opening and closing the gallery
- engaging with clients
- unpacking and pricing artwork
- transacting and recording sales
Reference
- to follow
2012 Temporary assistant, New Brighton and District Heritage Museum, Christchurch
As part of freetime2012. Tasks included:
- sorting and filing documents
- matching Before and After earthquake images of local buildings for museum calendar
- collating and sorting digital image files for easy categorisation
- researching local volunteer to continue the project
2009 Service Manager, Aro Valley Citizens Advice Bureau
- Coordinating day-to-day bureau activities, rosters and resource allocation
- Fostering relationships with specialised services
- Compiling monthly stats and reports
Self-employment: Technical Writer All aspects of business operation: generating business, establishing and managing client relationships, invoicing, monitoring payments, accounts preparation etc.
- 2006-present: Contemporary jeweller, Wellington
- 1995-2013: Freelance Technical author, London and Wellington
Self-employment: Partnership
- 2001 to 2011: Read Only partnership
- 1988 to 1990: Manual Workers
Self-employment: Limited Company
- 2001-2008 Founder, Director, Consultant: Gravytrain Productions Ltd, Wellington
- 1989-92 Founder, Director, Consultant, Manual Workers Ltd, London
Full-time employment
- 1986-9 Documentation Analyst, Citicorp, London EC3
- 1986 Technical Author, DEC
- 1983-6 Trainee Technical author, BCCI, London
Part-time employment
Hospitality (Bar work, theatre usherette)
Retail (Saturday jobs, Watts toyshop, Northampton (selling skateboards and accessories),
- Saturday job KP discount store, Northampton (restocking shelves, cashier)
Delivery
- Christmas job: Postie
- Morning paper round
References: to follow
