Georgia Baker

Experience

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  Cumberland Newspapers: North Shore Times

  Jun 2001 - Aug 2001

  Newspaper Deliverer

  • Preparing newspapers with flyers and sometimes plastic covering to keep them safe from wet weather• Delivering the newspapers by foot to all houses within my locality

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  Franklins (Ltd.) Supermarkets

  Sept 2001 - Mar 2002

  Checkout Operator

  • Incorporating customer service and sales• Working directly with customers, and also as part of a team• Mostly only selling stock• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  Coles (Myer) Supermarkets

  Jun 2004 - Mar 2005

  Checkout Operator

  • Incorporating customer service and sales• Working directly with customers, and also as part of a team• Mostly only selling stock• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  Woolworths Supermarkets

  Mar 2005 - May 2005

  Grocery / Long-life Department & Checkout Operator

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, and merchandising skills• Working directly with customers, and also as part of a team• Stocktaking, displaying and selling stock• Replenishing and tidying non-perishable stock daily• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  ペッピーキッズクラブ (Peppy Kids Club)

  May 2005 - Sept 2006

  英会話教師 (Native English Teacher)

  中央出版の（旧）KTC外語学院のペッピーキッズクラブPeppy Kids Club was previously part of KTC Gaigo Gakuin, which was in turn part of Chuuou Shuppan.• Incorporating administration and organisational skills• Lesson-planning and teaching, writing reports, and attending regular meetings with other teachers• Requiring lots of energy and patience and constant observation over groups of up to ten children aged 3 to 15

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  Angus & Robertson Booksellers

  Oct 2006 - Dec 2009

  Bookseller

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, and merchandising skills• Receiving, stocktaking, displaying, replenishing, maintaining, recommending, quoting, and selling and dispatching stock• Opening, closing, and running the store in lieu of the manager – often alone – including counting and banking store income, delegation of duties, as well as working as part of a team• Was trained to and acted at the Assistant Manager level

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  Bing Lee Electronics

  Apr 2010 - Jun 2010

  Salesperson

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, and merchandising skills• Commission-based sales and price negotiation• Displaying, replenishing, maintaining, recommending, quoting, and selling stock

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  Dymocks Booksellers

  Sept 2010 - Jul 2012

  Bookseller

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, merchandising, and data entry and database maintenance skills• Personally specialised in children's and young adult reading material• Stocktaking, displaying, replenishing, maintaining, recommending, and selling stock• Working directly with customers, and also as part of a team• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  The Co-op

  Jul 2011 - Jan 2014

  Bookseller

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, and merchandising• Specialising in prescribed texts and other required material for university students• Stocktaking, displaying, replenishing, maintaining, recommending, and selling stock• Opening, closing, and running the store in lieu of the manager – often alone – including counting store income, as well as working as part of a team• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  Bags To Go

  Jul 2013 - Nov 2014

  Salesperson

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, and merchandising skills• Often opening, closing, and running the store in lieu of the manager, including counting store income, as well as working as part of a team• Receiving, stocktaking, replenishing, displaying, and selling stock• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  Griffith University

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2013

  Career Leader

  • Promoting the on-campus Careers and Employment Service for students, as well as researching and presenting reports of weekly activities• Engaging with students one-on-one and in groups• Simultaneously developing my own personal and professional confidence, as well as career and leadership skills, and action plan

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  Strandbags

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  Salesperson

  • Incorporating customer service, sales, and merchandising skills• Stocktaking, displaying, replenishing, maintaining, and selling stock• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently

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  ITSA Bookshop

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Bookseller

  ITSA = Illawarra TAFE* Student Association.*TAFE (Technical and Further Education) is the main vocational education institution around Australia.• Incorporating customer service, sales, merchandising, and data entry and database maintenance skills• Specialising in prescribed texts and other required material and equipment for TAFE students• Ordering, receiving, stocktaking, displaying, maintaining, and selling stock• Opening, closing, and running the store in lieu of the manager – often alone, including counting store income – as well as working as part of a team• Operating cash registers quickly and efficiently Show less

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  Abbey's Language Book Centre (part of Abbey's Bookshops Pty Ltd)

  Jun 2016 - Jan 2025

  Store Manager & Events Coordinator

  • Abbey’s Language Book Centre Shop Manager, Senior Bookseller, (prev.) Events Coordinator• In charge of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and other Asian language resources• Until 2020 pandemic, organising attendance to language-related events (Modern Language Teacher Association (MLTA) conferences, cultural markets, school bookstalls) as Events Coordinator: liaison, booking interstate travel and accommodation (where applicable), logistics, bookkeeping, outsale/exhibitor material, staff member attendance, etc.• Social media management (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)• Incorporating customer service, sales, merchandising, and data entry and database maintenance skills, as well as various administration responsibilities• Searching for and maintaining relationships with suppliers; ordering, receiving, displaying, maintaining, replenishing, and stocktaking store product• Recommending, quoting, selling, and dispatching stock to general and business account customers – especially teachers, schools, colleges, and libraries• Preparing extensive lists of – and procuring – foreign-language material for libraries – especially for completely unfamiliar languages (primarily books of the fiction and non-fiction varieties for both adults and children)• Working unsupervised, and as part of an effective team; training staff, and properly preparing the Deputy Manager as my eventual replacement Show less

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  The Wiggles

  Feb 2024 - Feb 2024

  Translator (Japanese > English)

  • Translating the featured television segment of a prominent Japanese guest for Australian children’s music group The Wiggles• Implementing various translation techniques, and maintaining professional integrity and a culturally sensitive approach to produce accurate subtitles for broadcasting on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

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  The Cat Sanctuary

  Jan 2025 - now

  Volunteer Treasurer & Admin

  • Charity Treasurer responsibilities.• Administration assistance and responsibilities (including data-entry), ad hoc duties, cattery sanitation, and cat socialisation and general care.