Experience

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  Steiner salon, joubert park

  Feb 1985 - Sept 1985

  Beauty therapist

  * Facials;* Waxing;* Telephones;* Making appointments;* Massaging;* Sales;* Petty cash;* Making tea and coffee.Reason for Leaving: Did not have my own car and transport was costing too much.

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  Daelite pharmacy, sandton city

  Oct 1985 - Jul 1987

  Cosmetics sales assistant

  * Cosmetics sales;* Answering the telephone;* Diet consultant;* Helping in dispensary;* Tills;* Stock taking;* Ordering;* Cleaning;* Making tea and coffee;* Handling complaints and queries.Reason for Leaving: Excessive working hours

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  Alan brewer optician, benmore gardens

  Aug 1987 - May 1992

  Receptionist/girl friday and shop front assistant

  * Open and date stamp mail;* Answering the switchboard;* Screening calls;* Stock taking;* Stock ordering;* Making calls on the behalf of Mr Brewer;* Typing on manual typewriter (eg. letters, invoices etc.);* Liaise with patients;* Sales;* Petty cash;* Filing;* Making appointments;* Making tea and coffee;* Tinting of lenses;* Helping patients choose the correct frames and lenses etc.;* Handling complaints and queries.Reason for Leaving: Mr Brewer retired to Cape Town. Show less

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  Binnington copeland & associates (pty) ltd

  Jun 1992 - Feb 2008

  Personal assistant to two directors and secretary to four associates

  * Assist with answering the switchboard if required;* Screening and making calls on behalf of the directors and associates;* Typing on Word Perfect or Word (eg. legal documents; brochures; facsimiles and letters; invoices; history of events; CVs; minutes of meetings; databases; overheads; presentation documents; etc.);* Dictaphone;* Liaise with customers;* Petty cash;* Making appointments on behalf of the directors;* Booking plane tickets, transport and accommodation for business trips;* Organising of seminars and presentations;* Formatting seminar documentation and slides for seminar candidates;* Recording and transcribing arbitrations, meetings and telephone calls;* Following up on outstanding matters;* Keeping a daily spreadsheet of premiums status for our insurance company (Legal Protection Services);* Generating daily client reports;* E-mailing;* Backing up the computer server;* Sorting out computer problems;* General office administration;* Remembering clients' and staff's birthdays and anniversaries;* Sorting out personal issues for directors (eg. buying equipment to make fishing flies; buying perfume for Valentine's day; etc.);* Diary management for directors;* Helping with directors' family matters;* Originally started in this company as the receptionist and switchboard operator.Reason for Leaving: Left for Thailand to run my restaurant. Show less

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  Private

  Mar 2000 - now

  Property manager

  I currently run and manage my own 3 townhouses.

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  Eemonline

  May 2008 - Nov 2009

  Website manager and marketer

  * Managing website on behalf of the managing agent; * Communications with managing bodies of estates;* Organising advertising and payment of advertisers;* Loading and managing website content;* Attending meetings with managing bodies of estates;* Marketing of estates and advertisers;* Networking;* Updating statistics.Reasons for Leaving : Handed website over to managing agent.

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  Bca training (a hill international company)

  Nov 2015 - Aug 2016

  Training manager
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  Association of arbitrators (southern africa) npc

  Sept 2016 - now

  The Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) was formed in 1979 to constitute an organisation to promote arbitration as a means of resolving disputes, to provide a body of competent and experienced arbitrators and ADR specialists for appointment as required, to assist arbitrators and ADR specialists in the efficient discharge of their duties, and to make arbitration and ADR more effective.

  • General Manager

    Sept 2016 - now

  • General Manager

    Sept 2016 - now

  • General Manager

    Sept 2016 - Jan 2020
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  Ahead leads digital marketing agency

  Jan 2020 - now

  Co-owner

  Join this journey with us! We are excited to be learning innovative skills through Elite Inc and putting our knowledge into practice. This intensive 16-week training is already producing results.Elite Inc is renowned for producing high quality, successful digital marketers whose primary goal is to source pure niche leads for their clients.Melissa and Rochelle are dedicated to learning all Elite Inc has to offer in order to produce the best results for their clients by implementing the most cost-effective and proven methods and strategies with minimal risk to our clients.We are committed to jaw dropping marketing, not just campaigns! Show less