Unbeknownst to me, 1988 was the year of change when I started working with the Army Child Development Services where I was responsible for two classrooms with a total of sixty wonderful five year olds and four employees. My duties included the development of a weekly-monthly educational curriculum following federal regulations, providing counseling as needed, and the documentation of each individual child’s development throughout the year. Back stateside I began reading and training with my local SCORE group in owning a business. Opened a small clothing retail store, where OTJ brought a new meaning. During the first year, I learned everything from how to write, follow and completely understand a business plan to sales forecasting, purchasing,
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I was responsible in all aspect of HR by way of recruiting, hiring, coaching, counseling employees and complying with legal and company requirements. Other duties included achieving financial objectives by preparing annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances of stock worth over a million dollars, and the needs of consumer. When I joined Charming Shop the inventory shrinkage was 12%, consequently I developed and implemented a loss reduction plan and in a few short months attained a notable decrease, less than 4%. While carrying these management experiences, skills and techniques into my newly found profession, administration. In 1998 my career in Administration begins with Field Office Administrator where I learned payroll, accounts payable and receivable, invoicing and data management along with logistics. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology was a changing point in my training as my responsibilities tripled. Office manager, starting with oversight of 125 EOD field personnel to include 25 foreign nationals and 10 subcontractors, throughout the 4 year 13 million project ending with 1 Project manager, 2 Senior officers, 5 Quality officers, 2 Safety Officers, 14 UXO teams and 3
I was responsible in all aspect of HR by way of recruiting, hiring, coaching, counseling employees and complying with legal and company requirements. Other duties included achieving financial objectives by preparing annual budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances of stock worth over a million dollars, and the needs of consumer. When I joined Charming Shop the inventory shrinkage was 12%, consequently I developed and implemented a loss reduction plan and in a few short months attained a notable decrease, less than 4%. While carrying these management experiences, skills and techniques into my newly found profession, administration. In 1998 my career in Administration begins with Field Office Administrator where I learned payroll, accounts payable and receivable, invoicing and data management along with logistics. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology was a changing point in my training as my responsibilities tripled. Office manager, starting with oversight of 125 EOD field personnel to include 25 foreign nationals and 10 subcontractors, throughout the 4 year 13 million project ending with 1 Project manager, 2 Senior officers, 5 Quality officers, 2 Safety Officers, 14 UXO teams and 3