Store Associate Resume Example
STORE ASSOCIATE
I am passionate about helping my community and all the people around me in any way I can. I have worked in retail, audio-visual, as well as in food service for a short period of time. I am I freshman studying political science at Minnesota State University of Moorhead.
- POS system operation
- Retail loss prevention
- Merchandising knowledge
- Cash handling accuracy
- Listening skills
- Food assembly
- Cooking procedures
- Ability to work under pressure
- Interpersonal communication
- Fast typing
- Active listening
- Effective time management
- Compassionate
- Reacher ability
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Persuasion
- Empathy
- Ability to use multiple computer software's
- Customer service
I graduated from Fargo North High School in January of 2020, one semester early. Graduating High School early demonstrates my time-management skills and work ethic. After graduating I spent the semester learning about things I was passionate about that I did not get to learn in school and focusing on my health.
I am a freshman at MSUM majoring in Political Science. At the beginning of the school year, I had to learn how to navigate and complete work across multiple new platforms quickly because all of my classes are online. My classes are all asynchronous meaning I do not have scheduled classes, instead, my professors put lecture videos and material online and it is up to students to allot our time to watch lectures and complete work.
I started working at Spicy Pie in downtown Fargo in February and I only worked until the beginning of April due to feeling unsafe in a restaurant where social distancing is not possible.
Responsibilities
- Take orders from customers in-store
- Take phone orders from customers
- Prepping and cooking pizzas and various food items
- General cleaning and sanitizing
- Effective communication with co-workers
- Educating customers about our store and food
- Keep track of money and tips
Skills Learned or Grown in Position
- Food preparations
- Handling money
- Ability to use point of sale system
I worked at Kohl's in the summer between my junior and senior years of high school. While working at Kohl's there were multiple weeks that I got the most people to sign up for Kohl's Credit Cards.
Responsibilities
- Assisting customers with questions, shopping needs, and purchases
- Keep the store and displays tidy
- Set up displays
- Learning new computer program
- Problem-solving with unhappy customers
- Efficiently communicating needs of customers and length of lines with co-workers
- Handling money
Skills Learned or Grown in this Position
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to stay calm with angry or upset customers
Responsibilities
- Record church services to be played on TV
- Record church audio for live stream on the radio
- Setting up and adjusting microphones
- Burning the video recordings on to CD's to be sent out to TV stations
- Learn multiple computer software
Skills Learned or Grown in this Position
- Work under pressure and at a fast past
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
Phone Banking
I have done phone banking for local, state, and presidential candidates.
Responsibilities
- Calling eligible voters to tell them about the candidate I supported
- Answer any questions that people I contacted might have
- Keep people's information such as phone numbers, age, addresses, and political affiliation/opinions confidential
- Teach new phone bankers how to use the computer software
- Staying calm when people got angry about my politics
- Talk to strangers on the phone for hours
Skills Learned or Grown
- Learned a new computer program
- Ability to keep my stay calm when people got angry about my political views
- Ability to stay calm and friendly with people who I disagreed with, even if they tried to argue with me
Public Speaking
I have spoken at Fargo City Hall urging the city commission to vote in certain ways as well as communicating my concerns and questions about different things. I have also spoken at multiple rallies, marches, and protests over the past few years.
Skills Learned or Grown
- Ability to read the body language of people I am speaking to
- Learning the best way to convince someone based on their age, gender, education, and race.
I enjoy researching social issues and history, gathering data and using it to persuade people, cooking, spending time outside, and writing, as well as talking with local and state politicians to advocate for my positions and for the needs of those less privileged than I
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Resume Overview
School Attended
- Fargo North High School
- Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Job Titles Held:
- Store Associate
- Sales Associate
- Audio Visual Technician
Degrees
- High School Diploma
Undergraduate
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