Margaret Kuhn
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Objective
Seeking position requiring excellent customer service skills that will benefit from my work experience as well as from my educational background and interpersonal skills. Position should require customer contact, data entry and a variety of tasks that utilize my business, adveritsing and marketing background.
Work Experience
Special Education Paraprofessional (09/01/2004 – Present)
This particular position requires great patience, the ability to adapt to a variety of situations that may arise in the course of the day or over a period of time. In this position, one has interactions with many professionals and one must have the ability to think and react to situations as quickly as they arise.
Last Employer: Meriden Board of Education
Contact Person: Judy Seldner 203-237-7486
Responsibilities: Working with special need children in grades K -5 as well as the professional staff. Duties include behavior modification, teaching alternative methods of educating basic social and academic skills. Work does include creating computer generated schedules, social stories, as well as modifications to the general education curriculum to meet the needs of the identified children in the special education program.
Substitute Teacher (09/01/1999 – 06/21/2004)
Substitute teacher at the seven Meriden elementary schools.
Last Employer: Meriden Board of Education
Contact Person: Personnel Department
Responsibilities: Responsibilities included being on call for daily and long term teaching positions at the elementary grade levels. This position required having the ability to adapt to a variety of schedules , classroom management styles , and a wide range of academic subjects.
Customer Service / Order Entry (08/01/2001 – 11/01/2001)
Received prospective customer phone calls, answered their questions regarding the different products and place their order.
Last Employer: Fosdick Fulfillment Company
Contact Person: Personnel Department
Responsibilities: Received incoming phone calls from customers who wanted to place orders on items that they had viewed on television and/or in the print media.
Order Entry (02/01/1988 – 07/21/1989)
Order Entry position advanced to custom/specialty/engraved order entry person.
Last Employer: World Tableware International
Contact Person: Russ Plum (telephone furnished upon request)
Responsibilities: I was responsible for entering sales orders from the outside sales staff. Custom/engraved/ specialty/ orders required a very detailed ordering process . Worked with the sales department and the regional VP.
Advertising Account Executive (03/01/1983 – 12/11/1987)
Outside retail advertising sales representative for the third largest newspaper in New Jersey.
Last Employer: Asbury Park Press
Contact Person: Personnel Department
Responsibilities: Was responsible for soliciting advertisements from retail accounts in a designated sales territory. Worked with the client in developing an advertising budget and campaign to meet their specific needs. Assisted the client in the creation of their advertisements in conjunction with the in -house art department.
Education
Establishment: Villanova University
Degree: BSBA
Education Period: 09/01/1978 - 05/14/1982
Speciality: Marketing
Skills
Versatile, organized, personable and the ability to work in a busy environment with little or no difficulty.
Computer Skills: Microsoft word, publisher
Foreign Language Skills: None
Additional Information
During my years as a "stay at home mom" I was very active in the Thomas Hooker Parent Teacher Organization. I was Co-Chairman of the Bi-annual Scholastic Book Fairs, created and ran the Mother's Day Plant Sale, and Chairman of the Fifth Grade Events Committee for 3 different years; this position was responsible for overseeing many events that were held during the year for the fifth grade students. Chairperson/Editor of the Fifth Grade Yearbook ( 1 year). I was also the Media clerk volunteer for four years which included processing and cataloging incoming book orders for two of the city's elementary school libraries. I also held the position of Corresponding Secretary for the PTO for four years.
Interests
I am very active with Meriden Youth Travel Baseball and their fundrainsing efforts for their organization. I especially enjoy following the Maloney HS Varsity Baseball team which my son is a member .
I enjoy flower gardening, creative cooking and baking, reading and spending time with my famlily, especially my two and half year old granddaughter.