Thursday, 17 April 2014

My CV

Here is my CV. I have removed my personal details for obvious reason. We don't want any prank calls or identity fraud now do we?

Curriculum Vitae
Anna Corcoran
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I am a hard worker that strives for success. I have quite a lot of experience working with people of all ages and I think that is one of my strong points as I have had to work with disadvantaged children and children with learning and behavioural problems. I love to learn and I am willing to be trained up to fulfil a position. I am also very creative and can use this in practical situations to solve problems.

Education & Qualifications
Our Lady and St. Bede RC secondary school         2004-2009
10 GCSE’s including Maths and English

Cleveland College of Art and Design                        2009-2011
BTEC in Fashion and Clothing
I received overall 18 Distinctions in my modules which equals ‘Distinction Distinction Distinction’ which was the highest grade I could achieve.
Advanced GCE in Art and Design
                B    Textile Design
Key Skills Application of Number Level 2
Key Skills Communication Level 3


Career History
Anna Corcoran Boutique                              OWNER/DESIGNER                         March 2012- March 2013
Duties:
·         Designing and creating clothing and accessories.
·         Promoting business.
·         Creating promotional literature.
·         Using my visual merchandising skills to design my boutique.
·         Taking custom orders from clients.
·         Taking payments from clients.
·         Fabric sourcing.
·         Suggesting styling tips to clients.

Tony Gallagher Hair Salon                           JUNIOR AND RECEPTIONIST        March 2012-March 2013
Duties:
·         Answering the phone to arrange appointments and to deal with any client enquiries.
·         Taking payments from clients using the till and card machine.
·         Adding client information to the Salon database.
·         Completing simple hair dressing tasks.
·         General cleaning duties.
·         Arranging stock orders.
·         Ensuring clients have all their needs met.
·         Promoting offers for the salon.
·         Encouraging sales of salon products.

Apollo Arts                                                          WORKSHOP LEADER                       June 2010- August 2012
Duties:
·         Teaching children of primary school age art based workshops, such as Street Dance, Art, Fashion, ICT, Music and Cookery.
·         Ensuring the safety of the children.
·         Completing daily evaluations of the workshops success.
·         Assisting transporting the children from numerous venues.
·         Organising and planning work curriculums for the workshops.
·         Working as a team to create performances and exhibitions of what the children had learnt.

Blue Square Music (re-branded as Apollo Arts) OFFICE ASSISTANT            September 2007- September 2008
Duties:
·         General administrative duties such as using the Microsoft Office.
·         Dealing with tuition fees.
·         Promotional literature designing.
·         General cleaning duties.
·         Organising paperwork.

Other Achievements
I completed a week of work experience at Kate Fearnley Boutique in which I got an insight into how clothing shops are run and promoted. I was able to join in completing tasks with Kate Fearnley’s PA within the shop and the office.
Along with achieving a high grade in my BTEC at Cleveland College of Art and Design, I also received the Student of the Year Award 2 years in a row.
I am very familiar with Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop which I can use in a professional and creative manner.

Hobbies & interests
I was in a street dance company for 2 years called Arc Crew and in that time we won Youth Dance England. This meant I spent a lot of time with the other members creating dance routines and inputting our own ideas, this shows I can work well individually and as a part of a team.
For a number of years I have been interested in photography as a hobby and I am very familiar with all standards of cameras and equipment.
Also, I play guitar and I am a part of an acoustic duo in which we take popular songs and strip them back to make them our own using guitar, piano and voice.


References available upon request

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