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Sarah P. Nickell

790 South Howard Street Apt. 103 • Kalamazoo, MI 49006

Phone: (734) 637-0909 • Email: sarah.p.nickell@wmich.edu

 

Objective

Highly motivated and enthusiastic student in search of a full or part time internship that will allow me to use the knowledge and skills I have learned from my work experience and during three years of studying the area of management.

 

Education

Western Michigan University Haworth College of Business, Kalamazoo, MI

·        Bachelor of Business Administration       

  • Major: Human Resource Management, Minor: General Business, Accountancy
  • GPA: 2.87
  • Expected Graduation Date: April, 2005

 

Acquired Skills

  • Detail-oriented and thorough.
  • Work well independently and with others.
  • Able to learn new skills quickly.
  • Good oral and written presentation skills.
  • Computer literate
  • Ability to work under pressure and consistently meet deadlines

 

Work Experience

Victoria’s Secret, Portage, MI                                                         November 2003 – Present

Sales Associate

  • Helped implement new ways to sell to customers resulting in higher conversion of shoppers to buyers.
  • Managed customers returns and frustrations and worked with them to find better solutions for their needs
  • Demonstrated ability to work simultaneously with multiple clients.
  • Served as credit lead for most segments because I consistently sold the most credit cards every week.
  • Gave suggestions and designed ways to help other employees sell credit to clients and become more successful.
  • Gained extensive knowledge of beauty products resulted in being awarded the “Beauty Queen” title for selling the most beauty related products during holiday season.
  • Worked closely with managers in updating sales segments in order to accomplish daily sales quotas.

 

Liberty Stables, South Lyon, MI                                                      June 1999-August 2004

Assistant and Caretaker

  • Learned various horse training techniques from assisting in daily training.
  • Taught numerous riding lessons to customers of all ages, resulting in them gaining knowledge in basic horse-care and acquiring fundamental riding skills.
  • Gained knowledge of which tactics were effective in teaching others how to ride a horse.
  • Responsible for numerous younger employees, teaching and assigning them daily tasks.
  • Responsible for managing training and care for 20-50 horses whenever manager went out of town.
  • Assisted trainer in selling horses by showing them to interested clients from other stables and acquired skills in marketing horses to attract potential buyers, such as developing advertising strategies
  • Helped in managing breeding program and organized shipment schedules, breeding dates and billing information

 

Maybury State Park, Northville, MI                                               May 2003 – August 2004

Trail Guide

  • Conducted guided horseback trail rides through Maybury State Park.
  • Oriented clients to basic necessary horsemanship skills.
  • Train new horses and adapt them to trailriding.
  • Responsible for basic care of horses; feeding, watering, grooming.

 

MediaPlay, Ann Arbor, MI                                                              May 2003 – August 2003

Sales Associate                                                  

  • Created new ways to serve customers by creating a more one on one experience that helped raise my sales quotas
  • Developed marketing displays for new products to attract customer attention
  • Learned to efficiently use store database software to assist customers in locating specific requests
  • Used teamwork skills to work in a team oriented work environment that focused on completing all daily tasks in an organized manner