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ROBERT YEE
139 River Lane, Cedar, OH, 01234
(513) 987-6543

OBJECTIVE: Part time entry level position in Bookkeeping

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Earned Exceptional Employee Accomplishment raise at McDonald's
  • Excellent at thinking through problem situation
  • 1 year successful experience in Bookkeeping & Cashier at McDonald's
  • Finished business classes with high grades.
This applicant is still in high school. He wants to work part time until he graduates.

EXPERIENCE:

Bookkeeping

  • Accurately completed bookkeeping assignments at McDonald's in half the usual time required.
  • Recorded daily sales
  • Computed total items sold and tallied total daily revenues
  • Assembled monthly reports showing cashiering errors and audited employee register records
  • Verified accuracy of vendor invoices and helped compute employee hours on time cards
  • Balanced family checkbook and helped pay bills.
 

Administrative Support

  • Assisted store manager in training and assigning employees
  • Prepared new employee personnel folders
  • Called substitutes to cover during illness or rush hours
  • Filed and retrieved personnel records
  • Posted and filed official documents
  • Word processed letters, answered telephone, scheduled interviews, made reservations.
Focus attention
on strong points.

WORK HISTORY

1990 Full-time student Cedar High School
May 89-Present Cashier McDonald's
Dec. 88-May 89 Bookkeeper McDonald's
Summer 1988 Clerk Cedar Recreation Center

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Senior - Cedar High School
  • Business Courses: Accounting, Word Processing, Journalism
  • President of school Business Club
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