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Is this a long shot?
Things at my job are bad. I will probably post that later in a separate post.
I currently work in the legal field. My job history is as a paralegal/legal secretary for the past 8 years. I have been working retail part-time for about ten years. There is an administrative assistant job with the following job skills required. The ony skill I lack is the Powerpoint/Excel.
My main question is about my resume. My retail experience has been in this particular mall. It is a huge outlet mall. Should I add my retail experience to this particular resume? My current boss happens to be related to someone in the home office and I may or may not add her as a reference. My last retail job there (the store closed) my boss also works there in the mall still as well.
Would I be wasting my time?
Qualifications
- Two to four years secretarial/administrative experience in a fast paced environment
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
- Effective communication (verbal/written), organizational and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate effective conflict resolution and customer service skills for interaction with customers, tenants, and co-workers
- Ability to prioritize, coordinate, multi-task, and demonstrate initiative
- Work well independently and as a team
For confidential consideration, please submit your resume and salary requirements.
Re: Is this a long shot?
It is fine to have the retail experience on your resume somewhere but it isn't going to be a primary focus (it might go under "other work")
However based on the qualifications I think your lack of excel and power point knowledge is going to be the more serious issue. Have you not used them at all in your current position? I find it odd that you'd know access and not excel. I'd do some of the on-line tutorials to get a better handle on it.
In my opinion, working retail is always a plus because you're someone who's had a lot of experience working with the public, different types of people. in sales and have customer service experience. All bonuses for me.
I agree with the other poster, take some Excel tutorials. I think Microsoft Office has them on their website.