Yelena Serova
SUMMARY
A highly motivated, confident individual with exceptional multi-tasking and organizational skills.I am valued for my positive attitude, professionalism, attention to detail, loyalty and resourcefulness, as well as my excellent communication skills.
EDUCATION
2006 – 2010: American University in Bulgaria
Bachelor of Arts
Double major: Business Administration, Journalism and Mass Communication
Cumulative GPA: 3.69/4.00 (Cum Laude)
Honours:
Soros Academic Scholarship (2006 – 2010)
President’s List (2006 – 2007)
2003 – 2006: Pavlodar State Pedagogic University
Teacher of English language
Honours and internships:
State Academic Scholarship (2004 – 2006)
Internship as a teacher of English language and supervising instructor
State school No. 5, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (Jan. – Feb. 2006)
CAREER SUMMARY
April 2011 – present: Personal Assistant to Director, Lombonia LLP, Astana
Lombonia LLP has a contract for exploration and extraction of gold and silver in East Kazakhstan region. It also implements some innovative projects within the scope of Kazakhstan-Germany intergovernmental collaboration in raw materials, industrial and technological spheres.
My duties: general office administration, drafting of contracts, business correspondence, organization of meetings and negotiations, work with corresponding Ministry and state agencies, English-Russian translations, analyzing and proofreading of business plans and different reports.
May 2012: Part-time translator, Oxford Policy Management, Astana
Oral translation of the meeting with the Vice-Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, written translations
May –December 2012: Hostess, Seafood Shanty restaurant, MA, USA
Greeting of guests, coordinating of waiters’ work, resolving conflicts
May – August 2009: Advertising manager, Pic-time agency, Pavlodar
Coordination of designers’ work in compliance with the requirements of clients
Other details
LANGUAGES: Russian (native) Bulgarian (good)
English (fluent) German (average)
IT: MS Office, MS Outlook, SPSS, Quark Express, ABBY Fine Reader, Adobe Photoshop, Internet user skills, touch typing
SOCIAL: teamwork experience, diversity training, analytical mindset, attention to details, optimism, and good sense of humour
ACTIVITIES
Sports: hiking, water-skiing, dancing, reading books, learning foreign languages
Acting: student musicals Chicago (2008), West Side Story (2009)
I was a reporter for the student newspaper de facto biweekly (2007 – 2010), member of AIESEC organization, participated in the International Conference on Human Rights (Cappadocia, Turkey, Jan. 2007), currently I run a blog
References
Darryl Hadawy, Ex-Managing Partner of Deloitte, Advisor to Kazakhstan Railways (TemirZholy) +7701759 82 54,
Altay Kapsalanova, Director of G-Nius Kazakhstan company + 7777962 1020, + 7701221 2268,
Chun Yu Leong, Owner of Aerospace Consultancy Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
+ 65 9692 66 98,
Patrick G. Beyeler, Director of G-NiusPte. Ltd. (Singapore and Switzerland)
+ 41 79406 65 56,