Jamie Miwako Wright

8585 SW Canyon Lane #19

Portland, Oregon97225

Phone: (808) 429-1710

Email:

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CAREER PROFILE:

  • Proven record of reliability, flexibility, and responsibility.
  • Strong analytical skills, capable of assessing conditions and implementing appropriate intervention and resources.
  • Remain calm, professional, and sensible in critical situations.
  • Very resourceful problem solver; capable of coming up with tangible solutions for complex issues.
  • Very sensitive and sympathetic, meeting diverse needs in each situation.
  • Supportive and friendly, create great rapports with patients, family, and staff.
  • Relate well to people from a variety of cultures.
  • Experience working in human services and care taking.
  • Computer Skills-Macintosh and PC, Windows ’98, ’00 and ME, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, MS Office (word, excel, publisher, power point), Web Graphics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Human Services/Case Worker

Jackson Street Youth Shelter. 555 NW Jackson Street. Corvallis, Oregon(541) 754-2404. December 2007 to September 2008.

  • Case Worker-Set goals for each resident; provide residents with appropriate resources, family intervention, and regular life skill coaching. Mandatory reporter and communicator with the police department and juvenile Department of CPD.
  • Supervision/Caretaker-Cook, clean, care for, and supervise youth 24/7 vigilantly.

I have been very flexible, covering other staff’s shifts and being there when extra help is needed. I have spent extra time trying to console residents and helping them overcome their life’s obstacles in an ethical and professional manner, being as non judgmental and compassionate as possible.

Office Assistant/Receptionist

Oregon State University-Media Services. Corvallis, Oregon. (541)737-2121

June 2005-September 2008.

  • Receptionist-Take all calls and inquiries, book orders and equipment rentals, and provide technical help for classroom media.
  • Office Assistant-Input information in programs, customer service, paper work, mail distribution, classroom support.

I have been very flexible, taking over-time hours, helping out when extra help was needed. I trained about 10 new incoming new staffs, and my boss had complete trust in me and relied on me in her absence, and for diligent efficient work.

Tanning Salon Receptionist/ Spray Tan Trained Specialist

Tropical Sun Indoor Tanning.Honolulu, Hawaii. (808)942-2826

June 2002-December 2004.

  • Receptionist/Customer Service Representative- Answer all phone calls, book appointments;take care of grievances, cashier, and new staff training.

I have sprayed the whole group of ladies of the Miss AmericaPageant 2004 with very happy results. Clients have requested me often to be their spray tan specialist for the immaculate careful work I did on them. When on shift, I was in charge of the whole salon from taking calls and complaints to closing and cleaning the salon.

Waitress

-Aomatsu Japanese RestaurantCorvallis, OR. (541) 752-1410

February 2004-June 2004

-Takonoki Japanese RestaurantHonolulu, HI (808) 926-8256

February 2001-July 2001

  • Wait tables, customer service

I was and am very fast to learn ways around the restaurants, the menus, and details of the menu, providing customers with information and help when needed very timely and efficiently.

Retail Sales Representative/Customer Service Representative

-Loco Boutique Bikini Store. Honolulu, HI (808) 922-7160

April 2000-April 2002

- Abercrombie and Fitch. Honolulu, HI (808) 946-5655

March 2003-September 2003

-Wet Seal. Honolulu, HI (808) 941-0553

January 2001-May 2001

  • Retail sales, competitive sales.Create a positive welcoming rapport with all customers; help them through the shopping process and up kept sales with ambitious nature.

I had one of the highest sales in our store each month with my eagerness to do my job, bringing in many returning customers, and of course racking up the sales. I was only 16 years to 18years of age, making sales among 23-25 year old women, surpassing goals and competition at Loco Boutique.

VOLUNTEER / COMMUNITY SERVICE:

-Jackson Street Youth Shelter.555 NW Jackson Street. Corvallis, Oregon

(541) 754-2404

390 HOURS Interning. Then hired as staff thereafter.

-First Presbyterian Church . 114 SW 8th St, Corvallis - (541) 753-2228.

~30 HOURS Child Care.

-OldMillCenter for Children.4515 SW Country Club Dr.Corvallis, OR97333
(541) 757-8068

~25 hours of Clerical Help and Child Programs Organization.

EDUCATION :

College OregonStateUniversity- Corvallis, Oregon.

Bachelor of Science-Human Development and Family Sciences (Human Services)

Minor in Japanese

Graduated: June 2008. GPA : 3.0

High School Mid Pacific Institute- Honolulu, Hawaii.

College Prepatory Private School

Graduated: May 2003. GPA : 3.4

FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

Fluency and literacy in Japanese. Japanese Is my first language, I know it equally to English.

REFERENCES :

John Brochis-(541)754-2404 He is the shelter manager at the youth shelter I interned at for 390 hours, and worked at as a human services case worker for almost a year after that.

Diane Cooper- (541)737-2120. She was my boss at the most recent office assistant job I had for four years who entrusted me and relied on me for training new staff and knowing all about the processes in the office.

Liz Lavaro- She was my professor for a HDFS class, Death and Dying, and we connected on a personal level and learned about death and how to deal with things like Alzheimer’s disease, PAS, and spirituality concerned with dying which benefited me in for the future for a job in hospice care or medical care.