TAMMY TAKETA

68 Depot st Harrison, Maine, 04040

Tammytaketa@gmail.com

ABOUT ME

I am a highly motivated individual with a variety of different work experience, including but not limited to; food service, equine management and sales.

CAREER OBJECTIVES

I would like to start a job that leaves me feeling as though I have completed tasks and accomplished goals at the end of the work day.

EDUCATION

Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School

South Paris,. ME

Completed coursework towards High School Diploma, Dec 2007

Ged Plus Program

Pennsylvania

Sep 2008-Sep 2008

Completed the GED Plus program over the course of 2.5 weeks.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Great Falls Marketing

Auburn, ME

Sales Representative January 2014 – July 2014

• Deliver prepared sales talks, reading from scripts that describe products or services, in order to persuade potential customers to purchase a product or service or to make a donation.

• Explain products or services and prices, and answer questions from customers.

• Obtain customer information such as name, address, and payment method, and enter orders into computers.

• Record names, addresses, purchases, and reactions of prospects contacted.

• Adjust sales scripts to better target the needs and interests of specific individuals.

• Answer telephone calls from potential customers who have been solicited through advertisements.

Danny’s Variety

Lewiston, ME

Cashier July 2013 – September 2013

• Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.

• Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.

• Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.

• Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.

• Greet customers entering establishments.

• Sell tickets and other items to customers.

• Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.

• Stock shelves, and mark prices on shelves and items.

• Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.

• Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.

• Assist with duties in other areas of the store, such as monitoring fitting rooms or bagging and carrying out customers’ items.

• Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins.

• Compute and record totals of transactions.

• Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.

• Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons.

• Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.

Georgios Pizza & Doughnuts

Auburn, ME

Cook July 2013 – December 2013

• Maintain sanitation, health, and safety standards in work areas.

• Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces, and utensils.

• Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity.

• Cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, which are prepared to order or kept warm until sold.

• Prepare specialty foods such as pizzas, fish and chips, sandwiches, and tacos, following specific methods that usually require short preparation time.

• Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.

• Read food order slips or receive verbal instructions as to food required by patron, and prepare and cook food according to instructions.

• Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.

• Clean, stock, and restock workstations and display cases.

• Cook the exact number of items ordered by each customer, working on several different orders simultaneously.

• Wash, cut, and prepare foods designated for cooking.

• Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.

• Prepare and serve beverages such as coffee and fountain drinks.

• Pre-cook items such as bacon, to prepare them for later use.

• Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.

• Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.

• Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.

• Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.

• Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures.

• Present bills and receipts and collect payments for goods delivered or loaded.

• Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles.

• Turn in receipts and money received from deliveries.

• Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions.

Great Falls Marketing

Auburn, ME

Sales Representative November 2012 – July 2013

• Deliver prepared sales talks, reading from scripts that describe products or services, in order to persuade potential customers to purchase a product or service or to make a donation.

• Explain products or services and prices, and answer questions from customers.

• Obtain customer information such as name, address, and payment method, and enter orders into computers.

• Record names, addresses, purchases, and reactions of prospects contacted.

• Adjust sales scripts to better target the needs and interests of specific individuals.

• Answer telephone calls from potential customers who have been solicited through advertisements.

Caswell House Restaurant

Harrison, ME

Cook April 2012 – November 2012

• Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.

• Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.

• Grill and garnish hamburgers or other meats such as steaks and chops.

• Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, and stamp the time and date on food in coolers.

• Perform food preparation tasks, such as making sandwiches, carving meats, making soups or salads, baking breads or desserts, and brewing coffee or tea.

• Plan work on orders so that items served together are finished at the same time.

• Perform general cleaning activities in kitchen and dining areas.

Sunday River

Newry, ME

Cafe Attendant September 2011 – April 2012

• Serve food, beverages, or desserts to customers in such settings as take-out counters of restaurants or lunchrooms, business or industrial establishments, hotel rooms, and cars.

• Prepare bills for food, using cash registers, calculators, or adding machines, and accept payment or make change.

• Cook food or prepare food items, such as sandwiches, salads, and ice cream dishes, using standard formulas or following directions.

• Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, to keep equipment and facilities sanitary.

• Balance receipts and payments in cash registers.

• Wrap menu item such as sandwiches, hot entrees, and desserts for serving or for takeout.

• Scrub and polish counters, steam tables, and other equipment, and clean glasses, dishes, and fountain equipment.

• Brew coffee and tea, and fill containers with requested beverages.

• Take customers’ orders and write ordered items on tickets, giving ticket stubs to customers when needed to identify filled orders.

• Serve salads, vegetables, meat, breads, and cocktails, ladle soups and sauces, portion desserts, and fill beverage cups and glasses.

• Set up dining areas for meals and clear them following meals.

• Deliver orders to kitchens, and pick up and serve food when it is ready.

Trippcrest Farms

Harrison, ME

Stable Hand April 2011 – August 2011

• Feed and water animals according to schedules and feeding instructions.

• Mix food, liquid formulas, medications, or food supplements according to instructions, prescriptions, and knowledge of animal species.

• Examine and observe animals to detect signs of illness, disease, or injury.

• Do facility laundry and clean, organize, maintain, and disinfect animal quarters, such as pens and stables, and equipment, such as saddles and bridles.

• Feed and water animals according to schedules and feeding instructions.

• Feed and water livestock; and monitor food and water supplies.

• Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.

• Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.

• Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.

• Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, and/or pumps.

• Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.

Caswell House Restaurant

Harrison, ME

Cook May 2010 – August 2011

• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, or serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.

• Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.

• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.

• Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking.

• Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.

• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.

• Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes or personal judgment, using various kitchen utensils and equipment.

• Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons.

• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption.

• Carve and trim meats such as beef, veal, ham, pork, and lamb for hot or cold service, or for sandwiches.

• Substitute for or assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods.

• Estimate expected food consumption, requisition or purchase supplies, or procure food from storage.

• Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.

• Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.

• Grill and garnish hamburgers or other meats such as steaks and chops.

• Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, and stamp the time and date on food in coolers.

• Plan work on orders so that items served together are finished at the same time.

• Perform general cleaning activities in kitchen and dining areas.

• Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, or griddles.

The Village Tie Up

Harrison, ME

Cook July 2008 – May 2009

• Grill, cook, and fry foods such as french fries, eggs, and pancakes.

• Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables.

• Take orders from customers and cook foods requiring short preparation times, according to customer requirements.

• Grill and garnish hamburgers or other meats such as steaks and chops.

• Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, and stamp the time and date on food in coolers.

• Perform food preparation tasks, such as making sandwiches, carving meats, making soups or salads, baking breads or desserts, and brewing coffee or tea.

• Plan work on orders so that items served together are finished at the same time.

• Perform general cleaning activities in kitchen and dining areas.

• Order supplies and stock them on shelves.

• Set oven temperatures and place items into hot ovens for baking.

• Observe color of products being baked and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.

• Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.

• Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.

• Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets and bake in production ovens or on grills.

• Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.

• Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.

• Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.

• Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.

• Order or receive supplies or equipment.

• Operate slicing or wrapping machines.

• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.

• Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.

• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption.

• Substitute for or assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods.

Burger King

South Paris, ME

Cashier January 2007 – December 2007

• Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.

• Greet customers entering establishments.

• Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.

• Serve food, beverages, or desserts to customers in such settings as take-out counters of restaurants or lunchrooms, business or industrial establishments, hotel rooms, and cars.

• Prepare bills for food, using cash registers, calculators, or adding machines, and accept payment or make change.

• Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping, mopping, and washing dishes, to keep equipment and facilities sanitary.

• Brew coffee and tea, and fill containers with requested beverages.

• Deliver orders to kitchens, and pick up and serve food when it is ready.

• Take food and drink orders and receive payment from customers.

• Serve orders to customers at windows, counters, or tables.

• Prepare and serve beverages such as coffee and fountain drinks.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Customer Service

• Data Entry

• Typing

• Over-the-phone skills

• Proficiency with computers

• POS experience

• Knowledge of Sales Process

• Multi-tasking

• Time Management Skills

• Filing paperwork

REFERENCES

Mike Malloy, Manager at The Caswell House Restaurant 207-583-6550

Barbara Whittemore 207-743-5404