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Abigail Paton

Abigail Paton

Summary

I am a motivated, hard working people person who has excellent communication skills. I have previously studied Occupational Therapy and completed my first year of this. I have a heart of compassion and kindness for people as to why I chose to study this. I then moved on to studying Beauty Therapy and gained my Certification in this alongside my Certifcate I completed extra papers to gain my ITEC qualification in Beauty Therapy. Both these studies have helped show me how to work with all sorts of people and how to be adaptable.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Salon Assistant/ Receptionist

Headquarters Hairdressing
01.2021 - 04.2024
  • I currently work here as a salon assistantKreceptionist. A few of the many tasks I am required to do consist of assisting stylists, shampooing cleints hair, greeting cleints and make sure they are looked after, selling, educating and reccommending clients products, cleaning and disenfecrting all tools and equipement to ensure cross contamination does not occur, building rapport with clients, answering phone calls and more. This has been a casual and part time permanent job.

Customer Service Representative

Caltex
Christchurch
02.2023 - 12.2023
  • This was a part time job that I did during my Beauty Therapy studies. I completed tasks of making coffee, filling gas bottles, filling cars up with fuel, cleaning and being on the till. This furthered mt customer service skills and taught me how to work with all sorts of people.

Support Worker

Communtity care trust
Duneidin
11.2022 - 01.2023
  • I worked as a support worker after completing my first year of studying Occupational Therapy. This taught me how to work with all sorts of people, I worked over the summer here before continuing other studies.

Checkout Operator/Online Assistant

Countdown
11.2018 - 12.2021
  • At age 15 countdown offered me a part time postion ,I worked full time during the holiday periods and full time over the covid period. This taught me how to work extremely well under pressure and how to adapt my style of working to fulfill the needs that were required to make the team work and run smoothly. I worked here for 3 years.

Paper Delivery

ODT
11.2015 - 01.2020
  • At age 12, I started my first job delivering papers every morning.

Education

NZEA level 3 with UEO -

Taieri college

Occupational Therapy Year 1

Otago Polytechnic
Dunedin, NZ

NZD Certificate in Beauty therapy -

Ara Institute of Canterbury

ITEC Diploma in Beauty Specialist plus body massage -

Ara Institute of Canterbury

Skills

  • Timely booking system
  • Kimbota booking system
  • Customer Service
  • Ability to Work Under Pressure
  • Adaptability
  • Communication Skills
  • Leadership
  • Ability to Work in a Team
  • Microsoft Office
  • Strong Work Ethic
  • Punctual and Reliable
  • Payment handling

References

Deanna Yaxley- Manager

Headquarters Hairdressing

0277337119

Timeline

Customer Service Representative

Caltex
02.2023 - 12.2023

Support Worker

Communtity care trust
11.2022 - 01.2023

Salon Assistant/ Receptionist

Headquarters Hairdressing
01.2021 - 04.2024

Checkout Operator/Online Assistant

Countdown
11.2018 - 12.2021

Paper Delivery

ODT
11.2015 - 01.2020

NZEA level 3 with UEO -

Taieri college

Occupational Therapy Year 1

Otago Polytechnic

NZD Certificate in Beauty therapy -

Ara Institute of Canterbury

ITEC Diploma in Beauty Specialist plus body massage -

Ara Institute of Canterbury

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