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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards
Volunteer Experience
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BERENICE LOPEZ

Milwaukee,WI

Summary

Hardworking, passionate, and reliable team player with seeking a position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. To be involved in a career-based learning experience that involves both exhibit and quarantine animals for a future career in zoology or wildlife rehabilitation.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Style Consultant

Target
05.2023 - Current
  • Assisting customers in fitting rooms and sales floor
  • Ensuring sales floor is set with clothing items, accurately priced with right sizes, colors, and styles,
  • Maintaining the fitting rooms - ensuring that they are clean and that customers are welcome
  • Back stocking clothing that is not fit on the sales floor
  • Completing inventory pulls - taking clothes from the back to put to the sales floor
  • Pushing products to the floor - taking clothes that came in from the trucks to the front
  • Supporting guest services as a back-up cashier
  • Collaborated with fellow consultants to ensure seamless communication, resulting in improved team performance and customer satisfaction.
  • Helped clients create new outfits with existing clothing and accessories.

Student Worker - Library Archives

Carroll University
09.2023 - 05.2024
  • Scanning newspapers
  • Searching and saving articles (newspaper clippings) on Carroll College in the database Newspapers.com Library edition

Membership Services Assistant

Zoological Society of Milwaukee
11.2022 - 05.2023
  • Assisting customers (handing or sending out Zoo passes)
  • Cash handling in morning and afternoon shifts
  • Customer service (handling walk-ups in Guest Services and Membership windows)
  • Answering phone calls to assist with buying Zoo passes and transferring phone calls
  • Processing outgoing and incoming mail

Front End Cashier

Pick N' Save
08.2020 - 11.2022
  • Assisting customers (scanning, bagging groceries)
  • Assisting customers in self-checkout (scanning, answering questions)
  • Customer Service (helping with refunds, lottery tickets, bus passes & scanning)
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing efficient and friendly service during checkout.
  • Maintained a well-organized and clean workstation, ensuring a positive shopping experience for customers.
  • Supported stocking efforts by organizing shelves near the front end cashier area, maintaining a visually appealing presentation of merchandise.
  • Handled high volumes of transactions with accuracy, contributing to overall store sales goals.
  • Addressed customer concerns promptly, resolving issues and maintaining strong relationships with patrons.
  • Assisted in training new cashiers, sharing best practices and helping them become proficient in their roles.
  • Utilized strong communication skills to relay pertinent information between customers and other staff members effectively.
  • Helped customers complete purchases, locate items, and join reward programs.
  • Collaborated with team members to ensure seamless store operations during busy periods.

Biology Student Worker

Carroll University
09.2021 - 05.2022
  • Cleaning computers with disinfectant wipes
  • Assisting in making media and gels
  • Pouring medias and gels
  • Operating the large autoclave by placing items inside or removing them from the autoclave
  • Disassembling boxes (removing items from boxes)
  • Maintained tidy and organized environment to comply with cleanliness standards.
  • Worked in team environment to maintain high levels of productivity.

Corporate Work Study Intern - Human Resources, Accounting

Marcus Corporation
08.2018 - 05.2019
  • Support HR and Accounting Coordinator with tasks (i.e., Filing, Printing, Scanning, Stocking)
  • Computer Work (i.e., Worked on company websites)
  • Assist in various projects in different areas (i.e., Accounting, Human Resources)

Corporate Work Study Intern - Human Resources

Coakley Brothers
08.2017 - 05.2018
  • Support HR Coordinator with additional tasks (i.e., Filing, running reports, printing, workshop areas)
  • Assist in various projects in different areas (i.e., Accounting, Human Resources, Design, etc.)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Animal Behavior - Animal Behavior

Carroll University
Waukesha, WI
05.2025

High School Diploma -

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
West Milwaukee, WI
06.2021

Skills

  • Problem-Solving
  • Time Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • Bilingual (English & Spanish)
  • Productive
  • Critical Thinking
  • Strong Work Ethic
  • Multitasking and Organization
  • Excellent Communication
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Customer Service
  • Filing and Recordkeeping
  • Answering Phones
  • Filing and data archiving
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Reliability and punctuality
  • Professionalism
  • Reliable and Responsible
  • Adaptable and Flexible
  • Cooperative Attitude

Awards

  • Klingberg Family Endowed Scholarship
  • Pell Grant

Volunteer Experience

  • Cristo Rey, Movie Day and Dodgeball Tournament, 03/30/2019, Helped set up food, talked to people who came, helped in the dodgeball tournament
  • St. Ann's Annual Gala, Discovery World, 08/10/2018, Trained on how to use tablets for those who would bid & stationed at tables, Cleaned up / Packed up items
  • Mexican Independence Day Parade, 09/16/2018, Passed out candy to the children and walked in the parade with the others.
  • Trick-Or-Treat Street event, 10/20/2018, Arrived at the location early to get the baskets of candy ready, Handed out candy to those that came dressed with one or two pieces of candy.
  • Open House - CRJHS, 10/29/2017 & 10/28/2018, Handed papers (information about the school) and answered questions, Worked in the kitchen, putting snacks and drinks for the people that came
  • Dismas, 10/8/2018, Assembled packets for their conference attendees that included several papers, a notepad, a pen tucked inside a pocket folder and a name badge

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Student Worker - Library Archives

Carroll University
09.2023 - 05.2024

Style Consultant

Target
05.2023 - Current

Membership Services Assistant

Zoological Society of Milwaukee
11.2022 - 05.2023

Biology Student Worker

Carroll University
09.2021 - 05.2022

Front End Cashier

Pick N' Save
08.2020 - 11.2022

Corporate Work Study Intern - Human Resources, Accounting

Marcus Corporation
08.2018 - 05.2019

Corporate Work Study Intern - Human Resources

Coakley Brothers
08.2017 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Science in Animal Behavior - Animal Behavior

Carroll University

High School Diploma -

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
BERENICE LOPEZ