Cara Myers
Chicago,IL
Summary
To secure a position where the skills learned overtime can be utilized and broaden abilities while making a significant contribution to the success of the company. As an organized and dependable candidate, what will be brought to the company is also a candidate who is successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dental Assistant
Snow Family Dental
05.2021 - Current
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties for 6-10 patients.
- Sterilized rooms and prepped equipment and instruments for procedures daily.
- Explained treatment procedures to patients.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
- Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.
- Made preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
- Captured pre-restorative photos using professional photography skills and captured post-restorative photos.
- Educated patients on dental hygiene, pre-surgical instructions and post-surgical care.
- Entered patient data into computer system, adhering to strict privacy laws and maintaining high level of accuracy.
- Scheduled appointments for new and existing patients, factoring in provider availability and scheduling loads.
Dental Assistant
Aspen Dental
08.2020 - 12.2020
- Assisting Doctors in procedures (fillings, extractions, crowns, and root canals)
- Establishing strong trustful relationships with patients
- Performed in taking patient x-rays (panoramic and facial)
- Performing iTero 3d scans
- Making denture adjustments and denture repairs
- Taking patient impressions
- Taking blood pressure
- Updating all patient medical information
- Sterilizing all dental tools and equipment
- Charting for Hygienist
Manager/Hostess
The Original Pancake House
09.2016 - 03.2020
- Overseeing restaurant operations execution and management of 20-30 staff members
- Ensuring that associates are present, and work is completed in a timely manner
- Ensuring compliance with all employment policies
- Managing performance of team members, including training and coaching increasing profits
- Understanding and practicing safe food handling procedures while maintaining a clean and safe environment for guest at all times
- Provide outstanding customer service
- Audited daily counts to ensure profits were aligned and balanced
Server/Mentor
Uncle Julio's
04.2016 - 09.2016
- Ensure that patrons have enjoyable dining experiences by providing quality customer service
- Set and remove dinnerware from tables
- Ensure that tables and chairs are clean and presentable for restaurant guests
- Effectively communicate orders to kitchen staff
- Served food and beverages promptly with focused attention to customer needs
- Worked with POS system to place orders, manage bills, and handle complimentary items
- Maintained clean and organized dining areas to uphold restaurant hygiene standards
- Used slow periods to restock supplies, ice, trays, and delivery bags
- Upsold high-profit items such as appetizers and mixed drinks to enhance sales numbers
- Learned and followed local alcohol laws to keep restaurant compliant with regulations while serving spirits
- Carried out complete opening, closing and shift change duties to keep restaurant working efficiently and teams ready to meet customer needs
- Answered customers' questions, recommended items, and recorded order information
Beauty Advisor
Ulta Beauty
06.2015 - 12.2015
- Greet customers and provide excellent customer service including suggesting products specific to customers' needs therefore increasing sales.
Education
Associate of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Penn Foster Career School Online
Scranton, PA02.2024
No Degree - Sciences-Transferred Schools
Malcolm X Chicago Community College
Chicago, IL08.2020
High School Diploma -
Lane Technical College Prep High School
Chicago, IL06.2013
Skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Accounting skills
- Managerial skills
- Computer Literate/Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
- Digital Photography
- Video Editing
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Time Management
- Active Listening
- Continuous Education (always continuing to learn for self improvement)
Certification
- Google Cybersecurity Certificate
- Google Data Analytics Certificate
- Google Data Analysis with R Programming Certificate
- IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Certificate
- IBM Data Analyst Certificate
- IBM Data Science Certificate
- IBM Data Analyst with Python
- IBM Data Analytics with Excel and R Certificate
- IBM Python for Data Science, AI & Development
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst Certificate
- Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate Certificate
- Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate Certificate
- SQL for Data Science
- University of Michigan Python Basics
- Korean Certificate (CE)
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Korean
Limited Working
Timeline
Dental Assistant
Snow Family Dental
05.2021 - Current
Dental Assistant
Aspen Dental
08.2020 - 12.2020
Manager/Hostess
The Original Pancake House
09.2016 - 03.2020
Server/Mentor
Uncle Julio's
04.2016 - 09.2016
Beauty Advisor
Ulta Beauty
06.2015 - 12.2015
Associate of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
Penn Foster Career School Online
No Degree - Sciences-Transferred Schools
Malcolm X Chicago Community College
High School Diploma -
Lane Technical College Prep High School
- Google Cybersecurity Certificate
- Google Data Analytics Certificate
- Google Data Analysis with R Programming Certificate
- IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Certificate
- IBM Data Analyst Certificate
- IBM Data Science Certificate
- IBM Data Analyst with Python
- IBM Data Analytics with Excel and R Certificate
- IBM Python for Data Science, AI & Development
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst Certificate
- Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate Certificate
- Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate Certificate
- SQL for Data Science
- University of Michigan Python Basics
- Korean Certificate (CE)
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