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Ora Smith

Beaufort,South Carolina

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

BECK AND CALL
  • Providing Services to busy professionals, families, and retirees
  • At your Beck and Call...I provide my clients with quality, timely, courteous, and efficient services, so while you are busy healing, working or enjoying life...I will take care of the rest
  • Wait Services…Computer and Office Help…Bookkeeping services…Scanning Services of documents and photos…Photo Restoration…Photo Inventory Services…VHS tapes to DVD

Licensed Realtor

CORA BETT THOMAS REALTY & ASSOCIATES
06.2005 - 12.2011
  • Representing buyers and sellers, meet clients, arrange closings, and handle paperwork, locate properties up for sale and negotiate with clients and property owners
  • The fiduciary responsibilities to my clients are: Loyalty: To act at all times in the best interest of the seller or buyer and to put their interests above all others, including my own
  • Obedience: To obey promptly all lawful instructions of the seller or buyer
  • Disclosure: To disclose all known, relevant facts to the seller or buyer
  • Confidentiality: To safeguard the seller’s or buyer’s secrets, unless keeping the confidence would violate disclosure requirements
  • Reasonable Care and Diligence: To diligently use real estate skills and knowledge when pursing the seller’s or buyer’s affairs
  • Accounting: To account for all funds and property entrusted by the seller or buyer.
  • Compared recently sold area properties to determine competitive market prices.
  • Promoted sales of properties through advertisements, open houses and online advertising platforms.
  • Arranged for inspections and surveys of sold properties.
  • Liaised between buyers and sellers to establish favorable prices and negotiate contract terms.

Retail Representative

HARGRAY
01.2000 - 05.2005
  • Build and maintain the customer base by providing quality service, increase the net customer base by providing quality sales/support of telecommunications products to new and existing customers who walk-in or call-in
  • Qualify customers by assessing their needs and sell products that meet their needs
  • Maintain a polite, professional, and positive attitude to convey a helpful friendly image
  • Responsible for attaining budgeted sales quota
  • Make presentations and demonstrate products to the customers and provide training on the use of products sold and activate lines of services sold in the billing and network systems
  • Make follow up calls to ascertain customer satisfaction and accept payments for products and services
  • Maintain an accurate cash count and reconcile the daily receipts
  • Prepare accurate bank deposit and reconcile the cash drawer
  • Provide equipment upgrades to existing customers and accept equipment returned for repair
  • Process loaner service and provide training and assistance for new employees.

Client Management/Customer Service

ENVIRONMENTS, INC.
07.1999 - 01.2000
  • Call on established top accounts; identify client’s needs and problems, assuring them of a ready and reliable representative
  • Maintain detailed sales logs, referral logs and document account contacts and service existing accounts to assure continued sales
  • Provide follow-up information such as catalogs and planning guides and respond to customer requests for bids and quotes
  • Strive to meet the sales focus as determined by management and make cold calls, generating new business
  • Resolve wide range of customer problems, applying diplomacy and assertiveness to backorder problems and to items arriving broken
  • Developed a sharp awareness of both the spoken and unspoken needs of the customers and participated in trade shows, preparing set ups, performing sales promotions, public relations, and networking.

Office Manager

PREVENT BLINDNESS GEORGIA
01.1997 - 06.1999
  • Office responsibilities include maintaining databases updating information and keep current all direct mail donors, foundations, corporate and doctors
  • Mail out thank you letters for all money received, mail all correspondence, reminder notes and notices for various meetings scheduled, process bulk mailings, and purge information from the computer
  • Keep track of office supplies and order when needed, answer and direct all incoming calls
  • Certified child and adult vision screener
  • Accounting responsibilities include record all deposits in Pacioli and later QuickBooks, post, make copies for files and make bank deposits, process checks to be paid, balance monthly checking account, process end of the month financial reports (i.e
  • Trial balance, balance sheet, budget sheet, budget reports and accounts activity, monthly and quarterly statements to national office, using trial balance and balance sheet
  • Audit responsibilities include bank reconciliations and bank statements for current year, aged accounts receivable listing, detail of prepaid expenses and detail of deposits which reconcile to the general ledger, property and equipment and depreciation listing which reconciles to the general ledger
  • Schedule of property and equipment disposed of during the year, including original cost, accumulated depreciation at date of disposal, sales price and date of disposal, detail listing of accounts payable and detail of accrued liabilities which reconciles to the general ledger, detail schedule of allocation of salaries and benefits for the restricted programs and schedule summarizing future minimum rental commitments for each of the next five years
  • Summary of capital lease obligation activity, schedule of fiscal year foundation contributions, related award/rejection letters, proposals and related cash receipts documentation for the awarded gifts, schedule of legacy and bequest gifts, schedules of corporate donations, employee fund contributions and special donors contributions over $1,000.

Manager

NELL’S HARBOUR SHOP
01.1984 - 04.1996
  • Oversaw day-to-day operations, attended regional and national markets
  • Developed and implemented sales/marketing programs to increase market share, instructed staff in appropriate sales techniques to assure consistently high volume
  • Handles ordering and inventory control, recruited and trained new employees and merchandised store
  • Prepared payroll and handled all governmental reporting and deposits, prepared annual W-2 forms, handled accounting functions, reconciled bank accounts and compiled financial information for accountant
  • Established second outlet, created floor design, designed and implemented marketing campaigns to increase consumer awareness of both locations, initiated, developed and maintained relationships with insurance, banking and other professionals
  • Set up accounting systems and implemented payroll procedures for both shops, successfully generated profits in three of the shop’s four years, actively involved in the local Merchants Association and served as its president, vice president and secretary.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Elementary Education) -

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia, SC
01.1983

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education

MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE
Staunton, VA
05.1981

High School Diploma -

SEA PINES ACADEMY
Hilton Head Island, SC
06.1979

Skills

  • Task Prioritization
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • [Type] Software Proficiency
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Self-Directed
  • Public Speaking
  • Data Entry

Volunteer Experience

  • St. Helena Episcopal Church, Treasurer of the Episcopal Churchwomen, Sunday volunteer in the Church bookstore
  • Graduate of Leadership Jasper County
  • Historic Beaufort Foundation, volunteer
  • Beaufort County Open Land Trust, volunteer
  • Junior League of Savannah, Hilton Head Board Liaison, Placement Committee, Cookbook Committee, Admissions Provisional Committee, Project Research and Development, Training and Education
  • St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Treasurer of Episcopal Church Women, Treasurer of Tour of Homes
  • Museum of Hilton Head Island, Membership Committee, Loggerhead Golf Tournament
  • Delta Delta Delta, President, Vice President, Treasurer
  • Chamber of Commerce Retail Advisory Board
  • Graduate of Leadership Hilton Head Island
  • Muscular Dystrophy fund-raiser
  • Hospice trained volunteer
  • Hilton Head Preparatory School Alumni Board

Timeline

Licensed Realtor

CORA BETT THOMAS REALTY & ASSOCIATES
06.2005 - 12.2011

Retail Representative

HARGRAY
01.2000 - 05.2005

Client Management/Customer Service

ENVIRONMENTS, INC.
07.1999 - 01.2000

Office Manager

PREVENT BLINDNESS GEORGIA
01.1997 - 06.1999

Manager

NELL’S HARBOUR SHOP
01.1984 - 04.1996

BECK AND CALL

Bachelor of Arts (Elementary Education) -

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Bachelor of Arts - Elementary Education

MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE

High School Diploma -

SEA PINES ACADEMY

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