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Edinburgh

In my current role I work as an international travel consultant for Flight centre at the forefront of the inspiring world of travel. Headquartered in New Malden in Surrey, Flight Centre UK has a portfolio including eight leisure and corporate travel brands and over 80 Flight Centre stores across the UK. My main responsibilities and focus is to sell business and leisure travel to clients, helping them reach destinations they desire, as well as some others perhaps they hadn’t thought of as well as looking after and arranging flights and visas. Responsible for building and maintaining a portfolio of clients and managing them simultaneously is essential and requires great organisational skills. I have acquired in depth knowledge of product offerings, complex airfares, and booking processes which allow me to work with a range of suppliers within the travel industry including airlines, accommodation providers and adventure tour companies which allows me to deliver expert recommendations.

Marbella Area, Spain

This past summer I was working as a captain for Marbella Marina for the summer season driving 12m-22m boats that I would be both chartering and delivering to owners who had requested their boats in a specific location. My responsibilities and duties have included planning & revising daily charters, tender driving, skippering charters and towing guests/clients primarily for doighnutting & waterskiing/wakeboarding and have been actively involved in a number of water sport activities including paddle boarding, using a seabob, diving and wakeboarding. I have a good working knowledge of painting, general maintenance & varnishing together with a strong background in water sports including wakeboarding, mono-skiing &have recently taken up kite surfing which I absolutely love.Over the years I have acquired various boating experience as it is a passion of mine and has developed my skills in piloting, navigation, meteorology, practical seamanship, steering sail handling, anchoring, mooring, rope-work & general upkeep duties including cleaning, maintenance & galley duties which opened my eyes to the world of sailing and was what inspired me to want to learn more and seek employment within this industry. I have all my valid offshore certificates including my ENG-1 Medical, STCW95, PADI, IPBL2 with commercial endorsement.

Edinburgh, Perth & Kinross

In my current role I work with the family business assisting the project manager with development sites in Perth & Kinross. I help maintain progress records for defects rectification, site visits and inspections including safety assessments, updating project expenditure records for bank draw downs and assisting with marketing and maintenance tasks. This role is giving me an understanding of the building & construction industry & I feel is good experience.

Edinburgh

Introduced in 2000, R&D tax credits are the Government's way of encouraging exciting new products and services. Why? Because by helping to reduce some of the financial risk for technology companies, the Government hopes they'll find new and innovative techniques to make the UK more competitive internationally. At Jumpstart, we believe that your company gets the best results by using people who actually understand the science of what you do. That’s why every member of our delivery team has a first or postgraduate degree in an area of technology or science. We are not accountants – we are chemists, biologists, engineers, physicists, computer scientists and software engineers. Broadly speaking, there are two main approaches to making a claim for R&D tax credits: the accountancy-only approach offered by accountancy firms, and the technology-based approach offered by Jumpstart.

Edinburgh

Worked as a media sales consultant for Johnston Press as part of their digital team. I dealt with all aspects of account management & business development through to managing existing clients and generating new leads. I sold to a large range of clients over the phone, utilising our products in order to provide a solution for their business needs. Through this I was able to develop excellent customer service & am able to build rapport easily with clients. I am confident when either on the phone or speaking with them directly & was quick to understand & adopt any new company polices.

Edinburgh

Responsible for generating business for the club through promotion & lead generation. To act as an ambassador for Xercise4less & to promote, organize & arrange new memberships. Accountable for individual sales and achieving sales targets on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. Responsible for developing relationships with members, prospects & corporate businesses to ensure constant flow of new business to the club. Liase with all departments to integrate the sales process with the member journey.

Aberdeen/Edinburgh

Following initial training in Houston with Schlumberger I have worked for 3 years in the UK/Norwegean sectors of the North Sea on a variety of installations. Competent 2nd Engineer with a sound knowledge of drilling practices & Fluid techniques, procedures and technology and can provide further details on request.Drilling Fluid Engineer or "Mud engineer" is the name given to an oil field service company individual who is charged with maintaining a drilling fluid or completion fluid system on an oil and/or gas drilling rig. This individual typically works for the company selling the chemicals for the job and is specifically trained with those products, though independent mud engineers are still common. The work schedule of the mud engineer or more properly Drilling Fluids Engineer, is arduous, often involving long shifts. Typical shifts range from twenty-one days on and seven off, to five weeks on and five weeks off. Consulting mud men can work up to one hundred days or longer, in a row. A drilling engineer develops, plans, costs, schedules and supervises the operations necessary in the process of drilling oil and gas wells. They are involved from initial well design to testing, completion and abandonment. Engineers are employed on land, on offshore platforms or on mobile drilling units either by the operating oil company, a specialist drilling contractor or a service company.The role can involve administering drilling and service contracts, engineering design, the planning of wells and supervising the drilling crew on site.Drilling engineers work with other professionals, such as geologists and geoscientists, to monitor drilling progress, oversee safety management and ensure the protection of the environment.I help create and implement solutions to problems which has allowed me to develop an awareness of customer relationship management and which has improved my teamwork skills whilst working with challenging individuals in high pressure environments.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A brand ambassador helps to embody the corporate identity in appearance, demeanor, values and ethics. The key element of brand ambassadors lies in their ability to use promotional strategies that help to strengthen the customer-product/service relationship and in tern influence a large audience to buy and consume more. I have worked on various campaigns for ID and I have found the work challenging and fun. The variety of the job means you could be selling specific products in store one day or working for some of the UK’s biggest retail brands at point of purchase where it is all about engaging the consumers and immersing them in your brand.

Castle Street, Edinburgh

The first Strada opened in London in 1999. Now there are over 65, and Tragus is planning more all the time. Our success comes through serving authentic Italian dishes in contemporary surroundings. It also comes through developing our people with the same passion that we bring to our food.Strada is big on training, benefits and rewards. We provide Industry leading e-learning for team training and full management training in our restaurants. Our structured training programmes are among the best in the industry.We take your training and development very seriously. So much so that we have a team of field-based training specialists who maintain regular contact with team members and managers alike, to ensure that all our employees are developing well.Our approach is to give you all the training tools you need, and then leave you to decide how you want to use them. That way you get to discover your own strengths and levels of commitment, knowing that we’re always on hand to support you when you ask us to. Training tools include:Support TrainersOn-Job LearningWorkbooks, Folders and ProgrammesE-LearningTraining KitchenManagement InductionManagement DevelopmentPerformance and Career ReviewsBespoke Management Training CoursesA high level of service was essential for this role as a front of house waiter in a modern busy Italian venue in the city center. Responsible for providing a first class dining experience for guests which required a good level of communication and the ability to work as part of a team.

Worldwide

Smollan Headcount is a leading UK based field marketing company, with far reaching capabilities into Europe and beyond through a network of partners. The Smollan Headcount proposition centres on the need to help grow clients’ brands, achieved through understanding specific client needs, developing the very best talent, and delivering operational excellence with pioneering technology.I was involved in a number of different activities including Auditing & mystery shoppingData collectionFace to face communicationField researchIn-store merchandisingPoint-of-sale placementPromotional supportRetailer trainingRoadshows & eventsSales - D2D/Venue/B2BSampling & demonstration Represent the agency and uphold a professional manner and carry out a high level of service to the clients through marketing and promotional work.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Located in Leith, Edinburgh's historic old port area, a short distance from Edinburgh's city centre and 5 minutes walk from the Scottish Executive offices, The Bourse is the ideal location for your business. We have 2 interesting period buildings which we offer as serviced offices available on an easy basis with flexible short leases for space to suit your needs. We offer office accommodation suitable for a single user up to larger offices and suites for teams of 20 or so. Please contact us to discuss your requirements and arrange for a brief visit to see what we can offer from an office or suite or a shared or co-working space to a virtual office facility giving you access to our facilities such as a meeting rooms, colour copying and printing. You will find that we offer appealing office space in a strategic location, which is also excellent value for money, and our prices are pretty well inclusive apart from the cost of elective service items for: communications, meeting rooms, copying & printing etc. Locate your business with us at the Bourse, focus on your core business and let us deal with the hassle non-core property management issues. Sub contract work that involves maintenance & repairs on the premises as well as other general duties to help maintain the workplace and ensure they are suitable for the clients . Carried out preparatory work for maintenance activities, including gathering equipment, materials & supplies Was responsible for loading & unloading materials, & laying out materials & equipment for projects

Net Talent has been established via a Management Equity model spun off from the award winning First People Solutions Group, one of the UK's leading recruitment consultancies; a Company with two appearances in the Sunday Times fast track 100 in 2007 and 2008. FPSG has always been renowned for its partnership approach and outstanding delivery capabilities across diverse markets.Recruitment consultants are responsible for attracting candidates and matching them to temporary or permanent positions with client companies. They work with client companies, building relationships in order to gain a better understanding of their recruitment needs and requirements.Recruitment consultants attract candidates by drafting advertising copy for use in a wide range of media, as well as by networking, headhunting and through referrals. They screen candidates, interview them, do background checks and finally match them to their clients. Consultants also provide advice to both clients and candidates on salary levels, training requirements & career opportunities.The role of a recruitment consultant is very sales orientated, and involves:Using sales, business development, marketing techniques & networking in order to attract business from client companies;Working towards targets that may relate to the number of candidates placed, a value to be billed to clients or business leads generated;Building relationships with clients;Developing a good understanding of client companies, their industry, what they do and their work culture & environment;Advertising vacancies appropriately by drafting & placing adverts in a wide range of media, e.g.newspapers, websites, magazines;Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates & employers;Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work;Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews and creating a shortlists;

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://www.browns-restaurants.co.uk/home/High Level of service maintained as a prerequisite for this role and was able to work in a busy service-orientated, time pressured environment .I was required to work long and busy shifts and was able to commit fully to the position as well as remained focused utilising resources efficiently, as to direct activities towards common goals.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Promoted Assistant Manager, responsible for general running and management of the premisesConsolidated targets of the team into action plansImplemented specific administrative processes in efforts to organize co-workersEnsured sales revenue was maximised at all times and that budgeted targets were exceeded

Gansbaai, South Africa

Marine Dynamics is a Shark Cage Diving company based in Kleinbaai, a small harbour town, part of Gansbaai in the Western Cape of South Africa.It was my duty to make sure the sharks were monitored and tagged the Great white sharks whilst looking after the safety of the guests on the boatCollated and organized the data into a clear an concise format. Ensured general maintenance and upkeep of the boat

Cambridge

http://www.office-angels.com/Adecco Group is the world’s leading provider of HR solutions, employing over 31,000 dedicated members of staff, and operating across 5,500 offices in more than 60 countries worldwide. Pretty impressive stuff. But how does that benefit you?Well, because Adecco Group’s international reach connects around 600,000 candidates with 100,000 clients every day, we have access to some very enviable resources ― not to mention the backing of a parent company that is financially stable, environmentally responsible, and passionately committed to doing the very best for each and every one of its valued customers.With 12 market-leading brands under its wing, the Group caters for temporary staffing, contract assignments and permanent placements, across every job type and industry sector. So if you fancy a change of scene, we’ll know exactly who to direct you to. Adecco Group also specialises in outsourcing, consulting, outplacement, managed services and multi lingual recruitment. We’d say that makes us a rather formidable force in the recruitment market. If there’s anything that you’d like to know about the Adecco Group or any of its very well respected companies, get in touch today.Carried out various Temp work for Office Angels where I was placed in numerous roles all within the respective office environment. I was able to learn & develop my skills as well as build on my existing skills

Cambridge

The Punting Company is a Cambridge based punting company that operates on the River Cam, running punt tours along the College Backs of the University of Cambridge. The Punting Company was founded by local Cambridge residents with the mandate to provide a luxury fleet of punts available to the public for self hire and guided punting tours.An unparalleled punting experience at an unparalleled price!The River Cam is being increasingly frequented by punts and punting companies, especially during the summer. For a more relaxed tour and punting experience, The Punting Company offers punt tours to the poet, Rupert Brooke's village of Grantchester, which can be arranged using our online booking form.Our experienced punt chauffeurs have an abundant knowledge of Cambridge and punting, which makes them the perfect tour guides; they guarantee to have you smiling throughout the whole tour, and teach you a thing or two you didn't know about Cambridge and punting.The Punting Company is one of the few punting companies in Cambridge that offer online booking. Using our online booking form, you can pre-book a self hire punt or a chauffeured punt tour for a fixed price.Delivered clear and detailed historic & factual information to clientsPlanned exiting methods in which I could engage the customers on the tourEstablished and developed rapport with each of my clientsPromoted to general manager where I managed and supervised clients and other workersResponsible for the safety of everyone on board the boatStrengthened my competitive edge when dealing with rival companies

Cambridge, United Kingdom

http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/your_university/anglia_ruskin_campuses/cambridge_campus.htmlHelped to promote continual customer satisfaction throughout the gymnasium. Tailored specific training regimes for the members of the gym.Worked as part of a team providing the students wit h a service and making myself available fo r their questions. Responsible for cashing up, cleaning the gym, general maintanane, & liaising with different departmentsMarketing the gym around the campus.

Bsc, Marine And Wildlife Biology

Activities and Societies: A member of the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) & Southern England Student Sports Association.

Applied Oilfield Testing & Scientific Drilling Principles, Oilfield Technologies & Scientific Drilling Principles, Pass

Activities and Societies: As a Drilling Fluids Specialist 1, you will be responsible for the execution of drilling fluid activities.

Higher National Certificate, Multimedia Design And Production, Pass With Merit

Activities and Societies: This course will give you the opportunity to practice and develop the skills necessary for planning.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Rugby team, skiing team,