Alison Sowerby Email & Phone Number

Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, Canada Area

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, Canada Area

Halifax, Canada Area

• Assisted in promoting and organizing employee recognitions and events.• Facilitated new hire process; including monitoring postings and conducting new hire screenings.• Contacted potential employees’ previous employers for reference checks.• Completed employees’ reservations for family and friends for other Starwood Hotels & Resorts properties. • Other administrative duties; including filing, preparing orientation binders and ordering office supplies. • Provided direct support to Human Resources Team as needed.

Bedford, Nova Scotia

Accounting Duties:Provided direct assistance to accountants as needed. Filed and organized various invoices, documents and reports within the accounting department.Reconcile American Express, Mastercard & Visa monthly statements.Reconcile statements and recorded into accounting software program, Sage AccPac.Compared hotel rates of REIT and managed properties.Human Resources Duties:Provided direct assistance to Regional Vice President of OperationsC.A.R.E. Week - Designed PowerPoint Presentation for over 25 hotels across Canada to inform management about Employee Appreciation Week. Provided hotel general managers with ideas, templates and timetables for C.A.R.E. WeekAssisted in planning C.A.R.E. week at Pacrim Corporate Office.Conducted Employee Satisfaction Index Survey (ESI) for over 15 hotels across Canada. Responsible for editing surveys to accommodate to each specific hotel, as well as providing hotel management with employee letters.Responsible for constructing grouping and filtering and exporting results for ESI Surveys.Assisted in planning Pacrim Corporate Office summer outing.Sales Duties:Assisted sales team in preparing of advertisements/mail outs for properties.Assisted in gathering mailing and contact information for target markets for promotions.Front Desk:Provided Front Desk coverage during vacation, sick days and lunch breaks.Greeted walk-in clients.Provided a professional response to inquires in directing questions from external customers.Opened and distributed incoming mail.Answered phones and directed calls accordingly.

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Counsellor Assistant (September 2011 - December 2011)• Similar responsibilities as relief staff; however held greater responsibility and demonstrated leadership and initiative in a variety of situations.• Responsible for completing formal written reports about each resident. • Responsible for displaying leadership to relief staff, as well as delegating tasks to staff if need be. • Responsible for receiving and counting prescription medications on a monthly basis.• Responsible for taking clients to various medical appointments, including dentist and neurologists appointments, and keeping a professional profile and understanding of medical needs. Relief Staff (October 2010 - February 2011)• Worked in a home environment to support the individual dreams and goals of adults with intellectual, physical and mental disabilities.• Responsible for providing residents with the correct medication at the correct time.• Accompanied residents on outings in the community. • Completed seven in-depth training sessions, including personal care, medication awareness, behaviour support and standard first aid.

Rpa Candidate, Property Management

Ethics Is Good Business Leasing and Marketing for Property Managers Budgeting and Accounting Law and Risk Management

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) Honours, Psychology, History

Activities and Societies: Volunteer S.M.I.L.E. Instructor; Volunteer Kinderskills Instructor; Relay For LifeCompleted fourth year of study.

Post-Graduate, Hospitality Operations Management, Honours G.P.A.

Human Resources & Law, Sales and Marketing, E-Commerce, Accounting & Finance Revenue Management, Strategic Business Planning.