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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Hobbies
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Daisy McKenna

Waitress
Potts Point,NSW

Summary

Motivated waitress with engaging personality and flexible approach. Upbeat, friendly and anticipating customer needs to facilitate enjoyable dining experiences.

Overview

7
years of professional experience
7
years of post-secondary education
5
Certifications
2
Languages

Work History

EF Education First Group
Newport, Isle Of Wight, UK

Activity Leader
07.2023 - 08.2023

Job overview

  • Looking after groups of up to 32 children between the ages 9-14 at a time.
  • Arranging transportation to and from the activities for the children.
  • Supervising the children during their activities.
  • Ensuring the safety of the children during their activities.

TGI Fridays
Reading, Berkshire, UK

Waitress
11.2022 - 03.2023

Job overview

  • Seating people on arrival, both with and without bookings.
  • Taking food and drink orders.
  • Serving the correct food and drinks to the customers.
  • Answering any questions asked and giving menu recommendations when requested by the customer.
  • Taking payments and applying discount codes to bills.
  • Cleaning tables.
  • Cleaning front and back of house for the close.

Private Home
Nancy, France

English Tutor
10.2021 - 05.2022

Job overview

  • Tutored students to develop deeper comprehension of English course materials and better understanding of assignments to improve academic success.
  • Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses.
  • Generally helped student with their English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and set schoolwork (including homework, and assessments)
  • Building up their confidence in their spoken English and improving their fluency

The Fisherman's Cottage Inn
Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, UK

Waitress and Front of House
05.2021 - 08.2021

Job overview

  • Seating people on arrival, both with and without bookings.
  • Looking after the host stand and organising a wait list for tables and seating people accordingly as customers vacated tables.
  • Quickly reset and cleaned up tables after customers left to enable speedy turnaround and guest flow.
  • Accurately taking food and drinks orders.
  • Making hot drinks.
  • Serving food and drinks.
  • Giving directions to tourists.
  • Answering any questions asked by the customers.
  • Resolved customer complaints to maintain customer satisfaction and workforce effectiveness.
  • Taking payments.
  • Training new staff (I had to train a new member of staff on my first day).

Sunny Beach Apartments
Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, UK

Property Manager and Cleaner
06.2020 - 09.2020

Job overview

  • Overviewing bookings.
  • Managing client communications and relations.
  • Providing solutions to any issues encountered by the clients during their stay.
  • Cleaning the apartment with a team, within a required turnaround time.

Black Cat Thai Restaurant
Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, UK

Waitress
06.2018 - 09.2018

Job overview

  • Greeting and showing customers both with and without bookings to their tables.
  • Taking orders.
  • Making simple drinks.
  • Serving food and drinks.
  • Processing payments.
  • Clearing tables and laying them up.
  • Taking bookings.
  • Helping in the kitchen (washing dishes or plating food).
  • Trained new waiters.

Blackgang Chine
Blackgang, Isle Of Wight, UK

Catering Team Member
03.2018 - 05.2018

Job overview

  • Managing a food and drink hut on my own in the middle of the theme park.
  • Opening and setting up the hut in the mornings.
  • Closing and locking up in the evenings.
  • Taking orders.
  • Making hot drinks.
  • Serving food and drinks.
  • Managing a till.
  • Cleaning up machines and tables.
  • Selling merchandise.
  • Answering any customer questions.

Moses Hydrofoil UK
Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, UK

Website Management Intern
07.2017 - 09.2017

Job overview

  • Added new products to the website and social media accounts.
  • Updated prices for sale items on the website.

Isle Of Wight Cherries
Godshill, Isle Of Wight, UK

Front of House and Sales
06.2017 - 09.2017

Job overview

  • Running a cherry sales hut.
  • Opening and closing the hut.
  • Stock management.
  • Selling the cherries and related products.
  • Ensuring buyer satisfaction to get return customers.

Private Family Employer
Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, UK

Childminder
07.2016 - 08.2016

Job overview

  • Looking after up to 5 children at a time.
  • Preparing packed lunches for the children.
  • Taking the children on daytime excursions and keeping them active and entertained.

Education

University of Reading
, Reading, UK

First Class Honours LLB Law from Law With International Legal Studies
09.2019 - 06.2023

Christ The King College
, Newport, UK

A-Levels
09.2017 - 06.2019

University Overview

French (A), Biology (B), History (C) EPQ: Is the death penalty a beneficial legal policy? (B)

Christ The King College
, Newport, UK

GCSEs
09.2015 - 06.2017

University Overview

French (A*), Latin Language (A*), Spanish (A), Maths (A), English Literature (A), History (A), Photography (A), Biology (A), Religious Education (A), English Language (B), Chemistry (B), Physics (B), Latin Literature (C)

Skills

    Communication

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Certification

Singing (Grade 4)

Hobbies

I enjoy stand-up paddleboarding, watersports in general and I love all animals.

Timeline

Activity Leader

EF Education First Group
07.2023 - 08.2023

Waitress

TGI Fridays
11.2022 - 03.2023

English Tutor

Private Home
10.2021 - 05.2022

Waitress and Front of House

The Fisherman's Cottage Inn
05.2021 - 08.2021

Property Manager and Cleaner

Sunny Beach Apartments
06.2020 - 09.2020

University of Reading

First Class Honours LLB Law from Law With International Legal Studies
09.2019 - 06.2023

Waitress

Black Cat Thai Restaurant
06.2018 - 09.2018

Catering Team Member

Blackgang Chine
03.2018 - 05.2018

Christ The King College

A-Levels
09.2017 - 06.2019

Website Management Intern

Moses Hydrofoil UK
07.2017 - 09.2017

Front of House and Sales

Isle Of Wight Cherries
06.2017 - 09.2017

Childminder

Private Family Employer
07.2016 - 08.2016

Christ The King College

GCSEs
09.2015 - 06.2017
Singing (Grade 4)
Guitar (self-taught)
Piano (Grade 2)

Full Clean Drivers License

PB2 (Powerboat Qualification)

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