The document provides a summary of Donna Geddes' personal and professional experience. It includes her contact information, a profile of her skills and strengths which include communication, organization and working well in teams. Her work history details various administrative and receptionist roles she has held from 2001 to present. She also owned her own business from 2011 to 2014 providing styling and nail services. The document concludes with her education and qualifications in business administration, office skills and nail techniques.

1. Donna Geddes
9 Bakersfield Close
Newmachar
Aberdeen
AB21 0PE
Telephone: 01651 869122
Mobile: 07955835531
Email: donnageddes@live.com
Personal Profile
I am a dedicated, hardworking, determined, outgoing, organised and patient person with a willing and can
do attitude, a great personality, with a friendly and professional manner. Due to a variety of temporary
posts experienced, I am capable of learning and picking things up quickly. I am a self-motivated and
disciplined person. From working in Education I am experienced in team work, working on my own
initiative and dealing with people from all walks of life as well as challenging situations and helping people
to learn and understand. Through setting up and running my own business, I gained experience in how to
set up, run, manage, advertise & market the business while meeting new people & retaining clients. I
have gained experience in helping people have more confidence in themselves.
Driving License – Full October 1995.
Strengths
Able to communicate effectively, organised, patient, determined & hard working. Good at team work and
encouraging others from working in Education. I have good typing skills and am a good listener with a
common sense approach. Good and experienced in dealing with the public in a friendly and professional
manner. Self-motivated and disciplined from self-employment.
Employment
Laings
Accounts Purchase Ledger Administrator (Temp) Oct 2014 – Jan 2015
 Checked invoices for rejects, returns or damages and invoices on hold.
 Used Elite system to check if purchase order received, invoice processing, purchase invoice
register, purchase order processing, inputting manual purchase orders and manual overhead
purchase orders, approved and updated invoices, processed Foreign invoices, Changed job
status, processed rejects, credits and Pro-forma invoices, Payments to suppliers weekly and end
of month also used Bank line for the process, Amended Suppliers bank details.
 Used Sage for paying suppliers, put invoices on query and finding invoices, Invoice enquiries
from companies, checked credits against invoices and sent remittances to companies to confirm
payment.
 Filed Statements
 Updated Excel spreadsheet for credits with rejects. Totalled up all company vehicles fuel and
created a spreadsheet of costs for different departments.
Welltec
Administrator (Temp) Oct 2014
 Used Programme Neighbourhood to track job experience updates of offshore employees.
 Updated CV’s for offshore employees.
 Sorted & filed expired survivals & medicals in folders & computer files for offshore employees.
 Conferred with QA Travel, enquired & confirmed travel arrangements, flights & hotels for Welltec
employees.
 Emails
 Answered & transferred telephone calls.
 Scanned documents to email.
 Filed statements, purchase invoices & journals.

2.  Photocopied invoices & documents and labelled envelopes.
 Scanned, emailed & stored invoices in appropriate computer files.
 Followed up quotes & receipts from companies.
 Liaised with a company to fix a telephone issue.
 Spreadsheets.
 Enquired & communicated with hotels on availability & quotes for employees.
 Locating & copying invoices & payments
 Checking Statements against purchase vendors
Archer UK Ltd
Receptionist (Temp) Sept 2014
 Used switchboard to answer & transfer calls
 Date Stamped, unpacked & distributed incoming mail & deliveries.
 Used franking machine to prepare outgoing mail & ensured collection of deliveries.
 Booked taxis on account for staff & freight.
 Greeted public & issued visitor access and passes.
 Booked meeting rooms.
 Organised fire alarm tests.
 Distributed & stored PPE safety work wear equipment.
 Emails
 Typing
 Spreadsheets
Ramboll Oil & Gas & Hess Sept 2014
Receptionist for two different companies, Hess & Ramboll Oil & Gas (Temp)
For both companies -
 Used switchboard for answering & transferring calls
 Greeted visitors in reception & ensured they sign in/out & issued with badges
 Started up & shut down equipment - computers, switchboard, tv’s, loaded photo copier/printer
 Mail - logged and distributed incoming & prepared outgoing
 Preparing/ tidying meeting rooms
 Reset access doors after fire alarm & set up door access cards in Chubb Access programme
 Booked taxis for staff to travel to meetings
 Emails
Laings
Receptionist/Administrator (Temp) Sept 2014
 Used Switchboard for answering & transferring calls
 Greeted public in reception
 Emails
 Typed documents
 Franked mail
Aberdeen City Council
Pupil Support Assistant
Aug 2005 – Sep 2014
 Provided assistance to pupils with varying conditions ranging from Visual Impairment to physical,
behavioural, ADHD and other disabilities

3.  Recorded pupil’s progress
 Worked in classes, in base, one to one & with small groups of pupils
 Encouraged improvements, attention and understanding in pupils with distracting, simplifying &
helping learn
 Communicated, built trust, friendship, reliability & reassurance
 Liaised with teachers
 Photo copying
 Attended variety of training courses including Child Protection & Moving & handling.
 Have Disclosure Scotland
Compliments
Professional Stylist & Nail Technician (Self Employed)
May 2011 – May 2014
 Set up, run & manage business
 Advertise & market business
 Gained & retained clients
 Self-disciplined & worked on own initiative
 Created & presented presentations
 Updated & maintained spread sheet of incomings & outgoings
 Designed flyers & business cards
 Wrote blogs
 Updated & maintained website & social media sites – face book, linked in, twitter.
 Logged & updated client details
 Typed detailed reports for clients after service
 Set up, organised & provided services – personal styling, colour analysis, wardrobe overhauls,
styling parties, gelax nails, gel nails, acrylic nails, nail maintenance, nail art & airbrush nails.
 Advised & taught clients, while building body confidence
 Researched fashion, colours and trends.
Kenneth Green Associates
Promotional Fragrance Sales Assistant
Nov 2003 – Jun 2005
 Team work & worked individually
 Selling, promoting, Advising & helping customers
Aberdeen City Council
Admin & Clerical Assistant
Apr 2001 – Jul 2003
 Based in Community Care division &Liaising with companies to organise meals on wheels for
elderly.
 Typing reports, invoicing, emails, photocopying
North of Scotland Water Authority
Admin & clerical Assistant (Temporary contract)
Jan 1998 – Jun 1999
 Invoicing & inputting data in computer
 Photocopying & filing
 Emails & typing

4. Bowtech Products
Receptionist
Jan 1997 – Dec 1997
 Handled telephone calls, switchboard, welcomed visitors & dealt with enquires.
 Invoicing, used CAD computer programme – designing underwater cameras to help engineers
River Island
Sales Assistant & Footwear Manageress
Aug 1995 – Sep 1996
 shop-floor, dressing room, front of shop, worked my way up to footwear manageress
 Selling, promoting, Advising & helping customers
Pannell Kerr Foster
Office Junior
Apr 1995 – Jul 1995
 Filing
Education and Qualifications
Essential Nails, Home Study Jan 2013 – Mar 2013
Nail Technician Courses Complete: 5 Diplomas received with 3 Distinctions, 1 Credit &1 Pass.
British College Of Professional Styling, Home Study Jan 2011 – May 2011
Professional Stylist Tutorials Complete: Diploma Received. Styling & Colour Analysis.
Pitman Training, Union Street, Aberdeen Sep 2006 – Nov 2006
Office Typing For Beginners & Word For Windows 6. Courses Completed, passed & Diploma Received.
Dyce Academy, Dyce, Aberdeen Aug 1990 – Aug 1995
6 GCSE’s in Office and Information Studies (3), English (3), Music (3), Science (3), Mathematics (4) and
Geography (5).
8 Scotvec Modules in Advanced Word Processing, Mathematics, Music, Parenting, Computing, French,
German, Children’s Cookery.
Interests
Typing, reading, badminton, swimming, cycling, Pilates, walking, shopping & modeling.
References
References available on request