TAMARA ABBEY

To secure a dynamic position that challenges and builds on my existing computer and communication skills.

• Personal, business and retail computer programs including Office 97, Excel, PageMaker, and basic HTML
• Inventory management, order entry and receiving
• Retail bookkeeping including accounts payable, receivable and payroll
• Writing, editing and desktop publishing

• Coordinated receiving tickets with vendor invoices
• Tracked weekly invoices on computer database

Co-Owner/Manager Coast to Coast Hardware Plano, Ill. 1995-97

• Order entry, inventory management, employee staffing and training
• Accounts payable, receivable, daily till reports, payroll

Staff Writer/Photographer Mendota Reporter Mendota, Ill. 1992-95

• Developed, marketed and managed Newspapers in Education
• Initiated and edited Senior Perspectives and Business Report
• Contributed award-winning news, features and photographs

Commercial Loan Collateral Clerk The Peoples Bank Bloomington, Ill. 1991-92

• Tracked UCC and mortgage filings
• Maintained commercial loan portfolios
• Wrote procedure manual for Lotus-based collateral tracking system

Library Clerk Illinois State University Milner Library Normal, Ill. 1990-91

• Tracked periodicals for binding
• Maintained book re-shelving
• Wrote procedure manual for binding process

Freelance correspondent The Times Press Streator, Ill. 19987-1989

• Feature writing
• Copy editing

Illinois Press Association, 2nd place, honorable mention, Education Reporting, 1995

Northern Illinois Newspaper Association, 1st place, photo, 1995

Northern Illinois Newspaper Association, 3rd place, News Story Series, 1994

Associate of Applied Sciences, Illinois Valley Community College, 1988