Resume - Gina Checchia
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Resume - Gina Checchia

SKILLS
Hard-working, Reliable, Efficient, Diplomatic, Friendly, Outgoing, Courteous
EXPERIENCE
Acapulco Restaurant y Cantina, Long Beach - Host
September 2019 -
? Greet guests and create conversation with guests
? Clean menus and administer menus to guests
? Recommend dishes to guests
? Seat guests in appropriate server sections/areas
? Sweep/mop Host area
? Use of Ipad Opentable application to assign server sections, assign guests to each table, plan reservations, create reservations, administer waitlist
? Ring-in all to go orders and bag/prepare/label the orders
? Count money in assigned host drawer and use drawer for to go orders or gift cards when guests pay with cash/card
? Close checks at the end of the shift through the computer system
? Help bus/clean tables
? Move tables and put together tables for large parties
? Clean and stock restrooms
? Take out bathroom and front host desk trash
? Clean and stack high chairs
? Take all guest phone calls
? Set up events for guests and fill out paperwork for guests trying to rent our private rooms for events
? Set up the Sunday Brunch buffet on Saturday nights with decorations (about 2 hour process)
? Sunday Brunch- administer buffet tickets to each table
? Sunday Brunch- sort, match, and count all buffet tickets to ensure that the number of guests on tickets match the number of sales for that day
? Sunday Brunch- clean up buffet once its over and put away all decorations
? Stock to go utensils, mints, toothpicks, business cards, to go bags, and kids menus/crayons at host desk
? Help guests with whatever they need
Sara Borgese Styling, Los Angeles - Assistant Stylist/Intern
November 2018 - September 2019
? Fold, hang, sort, and merchandise clothing, shoes, and accessories
? Email clients, brands, and partners in business for styling jobs
? Return clothing, shoes, and/or accessories to stores, designers, or PR firms
? Pick up clothing, shoes, and/or accessories from stores, designers, or PR firms
? Shop at stores for clothing, shoes, and/or accessories for styling jobs
? Clean studio
? Pull clothing, shoes, and/or accessories from designers, PR firms, or studio services at stores for styling jobs
? Steam clothing for shoots
? Help dress clients and prepare outfits at shoots or other styling jobs
? Ship out packages
? Help organize receipts and paperwork for invoices according to different styling jobs
? Organize shoes, clothes, and jewelry at shoots or other styling jobs
? Wrap up styling jobs by putting away clothing, shoes, and/or jewelry in the studio
? Keep track of and organize pull sheets and other paperwork for styling jobs
? Deliver or pick up clothing, shoes, and/or accessories from clients
? Sell clothing through Poshmark
Polo Ralph Lauren, Carlsbad — Sales Associate
May 2018 - September 2018
? Greeted customers walking into the store, tell them about promotions and sales
? Help customers find items, get customers other sizes from stockroom, help them shop around the store in men’s, women’s, and children’s departments
? Make sales to customers, recommend other items to increase sales
? Work in fitting rooms, giving recommendations to other items, making sales, getting other sizes for customers
? Order items for customers through our program “From Our Home to Yours”
? Sign customers up for our newsletter program, “Polo Connect” to drive sales
? Fold merchandise, hang merchandise, recover the store during closing/opening
? Restock inventory, replenish sizes from stockroom
? Dress mannequin rigs in store and in window displays according to company’s directives that were sent over
? Organize and take inventory in back stockroom
? Work cashwrap, checking customers out, signing customers up for “Polo Connect,” do returns/exchanges
? Accessories Champion position- I was in charge at my store for driving sales for accessories for men’s, women’s, and children’s departments, as well as doing the visual merchandising for the accessories
? Place new merchandise in store
? Overnight shifts- change fixtures in each department, change out merchandise in each fixture according to company directives, place new merchandise, re-do visual merchandising of the store, standardize folding and hanging of merchandise, size items, organize back stockroom, take pictures to send to corporate
? Price items with price sticker gun
? Scan all departments during store closing with inventory scan gun and scan back stockroom


Trattoria i Trulli, Encinitas — Hostess
January 2016 - January 2018
? Seat guests at appropriate tables and in waiter’s sections
? Take reservations
? Take phone calls
? Help bus tables
? Help clean glasses and silverware
? Set and reset tables
? Administer waitlist, sometimes over 3 pages long
? Fold napkins
? Greet guests and converse with/accommodate waiting guests
? Help food run on busy nights
Vixen Boutique, Leucadia — Intern
December 2016
? Visual Merchandising- Helped design window display and decorate store
? Dressed mannequins in clothing that corresponded to the window display
? Hung up clothes on racks
? Display Merchandising- Helped organize merchandise and choose what to display
? Marked price tags for clothing

EDUCATION
California State University Long Beach, Long Beach — Fashion Merchandising
August 2016 - Present, Long Beach
Sophomore, working towards Bachelor’s Degree, goal to become a fashion stylist with this degree or open up my own boutique; learning basic fashion merchandising and design skills with this major
San Dieguito Academy High School- Diploma
August 2012 - June, 2016, Encinitas
High School Diploma. Thespian Troupe Club. Costume Designer for 8 different school plays. Staff of school newspaper for 2 years.

AWARDS
Outstanding student award in Spanish at California State University, Long Beach.
Honor’s award for 4.0 at California State University, Long Beach.
Thespian award for best costume designer in a drama play at my high school.
Graduated with honors from high school.

References

Jacob Harvey
Manager, Trattoria i Trulli
830 S Coast Hwy 101
Encinitas, CA 92024
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Erin Whittle
Administrator, Social Security Office
2160 S El Camino Real
Oceanside, CA 92054
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Dustin Tarver
Assistant Manager, Polo Ralph Lauren
5600 Paseo Del Norte #100
Carlsbad, CA 92008
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