Abi Gilliam - Miller

I have recently returned from a 4 week humanitarian trip to Borneo. During my time there I worked with my peers, alongside the local community, undertaking a number of different activities. These activities included drainage work to prevent flooding in local villages. Working with the local children in their schools and helping build a local community centre.

A number of the skills that I gained would be easily transferred into the workplace. Some of these skills include:

Resilience

Team work

Good communication

Leadership skills

I am also part of the school student leadership team, for the past year I have helped support new students into their transition to high school. Plan the school sports day, organised fund raising events to support local charities.

I have worked in the hairdressing industry and I am comfortable working with the public and making people feel comfortable and welcomed. I have worked as part of the team and contributed to tasks and used my own initiative when there were no jobs to do.

I have done voluntary work in a nursery, working with children with special needs. I took guidance from staff, always ensuring that I remain professional. I have run a netball workshop for primary aged children in the school setting. I planned and provided lesson plans, I engaged with both children and the staff. I was able to adapt my plans to the different needs of the children, and worked within time limits.

I have also recently been working in retail where I am able to understand the needs of the customers and allow them to have the best shopping experience possible. I am able to treat each customer the same, no matter what their problem or query is, I am able to guide them to the correct colleague meaning that their issue can be sorted effectively. This shows that I am able to work well in a team allowing us to reach good customer satisfaction ratings and gain good feedback online from customers.

• Netball
• Gym

I received an award for 'most improved student in sport' from my school