Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Custom
Personal Information
Affiliations
References
Timeline
Receptionist

Kerry Garlick

New Ash Green,Kent

Summary

Organised professional with talent for managing schedules and communication. Capable of handling administrative tasks and maintaining confidentiality while demonstrating strong interpersonal skills. Ready to contribute to productive and supportive work environment.

Hard-working with strong organisational skills.

Organised and dependable with years of experience. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willing to take on greater responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Secretarial/PA

J H Garlick Limited
Welling, Kent
08.2000 - 04.2025
  • Typing of reports (audio), answering telephone queries, booking diaries, initiating correspondence, basic book keeping, dealing with clients both over the phone and in person.
  • Email correspondence
  • Facilitated smooth office operations by maintaining office supplies inventory.
  • Coordinated travel arrangements, resulting in smooth business trips.
  • Handled incoming calls professionally, ensuring excellent customer service delivery.
  • Optimised time management by creating effective work schedules.
  • Ensured timely responses to emails to enhance communication flow.
  • Processed mail, email and phone enquiries, minimising correspondence backlogs.

Co-owner

01.1995 - 09.1999
  • My ex-husband and myself ran our own Sandwich Bar/Coffee Shop.
  • I was mainly in charge of all the book keeping and paperwork/correspondence etc although I did ‘hands-on’ when it was needed.

PA to Production Director and Engineering Director

Harmsworth Quays Printing Limited
London
10.1993 - 09.1995
  • Company Overview: HQP are printers of the Daily Mail and Evening Standard
  • Covering all the day-to-day typing of the two directors and their staff and their office requirements.
  • Organising travel (UK and abroad).
  • Organising meetings (internal and external).
  • Taking minutes of meetings and distributing.
  • Greeting clients/visitors.
  • Also, part of my job was organising tours around the printing plant for members of the public and various organisations.
  • HQP are printers of the Daily Mail and Evening Standard
  • Handled incoming calls professionally, ensuring excellent customer service delivery.

Secretary/PA to MD

Crystal Communications
Gillingham, Kent
03.1992 - 10.1993
  • General day-to-day running of the office.
  • General correspondence to clients and prospective clients.
  • Maintaining client databases.
  • Organising travel.
  • Keeping diaries.
  • Attending exhibitions.
  • Taking exhibition stand bookings, help with entertaining clients.

Secretary to Group Exhibition Director

MGB Exhibitions
Sidcup, Kent
03.1988 - 02.1992
  • Going to meetings and taking minutes.
  • Typing contracts.
  • General correspondence to exhibitors and prospective exhibitors.
  • Answering enquiries, keeping databases up to date.
  • Organising travel.
  • Keeping diaries.
  • Attending exhibitions.
  • Liaising with exhibitors and various magazines and PR companies.
  • Taking stand bookings, helping with entertaining prospective and current clients.
  • Covering for MD’s secretary in her absence.

Senior Court Assistant

Bromley Magistrates Court
08.1986 - 01.1988
  • Same as Junior Court Assistant plus:-
  • Typing depositions in court, typing committal papers, dealing with members of the public requesting special orders, filling in for supervisor in her absence.

Junior Court Assistant

Bromley Magistrates Court
08.1986 - 03.1987
  • Assisting Court Clerks, entering results on computer, filing, typing general correspondence, endorsing licences.

Education

GCE ‘O’ Levels - English, Food & Nutrition, Maths, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies, French

Erith Secondary School
09.1978 - 06.1984

LCCI Private Secretary’s Certificate - Structure of Business, Shorthand, Office Practice, Communications, Typing, Audio Typing

Erith College
01.1985 - 01.1986

Certificate of the Association of Legal Secretaries - Law, Economics, Office Practice, Legal Shorthand, Legal Typewriting, Legal Audio Typewriting

Erith College

Typewriting Stage I (RSA) - Distinction

Typewriting Stage II (RSA) - Distinction

Teeline Shorthand - 80wpm - Distinction

Skills

  • Speaking with clients and potential clients over the phone and via email
  • Data entry capability
  • Resilient under pressure
  • Workflow organisation
  • Audio typing
  • Typing speed approx 70/80 wpm
  • Time management
  • Shorthand (rusty)
  • Domestic and international travel arrangements
  • Appointment management
  • General administration
  • Diary management
  • Copy typing
  • Screening phone calls
  • Keen to learn and progress

Custom

Mr Dean Garlick, J H Garlick Ltd, 180 Park View Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1ST, surveyors@jhgarlickltd.com

Personal Information

Date of birth: 07/23/67

Affiliations

  • Failed voluntary greyhound walker at local Greyhound rehoming establishment - ended up taking a greyhound home.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Secretarial/PA

J H Garlick Limited
08.2000 - 04.2025

Co-owner

01.1995 - 09.1999

PA to Production Director and Engineering Director

Harmsworth Quays Printing Limited
10.1993 - 09.1995

Secretary/PA to MD

Crystal Communications
03.1992 - 10.1993

Secretary to Group Exhibition Director

MGB Exhibitions
03.1988 - 02.1992

Senior Court Assistant

Bromley Magistrates Court
08.1986 - 01.1988

Junior Court Assistant

Bromley Magistrates Court
08.1986 - 03.1987

LCCI Private Secretary’s Certificate - Structure of Business, Shorthand, Office Practice, Communications, Typing, Audio Typing

Erith College
01.1985 - 01.1986

GCE ‘O’ Levels - English, Food & Nutrition, Maths, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies, French

Erith Secondary School
09.1978 - 06.1984

Typewriting Stage I (RSA) - Distinction

Typewriting Stage II (RSA) - Distinction

Teeline Shorthand - 80wpm - Distinction

Certificate of the Association of Legal Secretaries - Law, Economics, Office Practice, Legal Shorthand, Legal Typewriting, Legal Audio Typewriting

Erith College

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