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Automotive

Cashiering/cash handling
Change air filters
Change oil
Change hoses
Change spark plugs
Change tires
Check fluids
Customer service
Customer assistance
Data entry
Follow directions
General clean-up
Hand tools (type of tools)
Keep stock neatly organized
Minor auto repair
Operate machines (type of machines)
Receive deliveries
Rotate tires
Stock floor with necessary supplies
Take messages
Telephone (# of lines)
Use service manuals
Vehicle maintenance

Child care

Babysitting (number of children/number of hours)
Planning activities
Meal & snack preparation
Child safety

Custodial

Sweeping
Vacuuming
Cleaning windows
Mopping
Dusting
Empty Trash
Sanitation
Waxing and polishing floors

Computers

IBM
Macintosh
Scanners
Windows 3.1 or 95
CAD
Access 2.0
Approach 3.0
Freelance Graphics 2.0
Power point 4.0
Presentations 3.0
Lotus 5.0
Excel 5.0
Quattro Pro 6.0
AmiPro 3.0
Word 6.0a
WordPerfect 6.1
Data entry
Databases
Internet
Presentation Graphics
Spreadsheets
Word Processing

Food Service

Bank deposits
Clean-up/bussing
Credit card authorizations
Customer service
Customer assistance
Data entry
Delivery of product/merchandise
Dishwashing
Displays/merchandising
Familiar with health and sanitation rules
Food prep
General clean-up
Hold food handlers card
Hostess
Inventory
Operate machines (type of machines)
Prep/grill cook
Quality control
Salad bar
Sales (product/negotiation)
Stock inventory
Take messages
Telephone (# of lines)
Waitress/waiter

Gardening

Compost building/removal
Cut grass
Cutting hedges
Digging trenches
Edging
Fertilizing
Hand tools (type of tools)
Lifting (number of pounds)
Operate machine (type of machine)
Plant grass, flowers, shrubs, trees, etc.
Plant/shrub removal
Raking grass/leaves
Service sprinklers (repair/maintenance)
Sweeping
Watering
Weeding/weed whacking

General Labor/Warehouse

Ability to read maps
Assembly
Driving
Equipment maintenance
Filing (type of filing)
Forklift operations
Hand tools (type of tools)
Inventory
Lifting (number of pounds)
Loading/unloading
Operate machines (type of machines)
Packaging
Painting
Quality control
Read blueprints
Stocking
Take messages
Telephones (number of lines)
Use service manuals

Office

10-key calculator
Ability to read maps
Assembly/correlating
Bank deposits
Completing forms
Credit card authorizations
Customer assistance
Customer service
Data entry
Delivery of product/merchandise
Equipment maintenance
Faxing
Filing (type of filing)
Inventory
Office procedures
Operate machines (type of machines)
Photocopying
Quality control
Sorting/distributing mail
Typing (# of words per minute)
Stock inventory
Take messages
Telephone (number of lines)
Use service manuals

Retail Sales/Customer Service

Bank deposits
Cashiering/cash handling
Credit card authorizations
Customer assistance
Data entry
Delivery of product/merchandise
Displays/merchandising
General clean-up
Inventory
Operate machines (type of machines)
Quality control
Sales (product/negotiation)
Take product/merchandise orders
Take messages
Telephone (number of lines)

Skill Areas That Apply to Most Jobs

Ability to follow directions
Bilingual (languages)
Excellent grades
Excellent communication
First aid/CPR
Organized
Outstanding record of attendance
Team Player
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