Melanie Hahn

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

M E L A N I E H A H N

6803 Seinfeld Court. Houston, Texas 77069 PigMelanie@gmail.com 832-683-5471

OBJECTIVE Sales or marketing position working with retailer or business selling or promoting luxury or high-end products.

PROFILE Top sales performer. Highly motivated, punctual, practical, friendly and organized with strong a work ethic and exceptional customer service related skills.

CAREER ¬ COCKTAIL WAITRESS - OZ Bar, Houston, TX 02/2008 - Present

Neighborhood bar near the upscale “Champions” area of Houston.

Sold up to $1,000 each night in cocktails and merchandise; consistent top seller.

Settled micros accounts, ticket sales, receipts and payouts nightly.

Trained new wait staff and assisted bartenders in nightly duties.

                             ¬ CERTIFIED CUSTOM FRAMER - Michaels Arts and Crafts, Houston, TX    02/2008 - 06/2008
                                           Arts & crafts supply retailer providing custom framing and matting.
                                                 ■  Sold up to $2,500 per day in framing materials and services; consistent top seller.
                                                 ■ Designed and coordinated custom frames for artwork and portraits based on décor.
                                           ■ Managed orders and on-time delivery of finished framed works.

                             ¬ COCKTAIL WAITRESS - Rendezvous, Colorado Springs, CO    05/2007 – 11/2007
                                             #2 vodka bar in the US; Intimate, classy cigar bar in downtown area specializing in desert                                                           martini’s, unique mojitos, and over 300 varieties of Vodka from around the world.
                                                 ■  Sold up to $1,500 per night in premium vodkas and other specialty drinks; consistent top seller.
                                              ■ Extremely fast paced sales environment of high-end product to upscale repeat customers.
                                                 ■ Suggested, explained and upsold specialty drinks and “top shelf” brands and vintages.                           .

       ¬ COCKTAIL WAITRESS - Norwegian Cruise Lines, Honolulu, HI                          09/2006 - 03/2007
                                             The Pride of Aloha 3,000 passenger cruise ship touring the Hawaiian Islands for weekly cruise                                                    getaways; worked all 10 bars, two night clubs, and 4 dining rooms.
                                                 ■ Sold up $25,000 per week in drinks and merchandise; consistent top seller.
                                           ■ Received Norwegian Cruise Line’s TOP SALES award for December 2006.
                                               ■ Tended bar on demand to handle “rushes” on the bar and big events such as concerts concerts.

EDUCATION ¬ STUDENT – Lone Star College - North Harris, Houston, Texas

CERTIFICATES ¬ CERTIFIED BARTENDER

Issued by: Colorado State Board of Occupational Schools

Mr. Rex Shannon, Bartending Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

¬ U.S. MERCHANT MARINE

Issued by: United States Coast Guard

Officer T. King, Baltimore, MD

REFERENCES ¬ Jeovanny Padro - Manager, Rendezvous, Colorado Springs, CO Cell:

                                   http://www.rendezvous.colspgs.com/                      719-310-2664

       ¬ David Chrisman   -   Exectitive, Oil and Gas Dept. Logica, Houston, TX                           Cell:
                                                                                               http://www.logica.com/                                                     713-299-5588

                                        ¬ Carlos H. Aguilar     -    Professor, Digital Arts, Tomball College, Houston, TX                Email:                                                 http://tomball.lonestar.edu/            carlos.h.aguilar@lonestar.edu

I'm considering attending University of Houston - School of Art if I can afford it by the time I'm through at Lone Star College - North Harris.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

I feel like I'm 15 again...

How do you get a real nice job without a car; how do you get a car without a real nice job?

Starting out is hard, and I feel like I've had to do it so many countless times. Start from the beginning. Any mistake will take you back to stage one. Right now I'm just trying to grasp how to make it out there. I know that America is definitely the place to become successful, but I'm lacking encouragement, knowledge and skill in the category of: building success.

Interviews: I suck at them. I don't know what it is about me, but I can't just sit there face to face with a stranger and brag about myself. There isn't much to brag about. Yea, I worked on a Cruise Ship in the middle of the Pacific selling cocktails to thirsty drunks for $6.50 an hour. One time I was a half ass book keeper for a catering company, hired by a friend of my parents that they knew from church, made 5 bucks an hour, job lasted a couple months. I've cleaned houses for $10 an hour, rich huge million dollar mansions, I've cleaned their carpets with a neighbor for $10 and hour, using the wand and big equipment. I've flipped burgers, cleaned the grill, managed lanes and waited on bowlers, bringing them pitchers of beer, shots, whatever they wanted, and I did that for $5.35 and hour. And I've hustled alcoholic beverages for a classy downtown cigar and vodka lounge owned by a Lithuanian couple for $5 an hour, but making those gratuities really changed my perspective on things.

Money is out there. Getting a hold of it is hard to do, unless you put yourself out there in between it. For example, I can make a dollar for walking a total 6 feet from the well of a bar to a high top table in a croud, and handing them poison. I can do it again, over and over, the more friendly I am, the more they want my service, and the more service I give them, the more intoxicated they become, and the more inoxicated they become, the better they feel, and the better they feel, the more they pay, the more they pay, the better I feel, and the better I feel, the more I come back to work and hustle those drinks.