Additional Info:

Melissa Lois Thompson

Skills Summary
Honest
Punctual
Organized
Team Worker
Self Motivated
Hard Worker
Trustworthy
High energy
Loving and caring attitude
Desire to learn and improve myself
Desire to improve the lives of others

Education
Completed Year 1 of Early Childhood Education (2007)

Hobbies
Member of the Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society Inc.
Member of North Shore Antique Tractor & Engine Club
I play guitar and sing for pleasure.
My father and I collect and restore antique farm equipment, which we take to shows, and use on our hobby farm.

Work experience
Census Enumerator
April 2011- September 2011
Statistics Canada Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Delivered Statistics Canada census forms
Assisted in the completion of census forms
Made reminder visits to homes with late census forms
Updated maps

Call Center Agent
July 2009- December 2010
Teletech Amherst, Nova Scotia
Answered the telephone
Technical, billing, and sales assistance
Troubleshooting
Researching products
Assisting with outage reporting

Interpretive Guide
July- August 2007
Wallace & Area Museum Wallace, Nova Scotia
Provided information to tourist
Provided interpretive tours of the museum
Catalogued artifacts
Helped maintain and preserve artifacts
Transcribed 87 letters written by a merchant between 1810- 1814

Work Placement
September 2006- July 2008
Nova Scotia Community College Springhill, Nova Scotia
Completed five work placements from the NSCC: school system, head start, daycare, and preschool/kindergarten.
Planned activities for children of different ages and abilities
Followed a schedule
Planned and carried out various tasks
Taught me to improvise

Fisherman’s Helper
August- October 2004- 2005
Douglas Elliott Pugwash/Northport, Nova Scotia
Working on a lobster boat. Gaffing, banding, measuring, filling bait bags, and running the hauler.

Babysitter
August 2000- Present
Valerie Elliott Wallace, Nova Scotia
Providing quality childcare for a boy and a girl from infancy to ages five and seven.

Volunteer experience
Volunteered for dog walking for Paws by Wallace Bay to walk dogs that need rehabillitated.
I have volunteered at the Cyrus Eaton Elementary School for grades primary and one.
I work as a volunteer in the recreation department at ECL.
I play guitar for the enjoyment of the elderly at the East Cumberland Lodge (ECL).
Played guitar and sang at Remembrance Day ceremonies and the Lieutenant Governors award ceremony at my school.


References
Joy Trenholm 661-7421 East Cumberland Lodge
David Dewar 257- 2191 Wallace and Area Museum
Joseph Webb 243-2680 Census Supervisor
Jane Jorgensen 243- 2378 Volunteer Reference
Valerie Elliott 257- 1847 Personal Reference

Fees

to be discussed depending on hours worked number of children and the situaution.

Services Offered

Babysitter, Nanny (live out), Nanny (part-time), Nanny (after school), Childminder

Also has

Special Needs Experience, CRB/Police Check, References, Driving Licence, First Aid Skills