1. Dawn Moffatt 705-735-6383
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
*Energetic, hardworking and highly dependable
*Worked in Aboriginal community for 14 years
*Exceptionally organized and resourceful with a wide range of skills
*Outstanding communication skills
*Intuitive problem solver
*Ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines
*Excellent work history
*Knowledgeable in Aboriginal culture and history
*Strong awareness and understanding of Aboriginal organizations, communities, and political structures
Image Consultant/Business Owner
• Developed and coordinated workshop – Dress for Success on a Limited Budget, Youth, and
Organizational workshops
• Marketed and sold workshops throughout Ontario
• Traveled to 35 Urban and First Nation communities and facilitated 85 workshops
• Assisted clients with appearance, behavior and communications both in groups and individually
• Maintained and developed positive partnerships and relationships
Counselling Experience and Abilities
• Effective in gaining trust and drawing out relevant personal information that is crucial in preparing
training and action plans
• Developed sensitivity in my interviewing techniques
• Counselled clients to identify and achieve personal objectives
• Maintained excellent rapport with all clients
• Always used discretion and maintained confidentiality
Case Management
• Strive to maintain regular contact with each client in order to assist them with their Action Plans
• Maintain a thorough, up to date computerized log on each client
• Promptly responded to client-related communications from outside agencies eg. Local Delivery
Mechanisms, Ontario Works, Employment Resource Centre referrals, etc…
Program Coordination/Administrative
• Coordinated OFIFC-GREAT Initiative Program ensuring adherence to proper regulations and
reporting
• Managed and tracked a training budget for O-GI
• Developed and maintained outstanding network of contacts within community
• Organized and conducted numerous meetings
• Researched and referred to appropriate resources within community when necessary
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook, Database , web-research-- easily
grasps new programs
• Ability to prioritize duties and manage a large caseload
• Knowledge of the Aboriginal Human Resource Development Agreement and ability to successfully
secure funding for training proposals submitted to local delivery mechanisms
• Keen awareness of issues surrounding First Nations
• Experience supervising staff, students, and volunteers
Communication Skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills – continuously praised for being friendly and warm to colleagues,
clients, board of directors, and outside agency’s
• Conceptualized and wrote descriptive brochures for Employment Unit and programs at Sault College
• Great judgment skills

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EDUCATION
First Level Certification, Image Consulting
Association of Image Consultants International Certified: 2006
Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
Diploma: Native Community Worker – Child & Family Graduated: 1994
Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology
Diploma: Office Administration – Legal Graduated: 1992
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2011 to 2012 Recuiter Georgian College, Barrie, ON
2009 to 2011 Job Development Officer OTC, Rama, ON
2008 2009 Employment Consultant Focus, Alliston, ON
2008 to Present Image Consultant/Owner Perceptions Image Consulting
1999 to 2007 Employment Counsellor Barrie Native Friendship Centre, Barrie, ON
1994 to 1999 Administrative Assistant Native Education, Sault College,
(10 month contract position each year) Sault Ste. Marie, ON
1998 and 1999 Computer Instructor Assistant ONECA – Native Counsellors Training
(Summers) Program, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
1997 Secretary Neech-Ke-When Homes,
(Summer) Sault Ste. Marie, ON
TRAINING
Entrepreneurial Edge DMH Public Relations
COMPLETED: 2007
Image Consulting International Image Institute
COMPLETED: 2005
Life Skills Group Facilitation Training Career Centre
COMPLETED: 2003
Case Management Training Aboriginal Liaison Unit
COMPLETED: 2002
Organizational Behaviour Georgian College
COMPLETED: 2002
Communication Saskatchewan Indian Institute of
Technologies
COMPLETED: 2001