Samantha Rae graduated from the University of the West of Scotland with a BA in Business Management with distinction. She has experience working in retail, banking, and food service. Currently she works at Primark, where she is responsible for her own department and has improved her customer service and practical business skills. She is organized, a strong leader and motivator, and enjoys taking on new responsibilities.

1. Samantha Rae
60 Dempster Street
Greenock
PA15 4A
Tel- 07809266161
Bachelors of the Arts Degree in Business Management graduate who has
achieved extensive knowledge in areas of business such as consumer behaviour,
marketing, human resources and customer satisfaction.
Education
Univerisity of the West of Scotland- September 2014 – May 2015 (Hons)
University of the West of Scotland - September 2011 – September 2014
BA Business Management (with distinction)
Greenock Academy - August 2005 - June 2011
Key University Modules
Business Environment – B
Marketing Concepts – B
Business Law – A
Creativity and Tech in Business – A
HRM in the work place – B
Strategic Management – B
Work Related learning – A
Get into enterprise – A
University has taught me many skills that are valuable to the workplace:
 creating virtual business,
 writing marketing plans for current businesses,
 Participating in presentations throughout many modules I have had to craft
the skill of engaging and presenting to panels and groups of fellow students.
 Use my knowledge on industry case studies in relation to technology within
the business world.
 I have worked on many team related projects where we were allocated into
groups and given a case study to examine and decipher
 By working within a team I have learned to work with others and delegate
tasks to team members
 Within all group work I feel I contribute in a different way every time as I have
been the leader to the motivator and many more roles.
 Working on my personal development in relation to careers and academic
goals.
I have gained a lot from my time at university that I feel I could bring to the company
and also hopefully develop more through the company as I am always keen to work
on my own development in relation to the company needs.

2. Key skills/ Strengths
 Leader and motivator
 Organised and good planner
 Good relationship builder
 Driven and focused
 Time management
 Good customer service
 Cooperative within teams
 Problem solving
Experience
Primark April 2014 to present
RBS May 2014 - August 2014
West Station Café September 2011 – February 2014
Although I really enjoyed my time at the West Station Café I decide to leave as
before my time was finished at university I really wanted to experience working for a
large organisation this is why I decided to join Primark.
So far I have had many new experiences within Primark while also working on
improving my already in existence skills. Primark has helped me to gain better
customer service skills as I meet and help a large amount of different types of
people and also have my own department which I am in charge of, by being given
the responsibility to look after a department has helped my use my practical
knowledge I have learned at university and put it into practice.
During my summer I spent time working within RBS Mortgage Center, to work within
an office environment which I had not done so before. I really enjoyed the few
months there as it helped to added to my current work skill set. Through this role I
got to gain more interaction with customers as dealing with client’s mortgages was
a large responsibility; I very much enjoyed the responsibility and am always keen to
take on more responsibility and new tasks that come along with it.
Hobbies and Interests
A large part of my hobbies since I have been young has always been dancing. I have
participated in many dance contests since I was young and this has helped me
develop a sense of responsibility from a young age. Although I do not compete
anymore dance is still a large part of my life as I still partake in helping at classes
and enjoy some adult classes.
A interest within my life is fashion, I have developed my interest within Fashion over
the past few years I enjoy not only partaking in wearing the latest trends but also
regularly read editorials and books based on the fashion industry past and present,
my choice of degree I feel has sparked this interest as I greatly enjoy reading into
how business such as fashion houses work.
References
University supervisor – Eileen Henderson
Personal – Susan Logan