| Amy is an energetic, creative, one of a kind type of person. She loves to work with others and always puts her special touch in everything she does. Amy enjoys working with people and is always looking for new challenges and experiences to learn from. Her peppy personality makes her a joy to work with in all situations. |
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Skills & Talents
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Analytical/ Research I enjoy looking deeper in projects and doing the primary and secondary research to learn more.
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Creative I love to put a creative touch on everything that I do. I continue to look at the out of the box solution to any problem with a creative twist.
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Leadership/ Management I have been a leader in multiple group projects in College as well as led my colleges in new programs and projects at work.
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Planning/ Organization I love to be organized and be able to help others become more organized. Planning out projects, events and work is fun and exciting.
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Presentation Skills I have had a lot of experience presenting to many different sizes of groups. Informing others is something I really enjoy doing.
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Teamwork Working in a team environment is my favorite way to accomplish any task at hand. I believe that multiple heads are always better then one.
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Education
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Algonquin College Business Marketing Jan 2010 to May 2010 Ottawa, ON This 2 year diploma gives it's students the opportunity to learn all aspects of marketing as well as great hands on experience with industry professionals.
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Algonquin College Business Administration- Marketing Sep 2006 to Jan 2010 Ottawa, ON This 3 year advanced applied diploma offers me knowledge in all types of business and gives me the opportunity to major in Marketing while working with industry professionals on a regular basis.
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Carleton University Lingustics Aug 2005 to May 2006 Ottawa, ON This program teaches you how to communicate in many different ways so that you are able to communicate with anyone. You have the opportunity to be able to learn about different types of language and how they effect each person differently. This has helped me be able to connect with the people that I work with and people that I meet at a different level.
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Experience
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IBM Canada Marketing and Customer Service Representative with the Cognos Innovation Center Jun 2010 to Present Ottawa, ON - Managing a global membership by interacting with customers and partners on a daily bases.
- Manage a global mailbox by answering questions about events, bluepapers and whitepapers that the department has to offer.
- Manage social group within the department
- Work with excel to manage spreadsheets for our members, inventory and events on a regular basis
- Teach and implement new social marketing strategies to co-workers
- Organize and Manage global events on multiple topics
- Book venues and manage room set up as well as ensuring that attendees have the information that they need
- Use tools such as Salesforce, Eloqua, Buy On Demand, Albatros, and other internal databases on a regular bases.
- Participated in the development of a widget for internal and external use.
- Aid in research on any topic to learn and experience more
- Managing a global membership by interacting with customers and partners on a daily bases.
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IBM Canada Innovation Center for Performance Management- student May 2008 to Jun 2010 Ottawa, ON - Managing a global membership by interacting with customers and partners on a daily bases.
- Manage a global mailbox by answering questions about events, bluepapers and whitepapers that the department has to offer.
- Manage social group within the department
- Work with excel to manage spreadsheets for our members, inventory and events on a regular basis
- Teach and implement new social marketing strategies to co-workers
- Organize and Manage global events on multiple topics
- Book venues and manage room set up as well as ensuring that attendees have the information that they need
- Use tools such as Salesforce, Eloqua, Buy On Demand, Albatros, and other internal databases on a regular bases.
- Participated in the development of a widget for internal and external use.
- Managing a global membership by interacting with customers and partners on a daily bases.
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Cognos Performance Management- Student May 2007 to Aug 2007 Ottawa, ON - Reported to the VP of strategic marketing and public relations
- Reported to the director of CPM Strategic Marketing
- Helped edit a Cognos written book called The Performance Manager as well as 2 more to make a series. These are written to benefit people who are interested in the best way to understand and perform their performance management.
- Helped with updating and up keeping an internal website on performance management. This was very important because everyone internally, mostly used by sales specialists, will use this site as a reference to information.
- Researched existing quotes from case studies, white papers and success stories to be put in the upcoming books in The Performance Management series. With this I also scheduled regular meetings with the appropriate people to keep everyone on track and organized so that the work is done most efficiently.
- Helped organize and analyze important files that are made for the sales support in Cognos to keep them informed in changes in the performance management department.
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Sport Mart Sales Associate Oct 2004 to Aug 2007 Ottawa, ON - Provided customer service when needed
- Merchandising clothing regularly
- Trained new employees to help them become better sales representatives
- Attended all product knowledge sessions to improve knowledge of the products being sold at the location
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Algonquin College Earth Day Trade Show Volunteer Apr 2009 Ottawa, ON Worked to promote earth day at Algonquin College. Was responsible for informing people of what Algonquin does to be green as well as getting volunteers to fill out a survey.
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Algonquin College Bringing a product into a different market May 2008 Ottawa, ON We took Nixon watches and re-branded them to tell sport enthusiasts and other extreme activities that they can bring the same watch to work. This project had a lot of research, dedication and fine detail to ensure that it was the best that we could come up with. After completing the written portion of the project a very dynamic presentation was made.
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Accomplishments
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CTV Ottawa Interview with Paul Grant Sep 2009 Ottawa, ON I had the opportunity to be interviewed about whyhire.me and how important social media is to students that are looking for their new job or career.
This can be seen here.
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CBC Radio Interview with Stu Mills Jun 2009 Ottawa, ON I had the opportunity to speak on CBC Radio about my experiences with whyhire.me and how it has helped me. It was a very different but amazing experience because it gave me the chance to push myself even farther out of my comfort zone and show the city of Ottawa who I really am.
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Algonquin College Fresh Meet 2009 Networking Event Jan 2009 to Apr 2009 Westin Hotel/ Ottawa Helped manage and produce a very large and successful networking event. Approximately 200 industry professionals attended the event.
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NCC Pathway Patrol First Aid, CPR, Defibulator Apr 2007 to Present Orleans/ Ottawa/ Kanata As a volunteer I am able to combine many of my favorite activities together with this organization. I love to be around people and be helping in anything I can but also I have a passion for being active.
As a pathway patroller, with my partner we bike the NCC pathways to ensure that the people on them are safe and give direction when needed. -
OCMC Ranked Top 10 In International Business Category Aug 2008 to Oct 2008 Ottawa, ON After months of intense training we were brought to Niagara Falls to compete in a marketing competition against 15 other colleges from all over Ontario. We would practice a minimum of 2 times a week where we would do a case study and present it our coaches. This helped our presentation skills and confidence more then I could have ever imagined.
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Having worked with Amy for the past two years I've found her to be engaging, inquisitive, easy to work with. She is always searching for a better way (and usually finding it!), and able to get things done with amazing efficiency--a model employee that any manager worth their salt would clamor for! Jeff Holker IBM Cognos Innovation Center for Performance Management IBM Cognos
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"It is with my pleasure and confidence that I write this recommendation for Amy Chamberlain. Throughout past seven years, I have come to this promising young woman very well. Miss Chamberlain’s quiet confidence, maturity and integrity has impressed me greatly. She is one of those individuals whose warmth, integrity and kind spirit shine through in everything that she does. In addition, she sets high standards for herself, and she takes pride in every task that she is given. She is an admirable young woman possessing skills and strong persona attributes to guarantee her success in her pursuits." Patricia Andrusyk Senior Records Classifier Health Canada Records Management
Anyways, I have been meeting people from random places and random times recently and I find it very interesting that before you even met the person they already know so much about you it's scary. At first I thought that it was a little creeperish (to creep someone, yes I make up words) but then I was thinking, it's not really creeping at all. You put the information out there for people to see why are you so surprised when they mimic your thumbs up in your picture?
For those who do not know me when I was in college I deeply emerged in the world of social media. I loved every little thing about it and got myself involved in it as much as I possibly could. After I graduated and I started working full time it has slowly slowed down to nothing and my image has really disappeared.
So as I hugely involved in the world of social media I inadvertently made myself my own little position. Most people make up a catch phrase or something fun like that but not me I have a distinct position that came about when I was away in Niagara Falls for a marketing competition. It is my thumbs up!
If you look at my twitter account or my WhyHire.Me account you will notice in my picture I have a thumbs up. I didn't know it then but it would start a trend that I never thought was possible. Now when I see people that I have never met before I get the random thumbs up instead of a wave or someone asks, "why the thumbs up?" Simple answer to that question.... Why not?
I needed to go to the grocery store yesterday to pick up something to eat for lunch for the next couple of days and I came across this really good thai food instant meal. I was so excited to eat it that I almost had it for dinner last night but I resisted. Something that I am getting really used to. These three weeks are feeling longer and longer as the time goes by but honestly once the ball gets rolling I hope that it goes by faster then I think it will. I was talking to my friend Sarah about this sharp pain that has been in my stomach for the past few days since I started the cleanse and she thinks that it is my iron levels. That sort of worries me a little though because I am very animic and I am woundering if I should maybe work on getting my iron a little higher before I go on a specific diet. I feel like I am not getting enough iron in my diet and it makes me nervous.
What do you all think? Should I stop the cleanse for now and work on getting my iron up and then try the cleanse again or should I just troup through the 3 weeks and see how I feel? At times I just want to have a hamberger and can't handle the pain but sometimes I am really happy and proud of myself for what I am doing. What if I feel guilty about what happens when I give up for a while?
So many questions.... no idea how to answer any of them.


