Laura Canning

Background

About Laura Canning

I studied teaching just after I matriculated, and then soon after, taught in a small school for 3 years. Here I managed and had full reign of the school, from enrolling new students and dealing with parents on a daily basis. Duties and responsibilities- Seeing to the needs of each individual - Enrollment of new students - Meetings - Report writing - Planning age appropriate programmes While teaching, I started doing freelance data capturing for D'Expertise Clinique after hours and later on left my teaching post and became a full time Data Capturer / recruiter and study Technician. Duties and Responsibilities- Recruitment of subjects - Data capturing using Excel - Report Writing - Seeing to subjects/patients and their needs - Follow up calls - Conduct studies - Ensuring the smooth running of studies - Dealing with international clients - Exporting of goods After being retrenched in 2013, shortly after I decided to Au Pair for a lovely family and seize the opportunity to travel the world with them. Duties and responsibilities- Main priority were the 3 children - Care and give them my undivided attention and treat them as if they were my own - Lifting to and from school, extra murals and play dates- Plan age appropriate activities- Feed them healthy meals - Manage the household and their staff - Errands for parents - Home school children when needed After having my own child in 2016, I decided to rather enjoy my own child instead of others and made the decision to go back to an office environment. In 2017 I received a years contract with the City of Cape Town to assist with recruitment and data capturing. Duties and Responsibilities- Data capturing - Recruitment of staff - Filing - Pay queries After the end of my contract with the City, I joined Basebone as an Executive Assistant to the Managing director / Office Manager. Duties and Responsibilities- Report writing - Meeting minutes - Travel arrangements / booking of flights, car and accommodation and drafting itineraries - Office stationary and IT equipment orders - Staff management - Provide support to the MD, work and personal related matters - HR - on-boarding new staff, recruitment and arranging interviews- Filing - Diary management - Project manager to obtaining their certification I recently have been retrenched from Basebone at the end of November 2019.