PANAYIOTA -BETTY DEMETRIOU

2007: Foreign Exchange Sales Consultant for The Change Group Corporation in London. My main duties were: - changing foreign currencies, dealing with credit card and traveler cheques transactions. - assisting customers, answering their queries and negotiating on different exchange rates. - dealing with administrative duties. 2007: Internship in the High Commission of Cyprus in London. My main duties were: - participating in a professional/networking group. - managing resources, ranging from websites, journals and books (paper and electronic). - dealing with people’s enquiries. - translating political speeches. 2006: Internship in the European Documentation Centre in Cyprus. Researcher, Librarian Assistant and Telephonist: - supporting members of an academic community, such as students, researchers and lecturing staff, by managing, organizing, evaluating and disseminating the information they needed. - dealing with users' enquiries. - contributing to a research project concerning the National Information Centres. 2004: Receptionist Apprentee in the Alassia Hotel in Cyprus. My main duties were: - providing information, answering queries, greeting and directing visitors to the correct person or department. - operating a telephone switchboard. - answering and transferring local and long distance calls.