Rashida Ebrahim

Manufacturer and Marketer of homemade eats and treats

•Self-published and had my cookbook printed by Formeset Printing Company in Epping, Cape Town
•Launched my cookbook at Timbuktu Bookshop and self-marketed to stores, mainly on consignment basis
•Manufacturing jam and chocolate truffles from home and sold to CES members at the CES (Community Exchange System) Talent Exchange Market on a monthly basis
•Tracking sales and stock of my recipe book, jams and chocolate truffles on an Excel spreadsheet
•Liaising with my agents regarding book sales and stock balances on a monthly basis
•Developing new recipes for ‘Vision’ magazine and my Facebook page
•Sold the ‘Treasure’ Magazine (authored by Miss. Fadia Mohamed) to stores and public

My cookbook is marketed online and by various agents on a commission basis. I have achieved my life-long passion and I am now ready to re-enter the job market.



December 2008 - June 2011 - I got married and relocated to Durban. During my two and half year stay in Durban, I underwent a divorce then started writing my cookbook, ‘wholesome eats’. This involved the testing and customising of new and existing recipes which I was allowed to do at my sister’s residence in Pietermaritzburg before returning to my hometown, Cape Town in July 2011 where I preferred to have my book printed and marketed.


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Various Temp Assignments

Media24 - Foreshore, Cape Town (6 months)
•Sanlam Investment Company - Tygervalley, Cape Town (3 months)

for Absa Private Bank, Central East and West Regions
•New appointments, transfers and regret letter procedures
•Administration of Human Resource forms
•Resignations procedures
•Arranging interviews
•Maintaining cost centre structures for designated sub cost centre

Relocated to my home town, Cape Town

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FULL STINT AT ABSA BANK, GAUTENG FROM MAY

Officer Organisation and Position Management in Human Resources
•Maintain organizational structure on SAP (cost centres and organisational units)
•Maintain functions of all positions on SAP for designated areas
•Ensuring all job codes, job groups and job titles for designated areas are up to date and correct
•Providing advice and assistance to internal clients with org management problems/issues.
•Administration for department, for example, team get-togethers, minutes for staff meetings and organizing for training courses for the department.

May 2005 - December 2005
PA to HR Shared Services Head of Operations : Mr. Dennis Farrell
•Diary Management
•Office Administration e.g. claims, stationery and equipment control
•Local and International Travel arrangement with In-House Agency
Co-ordination of meetings

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Gatesville Medical Centre - Gatesville, Cape Town

Promoting, Selling and Marketing of Lancôme Cosmetics
•Facials and make-over’s on clients in front of the cosmetic counter
•Achieving daily, weekly and monthly sales targets
•During the June 1991 Edgars Beauty Extravaganza competition I won the highest sales achievement over the previous year’s target by 227% (my prize was a trip to Paris for one week)

To study full-time and complete a Teachers Diploma


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Department of Education

Class teaching on a locum basis to levels previously known as Standards 2, 3 and 4 at the following primary schools : Primrose Park Primary, Garlandale Primary, Bonteheuwel Primary and Arcadia Primary.
•Attendance Registers
•Extramural art and drama classes
•Writing Term Reports
•Setting up of and marking examination papers and tests
•Delegating and marking Homework
•Conducting parent Meetings

I found the stark reality of the actual teaching world a vast contrast to practise teaching, the curriculum stifling and the uncertainty of securing a permanent Art post unsettling. I therefore made a career change towards Office Support in the capacity of Administrative Secretarial roles.

I was a permanent student at Hewat Teachers Training College from 1983 to 1985. Due to the 1985 political unrest period, it was only possible to sit for the National Education Exam in January 1986 and subsequently received my qualification in November 1986. The college has now changed its name to “College of Cape Town - Crawford Campus”.

I was selling Reeva Cosmetic Products on a commission basis

Diary Management for Credit Manager: Mr. Jaco Jacobs
•Taking Minutes at Credit Committee Meetings, co-ordination, typing and distribution thereof

ADMINISTRATION
•Administration of New Client Proposals
•Obtaining Bank Reports and three Trade References for every potential client
•Researching Potential Clients credibility via KreditInform Reports clients via Discover System
•Downloading Month-end Reports from compu-clear system and converting onto excel Spreadsheets
•Process mapping

Better prospects