
Owner at Weightman Typing and Design, and personal Part Time Forex Trader
Melbourne Area, Australia

Owner at Weightman Typing and Design, and personal Part Time Forex Trader
Melbourne Area, Australia
30+ years experience starting as Telex Operator/Typist at an Oil Refinery, progressing to Senior Typist, and Personal Assistant / Executive Secretary over a broad range of industry sectors in New Zealand and Australia.
Experience includes engineering industries such as chemical, industrial, manufacturing, geo-technical, geological and environmental engineering.
I also spent 5+ years as PA to both the Manager and the Editor of a newspaper publisher, including some typesetting and proofreading during transition to a computerised Editorial Department.
In 2003 I realised my desire to work from home, starting Weightman Typing & Design, Secretarial and Transcription Services.
Over the last six years my transcription experience has grown to include Consultants and Advisors in the Financial, Business and IT, Medico-Legal, Allied Health and Social Work, Personal History, and Education industries.
I'm connected with a network of experienced VAs so I can always provide clients with the expertise and ability to meet varying deadlines.
Digital transcription, wordprocessing, formatting, editing, proofreading, spreadsheets, data entry, desktop publishing, internet research.
I produce transcripts or documents from dictated or voice recordings and typed or handwritten drafts. This includes reports, articles, manuscripts, conferences, seminars, podcasts, webinars, client meetings, interviews, tenders, quotations, specifications, contracts, theses, assignments, resumes and general correspondence.
(Capital Markets industry)
July 2009 — Present (6 months)
I have recently returned to my longheld interest in financial markets, having personally and successfully traded NZ Wool Futures in the mid-1980s and been a member of Hibiscus Wildflowers, a ladies investment club in Melbourne for the last 4 years.
(Executive Office industry)
July 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)
Virtual Assistant Secretarial Services specialising in:
WORD PROCESSING
Reports, Articles, Manuscripts, Tenders, Quotations, Specifications, Contracts, Theses, Assignments, Resumes, General Correspondence
DIGITAL AND TAPE TRANSCRIPTION
Reports, Articles, Manuscripts, Conferences, Seminars, Podcasts, Webinars, Client Meetings, Interviews
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
September 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 1 month)
(Newspapers industry)
May 1990 — January 1996 (5 years 9 months)
Diploma in Secretarial Studies , Shorthand, Typing, Audio Typing (Transcription), English, Bookkeeping, Commerce, Business Machines , 1973 — 1973
Homebased Business, Virtual Assistant Services, Digital Transcription, Investing, Trading, Self Learning, Digital Photography, Handcrafts, Reading
A Clayton's Secretary - ACS
Virtual Assistants International Group - VAIG (Yahoo Group)
Virtual Assistant Networking Association - VANA
VirtualAssistants (Yahoo Group)
Monash Enterprise Centre (Associate Member)
KEA - Kiwi Expats Association
Mannatech