4614 N.

Edgebrook drive
309-688-3871 or 309-361-4323
ece30eba@westpost.net
Edward A. Casto

objective
To pursue a career in retail management.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
06/01/1990-07/21/2010 Convenience store w/ gas at multiple locations in Peoria,
IL
Cashier/Sales Associate, Assistant Manager, & Store Manager
worked a variety of locations and consider myself an integral part of any sales
team.
very proactive in acheiving goals for the individual business format
have lead by example to acheive the best possible sales teams to be able to incr
ease profits for the company.
Work of experience
04/08/2008-07/21/2010
Jumeras BP
Peoria, IL
Cashier/Sales Associate
Cashiering, stock and general cleaning, acheived tight cost controls every week
on orders written.
acheived the highest degree of accuracy every month performing inventory counts
of all merchandise in the store.
05/18/2007-04/08/2008
Harper Oil Company
Peoria, IL
Cashier/Sales Associate
*Cashiering, close store, general cleaning and stocking.
*Maintained a high degree of integrity
and honesty in daily inventory counts of
tobacco products.
01/29/2007-05/01/2007
State of Illinois--Dept. of Public He
alth and Human Services
Peoria, IL
Personal Assistant
*Took extra-special care of an elderly female in the private home o
f the womans
daughter.
*Occasionally stayed over to allow th
e family some extracurricular activities
outside the home.
06/01/2004-01/21/2007
 Circle K, Inc.
Chillicothe, IL
Cashier/Sales Associate
*cashiering, stock and general cleaning.
*Acheived a high level of cost contro
l every week when ordering merchandise for
the store.
*Maintained a high level of integrity
and accuracy in regular daily to weekly
inventory counts.
11/22/1998-07/22/2002
Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc.
Peoria, IL
Cashier/SalesAssociate/AssistantManager/Store Manager
*cashiering, assistant manager, store manager, human resources.
,
*Maintained payroll for six employees on a weekly basis
*Acheived instant success in loss pr
evention and brought a high degree
of integrity to this location.
*Maintained inside and outside attra
ctive merchandising excellence in
displaying inventory that was easy t
o retrieve by the consumer.
*Maintained excellent records for ex
amining monthly by supervisors.
*Generated profit & loss statements
monthly and annually to project
the best areas of growth for the com
pany.
*Maintained a very professional staf
f with low turnover ratios by
emphasizing training and leadership
.
06/01/1991-11/16/1998
Kwik Shop, Inc.
Peoria, IL
Cashier/Sales Associate/Assistant Manager
*cashiering, assistant manager.
*Maintained excellent recordkeeping
of the daily sales and bank deposits
on weekends and holidays.
*Acheived a high degree of integrit
y and accuracy in the daily inventory
counts.
*Maintained inside merchandising di
splays on a monthly rotation for special
promotions.

EDUCATION
 08/1979-05/1983
Pekin Community High School
Pekin, IL
*Graduated with HS Diploma
*General education with a heavy degree of accoun
ting classes
06/1985-09/1985
Illinois Central College
East Peoria, IL
*3 semester hours of Bookkeeping/ Accounting 101
*4.0 GPA
Extracurricular activities
*Was part of a school newspaper in Junior High, Member of Astronomy club, and
*Participated in drama

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
*Would provide any industry with a customer service professional with excellent
people skills.
*Would be a strong, honest, and integral part of any sales team.
*Would strive for nothing less than total perfection in performing the necessar
y tasks that would acheive success for any corporation.