Camma Kelsh

I'm a mom of 5 children, a hard worker, can adapt and advance quickly and am always up for a good challenge. I'm passionate about helping others and have a diverse employment background. I've worked in various levels of government jobs in professional environments. I moved to Virginia a few years ago and opened a small business. Now it's time to get back in the workforce!

I have been in the workforce for 27 years, starting out as a teenager. I began working in coffee shops, mall booths and in restaurants. Then, I worked for 6.5 years at a T-Mobile call center. This was a challenging job with intense metrics and accountability. I learned most of my customer service skills from my time there. It was very important to have some of the best metrics in the call center. Doing this also meant getting priority for shift picks. Next, I left that job to accept a job working for the State of Oregon Department of Human Services. I started as an Office Specialist 2, a receptionist at a Child Welfare field office. I quickly moved around in various higher level work duties until accepting a job as an Administrative 2 Specialist in the DHS Central Office Child Welfare division. From there, I advanced into an Operations and Policy Analyst 1 position with the agency's Legal Unit as a Legal Coordinator. This is the point when my career landed in the Director's Office. I worked 3 lateral positions as an OPA1. A Legal Coordinator, a Controlled Correspondence Coordinator and a Public Records Coordinator. I only left this position to move to Virginia. I've learned so many valuable skills over the years that it is difficult to list. I have included many duties on my resume.

An Associate of Arts degree from Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. I graduated with honors and managed to accomplish this with 3 kids at the time and a full-time job.