My Experience As An Administrative Assistant

Administrative assistants must be able to handle challenging situations and many details at once. The assistants are what keeps an office running while supporting the efforts of a business owner executive, manager, or professional group. Their main responsibility is to keep their place of employment running smoothly, thus all of their duties relate back to the operational proceedings of an office. These duties may include scheduling meetings, answering phones, managing databases, disseminating information (through email and internal memos), creating spreadsheets, generating reports, ordering equipment, and working with clients or customers. People who demonstrate these skills in this field can advance to higher

Please accept the attached resume as my application for the Administrative Assistant position. I am enthusiastic about this opportunity because I firmly believe that my qualifications, personality and work experience make me the ideal candidate.

I embarked on a new journey where I had the privilege to be elected and work at the MSU Denver student government assembly where I absorbed a great deal of knowledge and gained huge insight into running an office of 16 and the many administrative tasks required to do so. My time at the MSU Denver student government allowed me to develop skills in event management, meeting management, employee and meeting scheduling, office purchasing, managing email and media communications, working in compliance with FERPA, managing a budget of over $200k using Microsoft Excel, allocating a student fee fund of over $2 million, and preparing reports for the Provost, President and the Board of Trustees of the university. I am currently working at the student government as well as at the Mental Health Center of Denver as a medical scribe through Scribe America. In a short period of time, I acquired a good understanding of HIPAA, Avatar, received consumer experience facilitator training, fraud/waste/abuse compliance training, and client/patient rights training. Within 4 months with Scribe America I was promoted to become the Spanish-language floor trainer. My ability to converse efficiently, as well as my writing and analytical skills were all greatly enhanced (wpm increased to 85) in this position. I believe my background and skills closely match your job requirements and I am confident I can make a positive contribution to your organization in a different position.

Thank you for your time today to interview me for the position of an administrative assistant to you and all the diverse departments that you manage. I appreciate the opportunity to learn more about Global Payments, to meet you and to see that Hannah is enjoying her work.

The various positions I have occupied over the course of my career, both in State and Federal service, have required that I possess a strong command of the written word.

I write in response to your ad seeking receptionist and administrative assistant. Running as an assistant, customer service, and handling administrative duties in my previous experiences has prepared me to embark upon a broad array of barriers that may arise in a fast-paced environment. I will bring professionalism and reliability to this position.

I am writing to ask your consideration for the open administrative assistant position. Your office is a leader in reviews and has an excellent reputation. I have excellent organization skills and would bring a positive and genuine perspective to your business.

The two video segments in the video I chose are the segments about Careers in Management: Skills, and Administrative Assistant. Although these videos provided a great deal of valuable information, I felt that those two would be more relevant to my future career plans. Out of these segments, the two most important points are that interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills are fundamental in the business world/career path. Additionally, administrative assistants must stay up to date with technology advancements and be detail oriented and dependable.

My key objective within a year after graduation from California State University, Long Beach is to ascend into a supervisor position after gaining now four years of experience within an administrative assistant role. In three to five years I see myself as a supervisor within our Neuroscience Department is gaining experience on how to manage daily functions, absorb knowledge from upper level executives, and become involved within my local ACHE chapter in Orange County. If I were to create a projection of where I see myself in the time frame of just under ten years, I would hypothesize that I would at have made my way into an executive administrator role either within my department or if opportunity arouse outside my department or hospital. I’d have several various departments that I’d be responsible for operations around as well as several departmental supervisors as my direct reports. I’d be beginning a fellowship with the American College of Healthcare Executives and volunteering one to two days a week for training

I chose discussion question one to discuss, because I consider this is relevant in current society. What does an administrative assistant looks like? In my opinion, it depends on the type of industry an administrative assistant is in. In my career, a downtown business setting an administrative assistant must dress professionally; wearing suits or appropriate business dresses, no visual tattoos, piercings, hair and make-up must be conservative. In a warehouse or factory setting an administrative assistant may wear jeans and a polo shirt; a new tech company may have a creative and relaxed dress code.

I comprehend that my choice to be an Administrative Assistant is not a high paying job. Even though it is not a high paying career it is one that is high demand at the moment. I wily5l receive $32,410 for secretaries but if I become an executive administrative assistants I will gain $47,500 for a year. Administrative assistants are employed in nearly every industry, the majority work in schools, hospitals, governments, and legal and medical offices. Yes that the reason I choose to work in a college so I will always have a career. On the website it says that you can be Secretary or Administrative Assistant with a high school diploma however most jobs posted now require an associate degree or bachelor degree. With all jobs the companies are

Managers appreciate an administrative assistant who can think on his or her feet. Every day, new situations arise in the office requiring quick decisions and immediate action. Stretching your administrative capabilities beyond your job description to tackle the unexpected shows you're well-positioned to handle the complexities of today's

Your posting for a Manager, Administrative Services indicated requirements that closely match my background and expertise. I have enclosed my resume to provide a summary of my qualifications and background for your review.

An executive and administrative assistant’s role is in a position of trust. The executive of the administrative assistant are often entrusted with documents of a very sensitive nature such as payroll and salary, medical records, itinerary and schedules, correspondence and trade secrets. It is very important to ensure confidential information is protect from unauthorized personnel. A breach of sensitive information could result in identify theft, the potential for blackmail, emotional distress, or unwarranted exposure.

I would like to present my qualifications for the position of an Administrative Assistant in your esteemed organization. Your job posting states that you are in search of an enthusiastic and highly organized Administrative Assistant with multi-tasking abilities, which describes me exactly.