The A-Z of Administration Skills and Experiences



a-zThe following is a list of the most sort after Skills and Experiences for Prospective Employers looking to recruit an Administrator.

It is always important to have these skills listed in your CV and mention a few within your covering letter to get the attention of your future employer.

Employers generally have 7 rules:

Does the applicant demonstrate…
1.    …. Analytical Skills?
2.    …. Good Communication Skills?
3.    …. Interpersonal Skills?
4.    …. Leadership Skills? – is the applicant able to demonstrate that they will grow and rise within the company?
5.    …. A Positive attitude?
6.    …. Teamwork?
7.    …. Technical Skills and abilities to undertake the role?


A-D
Accuracy
Answering Telephones
Appointment Setting
Attention to Detail
Billing
Bookkeeping
Business Correspondence
Calendar
Calling Clients
Clerical
Client Relations
Communication
Computer
Correspondence
Deadlines (critical & planned)
Delivering Mail
Desktop
Directing Clients
Document Management

E-L
Efficiency
Email
Employee Relations
Event Coordination
Faxing
Filing
Greeting Clients
Greeting Employees
Greeting Visitors
Internet
Interpersonal
Inventory
Legal & Legislation Familiarity
Listening

M-O
Maintaining Office Records
Maintaining Office Records
Making Appointments
Making Appointments
Management
Management
Meeting Planning
Meeting Planning
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
Minute Taking – verbatim & Summarised
Multi-Tasking
Multi-Tasking
Negotiations
Non-verbal Communication
Office Administration
Office Administration
Office Equipment
Office Equipment
Office Management
Office Management
Oral Communication
Oral Communication
Order Processing
Ordering Office Supplies
Ordering Office Supplies
Organisational
Outlook

P-S
Planning
Presentation
Prioritising
Problem Solving
Public Relations
Receptionist
Record Keeping
Research
Running Office Machines
Scheduling
Self-Motivation
Social Media
Software
Sorting Mail
Spreadsheets
Supervising

T-W
Team Work
Technology
Time & Billing
Time Management
Training
Transcription
Travel Arrangements
Typing
Typing from Dictation and Conference Calls
Voicemail
Word Processing
Writing
Written Communication
 

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