Administrative support Jobs

Administrative support jobs appeal to helpful people who enjoy working as part of a team. If you get on well with others and are efficient and well-organized, you would probably fit in well with the daily routine of an office environment.

All organizations, from the largest multi-national to the smallest local concerns, rely on effective administrative support in order to succeed. Day to day tasks such as filing, answering phones, making copies, arranging for maintenance of office equipment and managing files are as important in their own way as the big decisions taken higher up the chain of command. The routine, clerical work you would be doing in an administrative support job forms a solid foundation for the successful functioning of any organization.

Employers are looking for administrative support staff with good spelling, punctuation and grammar and good inter-personal communication skills. Some computer skills are usually necessary, and training in office skills – at high school or evening classes, for example – is helpful in obtaining a first position.

The greatest benefit of choosing an administrative support job lies in the sheer number of openings. Almost every business, government concern, school, hospital or manufacturing plant you can think of needs its steady team of support staff. Growing industries such as construction, educational services, healthcare services and scientific and technical services are expected to generate the most new jobs.

If you’re ambitious, you’ll find the prospects for promotion are excellent, especially in larger concerns where further training is encouraged and made available to administrative support staff. This can range from in-house training to participation in online courses. Salaries vary according to the size of the organization and experience level of the employee – from around $20,000 to $30,000 a year