'Proven administration experience'

gracie83

I have just read this is a job specification. Now surely if you work in an office you have proven administration experience? How do you prove it? Basically my current job is quater of my time is spent working on a library desk and the other three quaters is spent in the back office doing what I consider to be adminstrative work. Any ideas about what I can write to answer this requirement?

Nile

gracie83 wrote: »

I have just read this is a job specification. Now surely if you work in an office you have proven administration experience? How do you prove it? Basically my current job is quater of my time is spent working on a library desk and the other three quaters is spent in the back office doing what I consider to be adminstrative work. Any ideas about what I can write to answer this requirement?

Hello gracie83

Why not use your current job description to help you? For example you could say:

I answer customer queries in person, by telephone and via e-mail messages in MS Outlook. I use MS Access database software to keep records of books/tapes/discs on stock. I use MS Excel spreadsheet to produce monthly figures of customer whatnots and then export these figures into tables in a MS Word monthly report. I have excellent keyboard skills (RSA blah, blah) and attention to detail...........blah, blah.

Tailor your cv and application to the requirements of the new job.;)

Good luck.

Nile

Savvy_Sue

some of my colleagues work in an office and their administrative experience is a bit on the dodgy side ... but then, that's not what they're paid for!

So, working in an office doesn't automatically prove your admin experience.

Sunny2

If you're going for an admin job, try to show the following skills by working them into your current experience.

Organisational skills (this may be a project you handled)
Communication skills (written/telephone / client focused, team work, internal dealing with suppliers, etc.,)
Flexibility (have you had to change a way of working recently/or do you work for several bosses with different requirements)
Attention to Detail
Researching / Sourcing information
Managing meetings / events / travel. etc.,
Software skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Data bases etc.,)

Can you show any of the above as achievements and the impact that it had on the company/role? i.e. After a new data base was introduced, was responsible for training 2 new employees to keep accurate records.

Have you had any training? Was it self learnt or were you sent on courses. What other skills can you bring to the potential employer?

Have you any personal accomplishments?