We're into our 3rd week of analyzing the skills that are required of administrative professionals and now we're starting to see some real results. With 30 jobs analyzed so far we are definitely starting to see some trends. Here is an update of the skills that have come up in our 30 jobs:
| Work with public/provide info |
20 |
| Windows/Microsoft Office |
19 |
| Word |
19 |
| Email |
14 |
| Internet |
14 |
| Verbal communications |
13 |
| Databases/spreadsheets/data entry |
12 |
| Excel |
12 |
| Inventory |
11 |
| Organized, schedule office work |
11 |
| Accounting software |
10 |
| General bookkeeping |
10 |
| Processing Mial |
10 |
| Compile, record, process info |
9 |
| Filing |
9 |
| Reading |
9 |
| Writing |
9 |
| Continuous learning |
8 |
| Problem solving, decision making, critical thinking |
8 |
| Finding info, research |
7 |
| Swithboard |
6 |
| Proofreading |
5 |
| Store, update, retreive info |
5 |
| Work with others |
5 |
| Electronic scheduling/scheduling |
4 |
| Prepare reports |
4 |
| Work individually |
4 |
| Presentation software/PowerPoint |
4 |
| Detail oriented |
3 |
| Work as part of a team |
3 |
| General admin skills |
2 |
| Highly motivated |
2 |
| Memory |
2 |
| Receive payments |
2 |
| Time management |
2 |
| Outgoing/personable |
1 |
| Mac |
1 |
Our list has grown by a couple of skills with the newest ones being Mac and Presentation software/PowerPoint.
Our top 5 skills remain consistent with minor changes:
| Work with public/provide info |
20 |
| Windows/Microsoft Office |
19 |
| Word |
19 |
| Email |
14 |
| Internet |
14 |
Internet skills are back in the top 5 and Verbal Communications has moved down into the 6th spot. Excel has moved down and Email has moved into the top 5. I think that in our third week we can see that there are some skills that are required by administrative assistants no matter what type of job they are doing.
If you're looking for an admin job here are the jobs I looked at today:
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Receptionist- Health Care - Winnipeg Office Jobs - Kijiji Winnipeg
Administrative Assistant / Receptionist - Winnipeg Office Jobs - Kijiji Winnipeg
F/T OFFICE SECRETARY/RECEPTIONIST FOR ROOFING COMPANY - Winnipeg Office Jobs - Kijiji Winnipeg
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So, today we have 10 new jobs to add to our analysis of job skills the employers are looking for when seeking to hire administrative assistants. I've been looking at different types of admin jobs but I've been trying to keep it as general as possible because I think that all administrative jobs will be reflected here. Keep in mind that if you are training to work in the legal field or the medical field, the requirements will be much more specific. Having a general focus will help you out in the long run though.
Today my random 10 jobs come mostly from workopolis.ca but there is one that came from monster.ca. Monster.ca sometimes has a nice selection of jobs but sometimes not so much. This weekend there wasn't much to choose from. You might also noticed that some of the skills have changed a little. I've modified them to be a little more inclusive and I've added a few as well. So, here are the job skills under evaluation today:
| Work with public/provide info |
14 |
| Word |
11 |
| Verbal communications |
10 |
| Windows/Microsoft Office |
10 |
| Excel |
9 |
| Accounting software |
8 |
| Databases/spreadsheets/data entry |
8 |
| Internet |
8 |
| Inventory |
8 |
| Email |
7 |
| General bookkeeping |
7 |
| Processing Mial |
7 |
| Organized, schedule office work |
6 |
| Writing |
6 |
| Compile, record, process info |
5 |
| Problem solving, decision making, critical thinking |
5 |
| Reading |
5 |
| Store, update, retreive info |
5 |
| Work with others |
5 |
| Filing |
4 |
| Prepare reports |
4 |
| Proofreading |
4 |
| Work individually |
4 |
| Continuous learning |
3 |
| Detail oriented |
3 |
| Finding info |
3 |
| Swithboard |
3 |
| Electronic scheduling/scheduling |
2 |
| General admin skills |
2 |
| Highly motivated |
2 |
| Memory |
2 |
| Receive payments |
2 |
| Time management |
2 |
| Work as part of a team |
2 |
| Outgoing/personable |
1 |
Over time this list will definitely be growing!
As you can see, our top 5 list has changed a little bit. Now in the top 5 we have:
- Work with the public and provide info
- Word
- Verbal Communications
- Windows/Microsoft Office
- Excel
Verbal Communications has replaced Internet and the other 4 are the same - just in a different order. Tomorrow I'm going to talk about what kind of skills are involved in working with the public and providing information.
Meanwhile, if you want to look at some of these ads yourself, check out the listings for today:
Part Time Office Administrator - Kildonan Place, Winnipeg Job in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
workopolis.com - Administrative Assistant/ Accounts Payable/Bookkeeper - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - RIVER CITY SPORTS
workopolis.com - office assistant / bookkeeper - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - HEAT PLUS
workopolis.com - Full Cycle Bookkeeper - 30 Hours per week - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - ROBERT HALF FINANCE & ACCOUNTING
workopolis.com - ACCOUNTING / OFFICE ASSISTANT - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - AN UNNAMED COMPANY
workopolis.com - JR. ACCOUNTING CLERK - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - BOX 166, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
workopolis.com - Administrative/Accounting Assistant - Winnipeg, MB, CANADA - CXA RECRUITING
workopolis.com - Receptionist / Secretary - Rogers Media Television - Winnipeg - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - ROGERS
workopolis.com - Receptionist - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - BUHLER FURNITURE
workopolis.com - RECEPTIONIST - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA - AN UNNAMED COMPANY
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Welcome to our new weekly feature, Admin Jobs Today! What is this feature? Well, every Friday I am going to look at the first 10 jobs for administrative assistants that appear on a job site (chosen at random) and examine the qualifications the employers are looking for when hiring administrative help. This is a great way for job searchers to learn more about themselves - what skills do they already have? What skills do the need to work on? Should they think about going to school to develop their skills further? Each Friday I will also post the jobs I've looked at so you can look at them more closely as well.
I've started with 29 skills and will show you all of them today and how many employers are requesting those skill but in the future I will focus on the top 10 skills. The more jobs we look at the better picture we will have of what skills should be focused on.
So today these are the results that I got looking at the first 10 jobs on the Service Canada Job Bank.
| Word |
10 |
| Windows |
9 |
| Excel |
8 |
| Internet |
8 |
| Work with public/provide info |
8 |
| Inventory |
8 |
| Email |
7 |
| Processing Mial |
5 |
| Reading |
5 |
| Writing |
5 |
| Oral communications |
5 |
| Work with others |
5 |
| Compile, record, process info |
5 |
| Store, update, retreive info |
5 |
| Accounting software |
5 |
| Prepare reports |
4 |
| Proofreading |
4 |
| Continuous learning |
3 |
| Problem solving, decision making, critical thinking |
3 |
| Finding info |
3 |
| Databases/spreadsheets |
3 |
| General bookkeeping |
3 |
| Receive payments |
2 |
| Organize, schedule office work |
2 |
| Filing |
2 |
| Memory |
2 |
| Swithboard |
1 |
| Electronic scheduling |
1
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As you can see the top 5 skills that employers are looking for in the 10 jobs that I looked at today are:
- Word
- Windows
- Excel
- Internet
- Working with the public and providing info
In the next week, I'll look at some of those skills in more depth and talk about what they mean and what kinds of tasks you might be doing with those skills.
Meanwhile, if you are looking for a job, feel free to check out the jobs that I looked at today:
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
Job Bank - Job Profile
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