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Top Administrative Assistant Skills for Success

Don’t let the job title fool you—administrative assistants are the backbone of a well-run business. To be effective at juggling a variety of tasks, you need to have a few critical administrative assistant skills that are key to getting the job done—and done well. Interested in this dynamic role? Keep reading to learn more about: Who admini...

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How to Become a Librarian

By Venus Gentile, Monster Contributor

Are you passionate about supporting the intellectual and cultural life of your community while helping to promote lifelong learning? Librarians play a critical role in ensuring people have access to the information, resources, and services needed to learn, grow, and thrive. Learn how to become a librarian and use your skills to help support intelle...

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How to Become a Dispatcher

By Dillon Price, Monster Contributor

Are you an excellent communicator? Do you have the resilience to work calmly in a fast-paced environment? You may want to consider learning how to become a dispatcher. You’ll be the connector that callers rely on when desperate times call for desperate measures. Or when someone needs to create a Plan B. As a dispatcher, you can rest assured know...

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How to Become a Bookkeeper

By Dillon Price, Monster Contributor

From ancient merchants and farmers to modern-day enterprises, civilization has relied on bookkeepers to manage financial records and organize documents for thousands of years. When you learn how to become a bookkeeper, you become a vital asset to businesses and organizations by providing accurate financial records to help companies manage their cas...

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Companies hiring administrative workers now

By Monster Staff

Any good company knows that the people working in administrative jobs are the backbone of the organization and that finding the right person for that role is critical to successful day-to-day operations. As someone with a military background, you know a thing or two about tackling the task—or tasks, plural—at hand. Now is the time to use your stron...

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How to Become an Executive Assistant

By Dillon Price, Monster Contributor

Being an administrative professional is more than just another day at the office. When you learn how to become an executive assistant, a morning greeting to the boss is only the tip of the iceberg. Executives and senior management often have busy schedules—they don’t have the time to take phone calls, organize meetings, write memos, or prepare repo...

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5 great roles for administrative professionals

By Carl Germann, Monster staff

Administrative professionals often have to play many different roles in their jobs, sometimes in the course of a single day—or even an hour. You're always there to help out, direct a project, solve a problem, or take the lead on a new initiative. And because of that, you should take a bow during Administrative Professionals Week. In your honor, we'...

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Job of the Week: Help Desk Coordinator

By Sarah White

Interested in becoming a Help Desk Coordinator? Here’s the low down on what skills you need and what salary you can expect as a Help Desk Coordinator. Most help desk positions require you to hold at least a bachelors degree, usually in computer science or technology, and some roles might require prior experience in the field. Holding a certifica...

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The Evolution of the Office Manager

By Matt Krumrie, Monster Contributing Writer

Twenty years ago, Erin O'Hara Meyer was working as a secretary, typing as fast as she could to keep up with a demanding boss who also required her to make the morning coffee, schedule all of his appointments and run his clothes to the dry cleaners. These days, O'Hara Meyer is the president of Administrative Excellence, a nationwide training and ...

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Become an Academic Secretary

By Anya Martin, Monster Contributing Writer

Want to expand your mind by interacting with intellectuals? Want to learn about the newest scientific research before it hits CNN or provide much-needed behind-the-scenes support to help young people achieve their goals through education? A job as an academic secretary might be ideal for you. A Rewarding Job Though salaries for academic admin...

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The Few, the Proud: Men in the Admin Profession

By Anya Martin, Monster Contributing Writer

While it isn't a far reach to say most people automatically think of secretaries as women, Joe Carpenter's gender helped him score his first administrative job in 1971 as secretary at a factory where women weren't allowed inside. "I love being an admin, and I've been lucky for [many] years to work in a field I love," he says. Indeed, they may...

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Be a Home-Based Customer-Service Representative

By Margot Carmichael Lester, Monster Contributing Writer

Enhanced call-routing methods, lower hardware costs and better Internet access have combined to create an environment conducive to remote call-center support. That's why almost one-quarter of North American call-center agents currently work from home, according to a Yankee Group survey. And this trend toward home-based customer service is expect...

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Get a High-Paying Administrative Job

By Beverly West, Monster Contributing Writer

Even with near-identical job descriptions, two administrative professionals can wind up earning very different salaries. Why the difference? Industry, experience level, geographical location, and employer are big factors. For example, a senior administrative assistant salary in Long Island City, New York, is 6% higher than the national median; a...

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Work as a Government Admin

By Anya Martin, Monster Contributing Writer

"When I say I work at the Library of Congress, people's eyes light up," says Richard Barnes, CPS secretary to the director of information technology services at the US Library of Congress. Working in Washington, DC, for one of the most prestigious libraries in the world, Barnes enjoyes a perk extended only to employees -- permission to check out mo...

Administrative Careers

Top Administrative Assistant Skills for Success

How to Become a Librarian

How to Become a Dispatcher

How to Become a Bookkeeper

Companies hiring administrative workers now

How to Become an Executive Assistant

5 great roles for administrative professionals

Job of the Week: Help Desk Coordinator

The Evolution of the Office Manager

Become an Academic Secretary

The Few, the Proud: Men in the Admin Profession

Be a Home-Based Customer-Service Representative

Get a High-Paying Administrative Job

Work as a Government Admin

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